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.
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....
European South against EU ETS regulation
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 28, 2023 – Seven European shipping nations asked the European Commission (EC) to postpone the plan to include...
Dredging of Port of Viana do Castelo begins
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 7, 2023 – The dredging of Port of Viana do Castelo has started in the navigation channel. The port...
Portugal joins the “2Africa” subsea cable project
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 7, 2023 – State agency DGRM has signed a contract with Vodafone which will connect the country with the...
Companies cooperate making Sines the new Atlantic Hub
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 27, 2023 – aicep Global Parques, EllaLink and Start Campus are working together to make Sines the new Atlantic Hub....
Port of Sines received a visit from a Chilean delegation
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 25, 2023 – On October 24th, the Port of Sines received a visit from a Chilean delegation, as part of a business...
Port of Leixões to modernize its railway terminal and mobile bridge
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 13, 2023 – The port of Leixões is to spend 38 million euros to modernize its railway terminal and mobile...