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.
2Africa submarine cable system moors at Carcavelos, Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 13, 2024—The 2Africa submarine cable system has moored at Carcavelos, Cascais, to Altice Portugal’s submarine cable...
Port of Leixões issues tender for new inspection centre
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The Port of Leixões has issued an 8.1 million euro public tender for building a new inspection centre...
Setúbal, Lisbon sign agreement with Port of Santos, Brazil
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The Portuguese ports of Setúbal and Lisbon have signed an agreement with the Brazilian port of Santos....
1.3 tons of cocaine seized in Port of Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – The authorities have seized 1.3 tons of cocaine in the Port of Lisbon. The illegal drugs were hidden...
Port of Sines promotes carbon neutrality
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – On February 9, the President of APS – Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve, SA,...
Portugal recognises 2Africa as project of public interest
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – The General Directorate of Natural Resources, Security and Maritime Services (DGRM) has declared the...
Fusion Fuel receives IPCEI approval for HEVO-Portugal project
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – Fusion Fuel has announced that it has received notification from the European Commission that the...
Porto Cruise Terminal reports record year in 2023
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – Porto Cruise Terminal has reported a record year in 2023 with 116 cruise calls carrying 148,889...
Port of Leixões starts shipping Peugeot vehicles
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 15, 2024 – Last week, the Port of Leixões carried out the first shipment of Peugeot vehicles from Stellantis...
Porto de Leixões has record year for cruises in 2023
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 7, 2024 – In 2023, Porto de Leixões received 116 cruise ships carrying 148,889 passengers, making it the...
Tecnimont awarded contract to develop green energy plant in Sines
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 5, 2024 – MAIRE has reported that its Tecnimont division has been awarded a FEED contract by MadoquaPower2X to...
Port of Lisbon receives MSC Euribia, zero emissions
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – On January 24, 2024, the Port of Lisbon received the MSC Euribia, the first cruise ship to undertake a...
Port of Sines joins MSC Dragon network
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – With the first call scheduled for February 5, the Port of Sines will become part of the Dragon Service...
Port of Funchal sees rise in passenger numbers in 2023
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – The Port of Funchal, in 2023, registered a movement of 1,031,704 passengers on cruise ships...
Port of Figueira da Foz issues infrastructure tender
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 18, 2024 – The Port of Figueira da Foz has issued a €24.3 million tender for the improvement of...
OOCL shipper returns to Port of Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 15, 2024 – The OOCL Lady Jane, the first ship of the EEX-Europe East Coast South America Express service, docked...
Port of Lisbon handled over 700,000 cruise passengers in 2023
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 15, 2024 – The Port of Lisbon handled 758,328 cruise passengers in 2023, up +54% in 2022. The previous record was...
Yilport, GS Marítima seek to control Sotagus, Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 4, 2024 – Yilport and GS Marítima have notified Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC), the Portuguese competition...
PSA BDP has announced the opening of office in Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 19, 2023 – PSA BDP, a leading global logistics and supply chain solutions provider, has announced the opening of...
PSA Sines increases crane capacity
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) December 6, 2023 – PSA Sines will increase its capacity with two mega-gantry Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes in February 2024....