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.
Sacyr Somague and Sacyr Neopul win contract to modernize railway connection between Sines and the southern line
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 22, 2021 – Sacyr Somague and Sacyr Neopul have been awarded the contract for the modernisation of the railway...
‘Bluetech’ made it possible to reduce 13,000 tons of CO2 in Leixões, Douro and Viana ports
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 8, 2021 – The Ministry of the Sea has reported that the ‘Bluetech Accelerator’ program has...
Sines port sees 13% increase in containerized cargo in 2020
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 21, 2021 – The Port of Sines ended 2020 with a 13% increase in containerized cargo compared to the previous year...
Sines port seeks to develop Brazil connections
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 6, 2021 – CPLS – Sines Port and Logistics Community (Comunidade Portuária e Logística de Sines) has signed...
Tender issued for concession of the port of Recreio de Sines
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 6, 2021 – Administration of the Ports of Sines and the Algarve (APS) has issued a public tender for the concession...
PSA Sines awards expansion contract
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 23, 2020 – PSA Sines, the concessionaire for Sines Container Terminal (Terminal XXI), has awarded the contract for...
Mainland Portuguese ports handled over 60 million tonnes in Jan-Sept 2020
Mainland ports recorded an increase of + 1.7% in September, compared to the same period of 2019. This growth was driven by most of the ports, especially Sines,...
PSA Sines issues expansion tender
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 12, 2020 – PSA Sines, the concessionaire for the Container Terminal of the Port of Sines (Terminal XXI), has...
Government minister visits Sines port railway expansion project
Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Pedro Nuno Santos, accompanied by the Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Jorge Delgado, and the Assistant Secretary...
Sines port joins the main ports in the world in resilience to Covid-19
The Port of Sines endorsed the statement by the PAR – Port Authorities Roundtable on the need and commitment of port authorities to maintain the...
New EU project PLANET will increase end-to-end visibility of global supply chains
A new research and innovation action will assess the impact of emerging global trade corridors on the TEN-T network, ensuring effective connectivity and...
More port authorities pledge support to keep ports operating during Convid-19
Singapore (Ports Europe) May 30, 2020 – Following an initiative of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, an increasing number of ports have...
Sines port receives LNG powered tanker
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 1, 2020 – The port of Sines has received the ship “Eagle Brasília”, a dual-fuel Aframax, which is powered by...
Brazil economic mission visits Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 4, 2020 – On February 26, representatives of the Associação de Comércio Exterior do Brasil (AEB – Brazilian...
Sines port carries out first supply of bunker fuel to ship
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 4, 2020 – Porto de Sines has carried out the first supply of bunker fuel to ships was on February 29, using...
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...
Portugal and Netherlands consider consortium to produce green hydrogen in Sines
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 19, 2020 – The Portuguese and Dutch governments are discussing a joint plan to set up a renewable gas project in...
U.S. government and companies eye Sines port’s LNG potential
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 14, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette has visiting Sines port and confirmed interest in the LNG...
Portugal’s Sines port commences ambitious expansion works
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2020 – Work has started on the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean sea port of Sines, the first step to increase...