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Lisbon

Lisbon is a seaport and capital of Portugal in Southwest Europe. It is managed by APL – Administração do Porto de Lisboa, S.A. It has terminals for containers, food, cement and multi-use. Yilport’s Liscont-Alcântara Container Terminal is a leading player at the port.

Port of Lisbon supports tax-free economic activities for four months

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 2, 2020 – Administração do Porto de Lisboa, SA (APL – Administration of Porto de Lisboa) has approved the...

European Commission – Improving rail connection in the Atlantic corridor

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 19, 2020 – The European Commission has approved an investment package worth more than €1.4 billion ($1.51...

Yilport Holding Orders 4 New STS Cranes for Liscont

YILPORT Holding ordered 4 ship-to-shore (STS) new gantry cranes for its Liscont Container Terminal in Lisbon, Portugal.  The STS cranes will be manufactured...

YILPORT Holding reports cargo numbers for its terminals in 2019

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 5, 2020 – Last month, Yilport Holding has reported that its terminals globally handled 6.15 million TEU containers...

Portuguese ports register over 12% fall in container cargo in 2019

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 26, 2020 – The commercial ports of mainland Portugal handled a total volume of almost 30.2 million tons of...

Portuguese ports see 6.2% fall in cargo in 2019

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 26, 2020 – The AMT – Mobility and Transport Authority (Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes) has...

Lisbon saw registered 17% growth in cruise passengers in 2019

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 19, 2020 – The Port of Lisbon registered a 17% growth in the number of cruise passengers in 2019, totaling...

Lisbon port promotes sustainability training

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 6, 2020 – The Port of Lisbon continues its sustainable and eco-efficient agenda, following the challenges of the...

YILPORT to continue to focus on growing logistics services in 2020

Yilport – Press Release – January 6, 2020 A subsidiary of YILPORT Holding, Transitex is a freight forwarder and logistics solutions provider...

Minister for Infrastructure and Housing visits Lisbon port at the premiere of the new regular container service

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) December 1, 2019 – The Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Pedro Nuno Santos, has visited the Port of Lisbon today,...

Lisbon port supplies low sulphur fuel

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) November 19, 2019 – The M / V Antonia vessel is the first ship at Lisbon harbour to be supplied with marine fuel with a...

EUROKAI Group reports Q3 2019 traffic numbers for container terminals

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 14, 2019 – In the first three quarters of 2019, EUROKAI container terminals handled a total of 8.925 million...

Portugal’s AMT publishes Port Market Monitoring Report – July 2019

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 3, 2019 – Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes (AMT) has published the Port Market Monitoring Report –...

EUROKAI – Interim Group Management Report – Handling Volumes – as of 30 June 2019

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) October 1, 2019 – EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA, based in Hamburg, Germany, has published its Interim Group Management...

Yilport agrees Alcântara terminal concession extension until 2038

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 17, 2019 – The government and Yilport, a concessionaire of the port terminal of Alcântara, Lisbon, have agreed to...

Liscont agreement soon says Portuguese minister

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 11, 2019 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, announced in Parliament that the agreement between Liscont...

Lisbon approves dredging of smaller ports

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 9, 2019 – The Directorate-General for Natural Resources, Safety and Maritime Services (DGRM) is moving forward with...

Tianjin port delegation visits Lisbon

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 3, 2019 – Associação dos Portos de Portugal has reported that a delegation of 10 members from the Municipality and...

Portugal hosts IV meeting of the high-level panel for the sustainable economy of the oceans

News – Portugal hosts IV meeting of the high-level panel for the sustainable economy of the oceans – May 28, 2019 On May 27th and 28th, the High...

Lisbon port wins best cruise port award

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 10, 2019 – For the fourth consecutive year, the Port of Lisbon has won the prize for the best cruise port in Europe...

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