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.
Council of Europe approves European Union Port Services Regulation
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 3, 2017 – The new European Union Port Services Regulation (PSR – Port Services Regulation) came into force after...
PSA International total container traffic rises 5.5% in 2016
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 3, 2017 – PSA International, which is present in Portugal through the concession of Terminal XXI of Sines port,...
Portugal’s TSL to expand on Iberian peninsula
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 3, 2017 – Portugal’s youngest shipping company, TSL (Tejo Shipping Lines), established on January 20, and...
Lisbon announced as the venue for Seatrade Cruise Med 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 29, 2017 – Seatrade has announced that Lisbon will be the 2018 venue for the largest cruise industry event...
OPDR starts operating container line linking Seville to UK
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2017 – Seville port gains weight in the container business with the addition of a new service that will link...
Setubal exports last ten modules of HRSG generator via port
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 20, 2017 – Alstom handled the export of the last ten modules of the Heat Recovery Stram Generator (HRSG) produced...
Lisbon to develop digital administration platform at ports
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 20, 2017 – The Portuguese government has set up a working group to implement a common digital communication...
Spanish minister highlights growth potential of Portugal’s Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – At the end of February, Inigo de la Serna, Spanish Minister of Public Works, received the Minister of...
German ambassador visits Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Christof Weil, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Portugal and Minister Counselor Heike...
Algarve diversifies with exports to Algeria
Portimão, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – At the port of Portimão, the general cargo ship “Saoura” was loaded with fiber cement...
Event – Motorways of the Sea – Conditions for success – Brussels, March 7, 2017
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 4, 2017 – The European Parliament SEARICA Intergroup is holding a conference entitled “Motorways of the...
Leixoes port to benefit from Spanish dockworker strikes
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – What for some is a problem, is an opportunity for others. This is how the port of Leixoes, in the north...
Leixoes port cargo traffic rises 12% in Jan 2017
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The month of January was the best in recent years at the Leixoes port, registering the handling of 1.625...
Portugal to boost port contribution to economy
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Portuguese Minister of the Sea Ana Paula Vittorino said that the country aims to double the stake of the...
Madeira ports cargo traffic rises in 2016
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Madeira ports 1.354 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 5% on the year. Containerised cargo traffic...
Cimpor exports 52,500 tonnes of clinker through Lisbon port in Jan 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Portuguese company Cimpor, operating clinker exports to several neighbouring countries, exported 52,499...
IDC prepares measures to avoid cargo diversion
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) is preparing to announce measures to avoid the diversion of...
Portuguese government awards railway contract for connection to Spain
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The project for the construction of a freight railway line connecting Portugal to Spain, with a special...
Sines port container terminal handles record-high traffic in Jan 2017
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Sines port’s Terminal XXI handled 162,000 TEUs in January, the largest traffic serviced by a...
Leixoes port container terminal quickens handling of trucks
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Productivity combined with fast processing of trucks. This is how the activity of Leixoes container...