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Aveiro

Aveiro is a port-city on the west coast of Portugal set along a lagoon called Ria de Aveiro, south of Porto. It is operated by Porto de Aveiro.

Aveiro port seeks Salamanca rail connection

Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 14, 2018 – The President of the Port Community of Aveiro, Nuno Pires, believes that the creation of a container...

Portugal’s mainland ports traffic rises 1.3% in 2017

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 9, 2018 – Portuguese mainland commercial ports handled a record 89.2 million tonnes of cargo in 2017, 1.3% more than...

Portugal’s Irmãos Cavaco delays payment of compensation to former workers

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Portuguese construction company Irmãos Cavaco SA, declared insolvent in 2017, said it was late in...

Olinto Ravara appointed to presidency of Aveiro and Figueira da Foz ports

Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – Olinto Ravara has been appointed president of the Board of Directors of Administração do Porto de Aveiro...

Aveiro port operator names interim president

Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – Olinto Ravara has assumed the position of president of APA – Administração do Porto de Aveiro, SA, the...

EC includes Galician rail link into Aveiro port-France corridor

Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 15, 2018 – The European Commission has approved the inclusion of the Galician rail link between A Coruña and Palencia in...

Aveiro port looks to develop logistics platform

Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – The Infrastructure Project for the Logistics and Industrial Activities Zone of Porto de Aveiro (ZALI...

PRIO Energy reports increase traffic in Aveiro port in April 2018

Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – PRIO Energy SA has said that it has broken the record of monthly volume handled at its Ponte-Cais facility,...

Portuguese ports maritime trade union calls for strike action June 4-8

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – The National Union of Workers of the Administrations and Port Boards (SNTAJP – Sindicato Nacional...

Aveiro port invests in liquid bulk terminal

Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – Administração do Porto de Aveiro (APA – Port of Aveiro Administration) has recently awarded the...

Portuguese government sets up working group to address collective labour agreement

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – The Ministries of the Sea and Finance has announce the creation of a working group to study and analyze...

Port of Aveiro reports increased cargo figures in Q1 2018

Aveiro, portugal (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – In January-March 2016, the total movement of goods at the Port of Aveiro was 1.342 million tons, up 10%...

Portugal’s mainland ports cargo traffic rises 2.2% in 2017

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – Portugal’s mainland ports ended last year with a record cargo traffic of 95.9 million tonnes, up...

Portuguese ports see higher traffic 2017

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 – Mainland ports ended the year 2017 with the record of the highest volume of cargo ever, reaching...

Portuguese ports report improved cargo statistics for 2017

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – In January-November 2017, the country’s commercial ports reached 88.8 million tons of cargo....

Portugal’s AMT approves port tariff increases of 1.6%

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 6, 2018 – The Regulation of the Tariff System of Ports and the “Guidelines for the preparation of proposals...

Aveiro port signs wind tower production contract

Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 5, 2017 – The Port of Aveiro Administration SA (APA – Administração do Porto de Aveiro) and ASM...

The Portuguese government adopts its new port strategy to create jobs and boost added value

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The Portuguese has announced a number of resolutions as part of a new ports strategy, which aim to...

Portuguese seaports hit record-high cargo traffic in H1 2017

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Portuguese seaports moved a record-high 48.6 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of the year, an...

Aveiro port breaks monthly cargo traffic record in May

Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Aveiro port had a very promising performance in May. With more than 535,000 tonnes handled, the port recorded...

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