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 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...
Leixoes port receives ISO 9001:2015 certificate
Leixoes, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – Leixoes port has received a NP EN ISO 9001: 2015 certificate for the quality of all the services it...
Portuguese ports cargo traffic rises in Q1 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – The Portuguese Mobility and Transport Authority (AMT-Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes) has released...
Lisbon port organises city seminar
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – On May 15, the Comunidade Portuário de Lisboa (CPL – Port Community of Lisbon) is organising...
South European maritime ports freight and passenger statistics
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 5, 2017 – The latest (2015) available statistical data on freight handling and passenger traffic in ports in...
Leixões to beat record cruise passengers in May
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 –  Leixões port is set to beat the monthly record of cruise passengers in May 2017. The port predicts for...
Alkion Terminals signs contract for LBC assets
Amsterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – Alkion Terminals and LBC Tank Terminals (LBC) have announced the signing of an agreement in which...
Port of Lisbon keeps on growing in bunker only calls
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – On April 21, 2017, the port of Lisbon received several ships, like the M/V Polymnia (bulk carrier) which...
Leixoes port cargo traffic rises 7% y/y in Q1 2017
Leixoes, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 28, 2017 – Leixoes port handled 4.6 million tonnes of cargo in the first quarter of 2017, up 7% on the year, APDL –...
Setubal port cargo traffic rises 9% y/y in Q1 2017
Setubal, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 28, 2017 – Setubal port hit the record of containerised cargo in the first quarter of 2017, with a 9% increase compared...
Madeira regional government cancels ports cargo handling concession
Funchal, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – The Madeira regional government has cancelled the concession of OPM-Company Port Operations Madeira, Lda for...
Setubal port cargo traffic falls 4.9% in 2016
Setubal, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – The first quarter of 2017 is proving very good for Portuguese ports, with Lisbon announcing 33% growth,...
Aveiro port books record-high cargo traffic in Q1 2017
Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Aveiro port booked a record-high cargo traffic of 1.216 million tonnes for the first quarter of 2017, up 18%....
Figueira da Foz handles its largest ship yet
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Figueira da Foz port received its largest cargo ship ever on April 18. The vessel is more than 134...
EU invests €22.1 million supporting synergies between transport & energy sectors
Brussels, Belgium, April 24, 2017 – EU invests €22.1 million supporting synergies between transport & energy sectors Today, EU Member States...