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.
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,...
Yilport holding breaks all-time container handling record in first half of 2022
Yilport Holding had another successful half-year benefitting from recent investments. The company moves towards the target of being one of the top global...
Firms to study the feasibility of shipping hydrogen from Portugal to the Netherlands
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 19, 2022 – Shell, French utility Engie, gas shipping company Anthony Veder and tank storage firm Vopakto study the...
PSA concludes first stage of Phase III of Sines Container Terminal expansion
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 6, 2022 – On July 1, PSA Sines held a ceremony to mark the conclusion of the first stage of Phase III of the Sines...
Port of Aveiro revolutionizes cargo management with 5G solutions
Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 1, 2022 – The Port of Aveiro will use Vodafone’s 5G network to allow the port to monitor and manage its cargo...
Poland interested in LNG supply from Portugal
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 27, 2022 – Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said last week that his country would be interested in...
Port city of Setúbal to house new Aurora lithium conversion plant
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 8, 2022 – The port city of Setúbal has been selected as the location for a new Aurora lithium conversion plant to...