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.
Azores islands ports expect record-high number of cruise calls in 2017
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – The ports of the Azores islands in Portugal expects a record-high number of cruise...
Portugal’s Funchal port to handle 20 cruise calls in September
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The port of Funchal will handle a total of 20 calls of cruise ships in September, while in Porto...
Lisbon port welcomes another ultra-luxury cruise ship
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – Silver Muse is the latest ultra-luxury cruise ship has arrived in Lisbon August 30, where it ends an...
Sines, Leixões, Lisbon ports are among top 200 largest container hubs globally
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The Portuguese ports of Sines, Leixões and Lisbon are among the 200 largest container ports in the...
Madeira regional government changes programme agreement signed with port authority
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The regional government of Madeira decided to change the programme contract signed with APRAM –...
Setúbal port increases towing capacity
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – Danish safety and support services firm Svitzer A/S will significantly increase its towing capacity...
Lisbon port container traffic rises 51.2% y/y in Jan-July 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Lisbon port’s container traffic rose by 51.2% on the year in the first seven months of 2017. The port...
MSC launches new service connecting Sines port to N Europe, S America
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is planning to launch a new service connecting Portugal’s...
Portuguese cargo transport firms visit Leixões port
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Portuguese association of public transport carriers of goods ANTRAM and TCL – Terminal de...
Portugal to invest €2.5 million in constructing dock on Tavira island
Tavira, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – Portugal’s government has presented a €2.5 million ($2.9 million) project for the construction of a...
Portuguese ports need to broaden their digital culture
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – It is not about having more or less container cranes, or the size of the dock to be ten or more metres...
Enlarge Portugal – opinion of the Portuguese Minister of the Sea
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – August is traditionally a month of vacation for most of the Portuguese. However, in 2017, it will also be...
MSC launches service including call at Portugal’s Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the launch of a service that connects the eastern...
Turkey’s Yildirim gains full control of Leixões port’s container terminal
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – Turkish conglomerate Yildirim has just gained control of Leixões port’s container terminal, the...
Figueira da Foz port breaks monthly cargo traffic record in July
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – Figueira da Foz port handled 229,252 tonnes of cargo in July, up 6.38% on the year. The figures...
Chinese ambassador visits Setúbal port
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Cai Run, visited Setúbal port on August 4, and...
Lallemand Iberia starts exports from Setúbal port
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 7, 2017 – Setúbal port has seen its partner Lallemand Iberia S.A. carry out the first export of Soluble Must...
Timor-Leste delegation visits Lisbon port
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 4, 2017 – Timor-Leste will soon have a new deepwater harbour, the port of Tibar, and the managers responsible for...
Lisbon port to handle 24 cruise calls in August
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 3, 2017 – Lisbon port expects to receive 24 cruise calls in August, two more than in the same month last year,...
Madeira government cancels ferry tender
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 4, 2017 – The government of Madeira has cancelled the announcement concerning the public tender, published in the...