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.
Port of Leixões handled 15.2 million tons of cargo in 2021, down from 17 million tons
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 7, 2022 – The Port of Leixões handled 15.2 million tons of cargo in 2021, compared to 17 million in the...
Ports of Madeira ended 2021 with a total of 125 stopovers and a movement of 117,289 passengers
The Ports of Madeira (Funchal and Porto Santo) ended 2021 with a total of 125 stopovers and a movement of 117,289 passengers, figures achieved practically in...
Port of Lisbon sees 2021 cargo traffic up 5%
The Port of Lisbon confirmed, in 2021, the gradual recovery of its activity, registering more than 9.4 million tons in the accumulated from January to December...
Ecoslops doubles revenue in 2021
Paris, France (Ports Europe) February 1, 2022 – Ecoslops, which recycles oil residues, has reported revenue of €12.43 million ($13.9 million), up +116%...
Angolan company Kwanda sends delegation to Port of Sines
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2022 – On January 19, the Port of Sines hosted a visit from a delegation from the Angolan company...
Port of Sines reports increased cargo in 2021
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2022 – The Atlantic Port of Sines has produced year-on-year growth in all cargo segments. Total cargo was 46.5...
Port Authority of Seville welcomes delegation from Portugal’s Sines port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – A delegation from the Portuguese port of Sines has visited Seville to discuss strategy and future...
Leixões Cruise Terminal forecasts 143 cruise ship visits by the end of 2022
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 10, 2022 – The Leixões Cruise Terminal received, January 2, the visit of the ship AIDAsol, which is the first...
CS Wind ASM to invest in Port of Aveiro
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 5, 2022 – CS Wind ASM is to invest around €260 million ($293.6 million) over the next four years to triple...
Yilport Liscont to install four new Mitsui cranes
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 4, 2022 – In the New Year, Yilport Liscont will install four new, ship-to-shore electric Mitsui E&S Machinery...
Port of Lisbon announces 123.8 million agreement to modernize Alcântara terminal
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 22, 2021 – A Administração do Porto de Lisboa (APL) and Liscont – Operadores de Contentores, S.A. have...
New A-RTGs started operations at YILPORT Leixões Terminal
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 23, 2021 – As part of the redevelopment of the South Container Terminal, the three new A-RTG (rubber tired...
EUROKAI reports improved Jan-Sep 2021 TEU statistics
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) November 17, 2021 – In the period January-September 2021, the EUROKAI Group handled 9.25 million TEUs, up +15.3% on the...
Port of Lisbon voted the best cruise port in Europe for the seventh time
For the sixth consecutive year and for the seventh time since 2009, APL – Port of Lisbon Administration wins the trophy for the best cruise port in...
EUROKAI container terminals see traffic up nearly +20% in first half
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 29, 2021 – EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA has published its Interim Group Management Report for the first half of...
Port of Sines hosts diplomatic attachés
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 24, 2021 – Earlier this week, around 30 diplomatic attachés from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MNE) visited...
Ecoslops announces unaudited results for the first half of the current year ending June 30, 2021
Ecoslops, the cleantech that brings oil into the circular economy, announces its unaudited results for the first half of the current year ending June 30th,...
Boluda Lines reinforces its presence in the Port of Setúbal
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 17, 2021 – Boluda Lines plans to expand its services in the Port of Setúbal as early as 2022. Boluda...
Angolan Minister of Transport visits the Port of Sines
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 17, 2021 – The Angolan Minister of Transport, Ricardo Viegas D´Abreu, visited the Port of Sines ton 15th...
Port of Viana do Castelo increases cargo handling
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 17, 2021 – The Northern Port of Viana do Castelo handled around 265,000 tons of cargo during the...