Sines
The Port of Sines is the largest artificial port in Portugal, and a deep water port and is located around 100km south of Lisbon. The Port of Sines is an open deep-water sea port with excellent maritime access, without restrictions, leading the Portuguese port sector in the volume of cargo handled, and offering unique natural characteristics to receive any type of vessels. Due to its modern specialized terminals, the port is able to handle the different types of cargoes. It is managed by APS-Administração do Porto de Sines and is currently looking at greater involvement in renewable energies. It is a location of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.
Portugal introduces radar module of Costa Segura system
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – The Minister of National Defense, José Azeredo Lopes and the Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino,...
Portugal looks for new Silk Road role
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – Following the Portuguese prime minister’s visit to China in 2016, the first memorandum of...
Sines port reports improved H1 2017 cargo throughout
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Sines port has closed the first six months of 2017 with a total of 25.8 million tons of cargo handled,...
Sines port to have railway link to Madrid long before Algeciras
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Sines port is one of the main beneficiaries of the isolation of the port of Algeciras from Madrid due to lack...
Portuguese prime minister promotes Sines port for the new Silk Road
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Portuguese prime minister António Costa insisted today on the “leading position” of the port of...
TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...
Sines port LNG terminal handles 12 tankers in Q1 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – The liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal of Sines port handled 12 tankers in the first quarter of 2017, which...
Chinese delegation visits Sines port
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Sines port received a delegation of government officials of the Chinese province of Ningbo, where the fourth...
Sines port growth causes concerns in Algeciras
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – The growth of the port of Sines is being viewed with suspicion and some fears in Spain, and this time it is the...
Portuguese ports cargo traffic rises in Q1 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – The Portuguese Mobility and Transport Authority (AMT-Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes) has released...
South European maritime ports freight and passenger statistics
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 5, 2017 – The latest (2015) available statistical data on freight handling and passenger traffic in ports in...
Setubal port cargo traffic falls 4.9% in 2016
Setubal, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – The first quarter of 2017 is proving very good for Portuguese ports, with Lisbon announcing 33% growth,...
Sines port keeps expanding
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – Sines port maintains its growth in recent years and achieved the best quarter ever in 2017. With a total...
Siemens improves Sines port productivity
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – Siemens, a German conglomerate company and the largest manufacturing and electronics company in Europe, has...
Spanish minister highlights growth potential of Portugal’s Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – At the end of February, Inigo de la Serna, Spanish Minister of Public Works, received the Minister of...
German ambassador visits Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Christof Weil, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Portugal and Minister Counselor Heike...
IDC prepares measures to avoid cargo diversion
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) is preparing to announce measures to avoid the diversion of...
Sines port container terminal handles record-high traffic in Jan 2017
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Sines port’s Terminal XXI handled 162,000 TEUs in January, the largest traffic serviced by a...
Sines port cargo traffic grows in 2016
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – Sines port handled 51 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 16.4% on the year. Container traffic rose by...
Sines port cargo traffic rises 16.4% Y/Y in 2016
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Sines port handled 51 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 16.4% on the year. All terminals of the...