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.
China’s CRCC representatives visit Lisbon port
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Lisbon port has received a delegation of China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) and its subsidiaries...
Neptune Lines starts operating at Setubal port
Setubal, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Greek shipping group Neptune Lines has started operating the “Iberia + Med + Aegean & Black...
Leixoes container terminal operates 25 vessels in April 3-9
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – In the period between April 3 and 9, Leixoes container terminal received and operated 25 vessels, in a...
Setubal port presents candidacy for EDP h 17 Prize award
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – Setubal port has presented its candidacy for the EDP h 17 Prize for energy efficiency, distinguishing...
Figueira da Foz port approves plan for 2017
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – Figueira da Foz port management has approved the balance sheet for 2016 and the budget plan for...
Barreiro terminal project attracts Turkish interest
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – The Barreiro terminal project is stirring up Turkish interest. Also, the deepwater port at Praia da Vitória...
Lisbon port handles 11% of Portugal’s harbour cargo traffic in Jan-Feb 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – According to data released by the Portuguese Mobility and Transport Authority (AMT), the growth of each...
Setubal port among candidates for EDP Electricity and Environmental Award
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – Setubal port authority (Administração dos Portos de Setúbal e Sesimbra) is a candidate for EDP Energias...
Ilhavo mayor calls for more investment in Aveiro port
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – The mayor of Ilhavo municipality is satisfied with the way the relations with Aveiro port have evolved....
Portuguese ports traffic grows in February
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – Portuguese Mobility and Transport Authority released the results on port handling in February. The figures...
Portugal’s ports cargo traffic rise contrasts with road, rail throughput in 2016
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – Preliminary data from Portugal’s National Statistical Institute (INE) for 2016 confirm the growth in...
Sines port keeps expanding
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – Sines port maintains its growth in recent years and achieved the best quarter ever in 2017. With a total...
Siemens improves Sines port productivity
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – Siemens, a German conglomerate company and the largest manufacturing and electronics company in Europe, has...
Positive container traffic trend continues at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – Container traffic continues its upward trend in Las Palmas port for the eighth consecutive month. The port...
Lisbon port to handle 17 turnaround cruise calls in April
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – Lisbon port expects to handle 44 cruise calls in April, with 17 of them being turnaround, where cruises...
Leixoes port container traffic’s rise is constant
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – The days when Leixoes Container Terminal reaches 3,000 TEUs or is very close, are becoming more frequent....
Eurogate Group presents its results for the 2016 financial year
Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) April 6, 2017 – EUROGATEÂ Group today presented its results for the 2016 financial year – expansive business...
Portuguese minister visits Leixoes port stand at Intermodal Sao Paulo fair
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Portugal’s Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vittorino, visited the stands of Portuguese ports at...
Portugal’s A Silva Matos in talks to open industrial facility at Aveiro port
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 6, 2017 – Aveiro port wants to attract companies and the negotiations with Portuguese company A Silva Matos– SGPS,...
OPDR starts regular line connecting Setubal to Spain
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 6, 2017 – Setubal port sees its connections to southern Spain, the UK and northern continental Europe improved by OPDR...