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.
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...
MSC Cruises to return to Funchal
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – MSC’s regular cruise ships will return this year to the port of the Madeiran capital,...
Portugal invites aquaculture tenders
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – From 28 December 2017 to 26 February 2018, applications for measures to support the Increase of...
PwC to present sea economy studies in Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – PwC will present the 8th edition of the study “LEME – PwC Barometer of the Economy of the...
Working group set up to propose development of Faro port
Faro, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – The Portuguese Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, published on Tuesday, January 2, the order to...
Galp carries out first LNG ship refuelling in an Atlantic island
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – Galp Energia has completed, at the port of Funchal, Madeira, the first ever liquefied...
Portuguese logistics development held up by infrastructure limitations
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The lack of a global strategy in the logistics and freight sector, capable of connecting ports,...