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.
Lisbon port containerised cargo traffic rises 53% y/y in Jan-May 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – In the first five months of 2017, the containerised cargo traffic in Lisbon port rose by 53.4% on the year,...
Port of Leixões cargo traffic grew 10% in the first 5 months of 2017
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 26, 2017 – The Port of Leixões handled 8.1 million tons of commodities in January-May 2017, an increase of 10.3%...
TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...
IDC calls strike in solidarity with Spanish dockworkers
Setubal, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has called a two-hour strike on June 29, that will also affect...
Yildirim takes control of Leixoes container terminal operator
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – Turkish group Yildirim now owns 100% of the capital of Container Terminal (TCL), after the purchase of the...
Spain’s Indra installs port management system in Cyprus
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – The Janela Única Portuária (JUP) port management system for ship and cargo clearance, developed in...
Badajoz logistics platform to be completed by 2020
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 –The Plataforma Logística do Sudoeste Europeu (PLSWE – The Southwestern European Logistics Platform) in...
Boluda Lines sets up shipping agency based in Lisbon port
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Boluda Lines, a leading Spanish shipowner and global marine services company, will bet on Lisbon port through...
Portuguese Minister of the Sea says new Lisbon cruise terminal to have key economic importance
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope), June 3, 2017 – Portuguese Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vittorino, has said that the new cruise terminal in Santa Apolónia,...
Aveiro port breaks monthly cargo traffic record in May
Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Aveiro port had a very promising performance in May. With more than 535,000 tonnes handled, the port recorded...
Sines port LNG terminal handles 12 tankers in Q1 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – The liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal of Sines port handled 12 tankers in the first quarter of 2017, which...
European Ports Forum invites membership applications
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – The Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) has set up a group of experts...
Chinese delegation visits Sines port
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Sines port received a delegation of government officials of the Chinese province of Ningbo, where the fourth...
UK-based MacAndrews gets Best Shipping Line 2017 award in Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – London-based shipping company MacAndrews & Company Limited has received the award for the Best Shipping...
Lisbon port cargo traffic rises 21% y/y in Jan-April 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Lisbon port cargo traffic rose by 21% on the year in the first four months of 2017 to some 4 million tonnes....
Spain’s Europac completes sale of Viana do Castelo port unit
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Spanish company Papeles y Cartones de Europe S.A. (Europac) has completed the sale of Europac...
Portuguese stevedores not to service ships diverted from Spain
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – After the Spanish government approved a decree for the reform of the stowage sector and trade unions announced...
Sines port growth causes concerns in Algeciras
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – The growth of the port of Sines is being viewed with suspicion and some fears in Spain, and this time it is the...
Leixoes port container traffic rises 4% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Leixoes, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – Leixoes port container terminal handled 204,553 TEUs in the first four months of 2017, up 4% on the year....
Sines port handles 62% of entire Portuguese container traffic in Q1 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – The first quarter of the year brought more record TEU numbers to the Portuguese port system. And the container...