Ponta Delgada (Azores)
Ponta Delgada is the largest municipality and economic capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. It is located on São Miguel Island, the largest and most populous in the archipelago. It is operated by Portos dos Açores.
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...
Portos dos Açores reports improved financials for 2021
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 4, 2022 – Portos dos Açores, SA (PA), the entity responsible for the management of 14 ports and seven...
Reopening of ports for cruises in spain is an opportunity for Madeira
International cruise ships can dock in Spanish ports from June 7, the Spanish government announced Saturday, lifting restrictions imposed at the start of the...
Port of Lisbon handled 1.4 million tons of goods for the Azores and Madeira
In 2020, the Port of Lisbon registered a total of 1.4 million tons in the movement of goods with the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira, representing...
Azores grants financial guarantee to local ports authority
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 8, 2020 – The government of the Azores has announced a €4.7 million grant guarantee to Portos...
Portos dos Açores launches €41 million tender for Ponta Delgada port overhaul
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – Azores Islands port authority Portos dos Açores has launched a €41 million ($46 million)...
Portugal to invest €12 million in ro-ro ramp at Porto das Pipas harbour
Porto das Pipas, Azores Islands, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 26, 2018 – The capacity overhaul project at Porto das Pipas in Portugal’s Azores...
Azores Islands government to invest €20 million in Horta port
Horta, Azores, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 31, 2018 – The Azores Islands government plans to invest €20 million ($22.6 million) in the port of Horta,...
Azores region to invest €32 million in Ponta Delgada port
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 11, 2018 – The Azores regional government plans to invest €32 million ($37 million) in the overhaul...
Portos dos Açores to invest €145 million until 2020
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – Portos dos Açores SA, the operator of ports on Portugal’s Azores Islands, plans to...
Portuguese dockworkers to carry out strike in Sept, Oct
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 30, 2018 – Portuguese dockworkers plan to carry out a strike that will cover the port and stowage companies of the...
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...
Minimum service maintained in Portuguese port strike
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Minimum service is operating at Portuguese ports during the labour strike organised for August 13 to...
Portugal to complete Costa Segura port navigation system by end-2018
São José, Azores, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 20, 2018 – The Costa Segura system, which will facilitate navigation control by ports, will be completed by...
Portos dos Açores SA increases port taxes
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 17, 2018 – According to the final accounts of the National Statistical Institute (Instituto Nacional...
28 cruise ships will pass in the ports of the Azores in last two weeks of April
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 20, 2018 – In the last two weeks of April, the Azores will establish a new record of stopovers and...
Azorean government provides €1.7 million guarantee to port operator
Ponta Delgada, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – The Azorean government has granted a guarantee of €1.7 million ($2 million) to the ports...
Azores, Canary Islands to enhance port, air transport synergies
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – The Azores and Canaries Islands have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which,...
Azores Islands’ ports to handle 54 cruise calls Sep-Dec 2017
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – The first week of September marks the return of cruise ships to the Azores. Portos dos...
Azores islands ports expect record-high number of cruise calls in 2017
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – The ports of the Azores islands in Portugal expects a record-high number of cruise...