Setubal
The Port of Setúbal is a port on the Atlantic Coast of Portugal, located 45 km south of Lisbon and a bar open 24 hours a day, integrating one of the most important industrial and logistics areas in the country. It has several port terminals specialized in all types of cargo, and shipyards. the port is managed by APSS.
Setúbal port sees higher cargo volumes in 2019
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 6, 2020 – 2019 was a year of growth for the Port of Setúbal, both in cargo volume and in the number of ships,...
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 –...
Rail delivery of Volkswagen cars to Setúbal port resumes
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) September 8, 2019 – The port of Setúbal has received a train carrying 125 vehicles, which is the resumption of the...
Setúbal port to invest €1.2 million in the expansion and improvement of several support infrastructures
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 29, 2019 – The port of Setúbal is to invest €1.2 million in the expansion and improvement of several support...
Portugal approves €3.2 million investment in Sesimbra port
Sesimbra, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – Portugal’s sea ministry has approved an application of Setúbal port authority (Administração dos...
Setúbal port dockworkers approve collective labour deal
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2019 – Setúbal port’s dockworkers unanimously approved the new collective bargaining agreement negotiated...
Setúbal port’s strike damages Portuguese economic growth in 2018
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2019 – The protests of the workers in the port of Setúbal, which occurred last year, significantly damaged the...
Lisbon port’s container traffic keeps declining in Jan-Feb 2019
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Lisbon port’s container traffic continues to decline in the first two months of 2019, recording a...
Setúbal port cargo traffic increases in Q1 2019
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 7, 2019 – The port of Setúbal ended the first quarter of 2019 with growth of 5%, compared to the same period of...
Setúbal port approves extension of collective labour deal talks deadline
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Setúbal port dockworkers have approved the extension until May 8 of the negotiation period for the new...
Wärtsilä completes installation of VTS system in Lisbon, Setúbal ports
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Wärtsilä has successfully completed the installation of its Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) operating system...
Setúbal port to maintain dialogue on controversial dredging project
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – The president of the port administration of Setúbal today vowed to maintain dialogue with...
Volkswagen Portugal explores rail transport as alternative to Setubal port
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Volkswagen Portugal is investigating the railway as an alternative for the export of vehicles with the...
Setúbal port strike reduces national November exports
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Portugal’s Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE – National Statistical Institute) has...
Negotiations of collective agreement with Setúbal port dockworkers resumed
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement for the dockworkers at Setúbal port were resumed...
Portuguese dockworkers to launch new six-month strike
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 3, 2019 – Portugal’s dockworkers’ trade union Sindicato dos Estivadores e da Atividade Logística (SEAL)...
Volkswagen to keep exports via Vigo despite end of Setúbal port strike
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – German carmaker Volkswagen AG has said it plans to continue the export of cars produced at its Palmela factory...
Sadoport says that client companies considered leaving Setúbal port definitively
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – The port administrator has said that the conflict between company management and trade unions has...
Labour conflict causes decline in container traffic at Setúbal port
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 18, 2018 – Labour instability has resulted in heavy losses in container handling in October in the ports of Lisbon,...
Volkswagen plant in Pamela faces production suspension due to Setúbal port strike
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Autoeuropa, the Volkswagen AG can manufacturing facility in Palmela, has no further space to store...