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’s Alcântara Container Terminal to have first direct USA link
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 19, 2023 – The Alcântara Container Terminal will have the first regular transatlantic stopover to the...
ETE Group invests in Liebherr cranes for Portuguese ports
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 18, 2023 – The ETE Group has invested €14.2 million in the acquisition of four new Liebherr Port Cranes for its...
Port of Sines LNG terminal breaks records in 2022
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 17, 2023 – The Sines Liquefied Natural Gas – Terminal de Gás Natural Liquefeito (GNL) de Sines Terminal,...
Port of Setúbal set for €114 million investment
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 17, 2023 – The Port of Setúbal is set for €114 million in investment projects. The port authority says it...
Port of Lisbon subject to cyber attack
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 5, 2023 – The Port Authority of Lisbon (APL – Administração do Porto de Lisboa) has been subject to a...
Port of Sines issues solar plant tender
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 4, 2023 – The Port of Sines has issued a public tender for the construction of a solar plant for self-consumption....
Portos dos Açores orders two Kalmar Eco reachstackers
Horta, Autonomous Region of the Azores, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 22, 2022 – Portos dos Açores has ordered two Kalmar Eco reachstackers. The...
YILPORT plans modernisation of Port of Setúbal terminal
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 13, 2022 – YILPORT, the international port operator of Zone 2 of the Multipurpose Terminal, says it has...
Ocean Network Express visits Port of Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 25, 2022 – The CEO of ONE – Ocean Network Express, Jeremy Nixon, has visited the Port of Lisbon to view...
Neogreen Hydrogen to invest in green hydrogen plant in Sines, Portugal
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 14, 2022 – Canadian company Neogreen Hydrogen and local Frequent Summer are to invest more than €1 billion in a...
Cruise passengers in Port of Lisbon rise 139% in October
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 10, 2022 – Last October, the Port of Lisbon received 49 cruise stops, up +40% compared to the same month of...
Port of Setúbal imports VW ID. Buzz electric cars
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 10, 2022 – Last month, the Port of Setúbal received the first shipment of the electric “Pão de...
Etermar joins BayWa in Viana do Castelo windfarm, Portugal
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 10, 2022 – The local Etermar company joins Germany’s BayWa r.e. in the Viana do Castelo windfarm project....
Yilport presents Liscont investment
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 10, 2022 – Yilport is to present Liscont investment of around €200 million with the visit of CEO Robert...
Port of Sines joins the Nexus Agenda
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 4, 2022 – A consortium led by the Port of Sines is one of the projects included in the “Agendas for Business...
Port of Lisbon increases cruise ship visits in first half of 2022
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 5, 2022 – The Port of Lisbon increased cruise ship visits in first half of 2022 to 154 compared to zero in the...
Azores port of Ponta Delgada increases cargo traffic
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 21, 2022 – The port of Ponta Delgada broke the national record in terms of growth in cargo...
Port of Sines to set up Renewable Energy Community
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 21, 2022 – The municipality of Sines (Setúbal), the Administration of the Ports of Sines and Algarve (APS)...
Port of Sines looks to handle renewable gases
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 10, 2022 – The Port of Sines is studying the possibility of transforming a multipurpose pier into a terminal for...
Port of Sines participates in the Japan Energy Summit 2022
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 5, 2022 – The Port of Sines participates in the Japan Energy Summit 2022, which took place in Tokyo, August 2-4,...