Portugal
Portugal is a country in Southwest Europe, West of Spain with an Atlantic Sea coastline, and member of the European Union.The country has a developed marine and transportation sector. Its top ports are Leixões, Lisbon and Sines.
The ports are divided into “mainland ports”, such as Lisbon, and ports on the offshore islands of Madeira and the Azores. APP – Associação dos Portos de Portugal is an association which represents and promotes ports in Portugal.
Yilport reports increased container throughput in 2017
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – Yilport Holding Inc has reported a 9.5% year-on-year increase in container throughput for 2017, led...
Yilport announces Lisbon and Leixões port container terminal investments
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Yilport, an operator of several port terminals in Portugal, intends to invest around €200 million...
Leixões port to receive €510 million investment
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The port of Leixões, in Matosinhos, Porto district, will receive an investment of €510 million...
Portugal launches Blue School Programme, a national ocean literacy project
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The Blue School Program, the national ocean literacy project, has been launched this Tuesday in...
Port of Leixões with historical record of 19.5M of goods moved in 2017
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – In 2017, 19.5 million tons of cargo were transported at the port, 1.2 million more than in 2016....
Leixões received inaugural scale of one of the largest ro-ro ships
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – On, February 14, the Port of Leixões received, for the first time, one of the largest ro-ro...
Portuguese maritime industry to step up recruitment
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 14, 2018 – In the next 15 years, the maritime industry will have to double its number of professional employees...
Port of Funchal sees good start to cruise season
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 14, 2018 – The Port of Funchal has made a good start to the 2018 cruise season. the number of stopovers was...
Portugal’s mainland ports cargo traffic rises 2.2% in 2017
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – Portugal’s mainland ports ended last year with a record cargo traffic of 95.9 million tonnes, up...
Portuguese ports see higher traffic 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 – Mainland ports ended the year 2017 with the record of the highest volume of cargo ever, reaching...
Yilport’s Portuguese container terminals increase traffic in 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 – Yilport Iberian terminals registered a 5.8% increase in 2017, with a total of 1,176,496 TEUs handled...
Portimão port cruise traffic increases in 2017
Portimão, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – Nearly 30,000 passengers used Portimão Cruise Terminal in 2017, up 53% on 2016. The number of...
Boluda Lines expands services connecting Spain to Northern Europe
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – Boluda Lines has expanded its logistics services for transporting goods from ports in Spain and Portugal...
Eurogate container handling volumes remain stable
Bremerhaven, Germany (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Despite a turbulent year in corporate ownership in the container circuit, Eurogate maintained...
Lisbon port breaks cruise traffic record in 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – The number of cruise ships that called in Lisbon port increased by 7.1% last year to 123, which is a new...
Lisbon port sees improves 2017 cargo figures
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 26, 2018 – The Port of Lisbon handled over 12.1 million tons of cargo in 2017, up 19% on 2016. Containers...
Yilport plans 2018 Iberian investment
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Yilport, part of Turkey’s Yildirim group, is looking to exand its Iberian operations in 2018....
Government opens €1.6 million tender to modernize Setúbal and Lisbon ports
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – The Ministry of the Sea has announced the opening of the tender for the modernization of traffic...
Portuguese ports report improved cargo statistics for 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – In January-November 2017, the country’s commercial ports reached 88.8 million tons of cargo....
Portugal’s AMT approves port tariff increases of 1.6%
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 6, 2018 – The Regulation of the Tariff System of Ports and the “Guidelines for the preparation of proposals...