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 to launch tender for new Sines port terminal
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 14, 2019 – The port of Sines handles around 56% of the country’s containerised cargo, and its container port...
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 –...
PSA Sines end strike with labour agreement
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 29, 2019 – PSA Sines, the concessionaire of Terminal XXI, and the union that represents the administrative workers,...
Portuguese government approves Sines port expansion
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 6, 2019 – APS – Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve (Ports of Sines and Algarve Authority) has...
Portuguese minister visits Sines port for official presentation of investment projects for expansion of Terminal XXI & new Vasco da Gama Terminal
News – Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, visited the Port of Sines for the official presentation of the investment projects for the expansion of...
Sines port seeks Vasco da Gama Terminal investment
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 19, 2019 – In addition to recent announcement of the €547 million ($616.13 million) investment by PSA Sines in its...
PSA to invest in Sines port Terminal XXI
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 19, 2019 – PSA International has agreed with the Portuguese government to invest €547 million ($616.13 million) in...
Ranking – Portugal’s Sines port among largest in the European Union
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 17, 2019 – The Port of Sines is the 20th largest of the European Union (EU) in gross weight of goods handled. The...
iTerminals 4.0 launched to develop box port digitalisation
News – iTerminals 4.0 launched to boost box port digitalisation – June 27, 2019 Today, the start-up meeting of the iTerminals 4.0 project –...
China’s Yantian port delegation visits Sines port
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 17, 2019 – A delegation of China’s Yantian port has visited Sines port in Portugal, accompanied by a delegation...
Portuguese ports cargo traffic declines as crude oil imports fall
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 14, 2019 – Portugal imported about one million tonnes of crude oil from January to April, 914,900 tonnes less, which...
Continental AG to produce tyres for port application in Portugal
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 14, 2019 – Germany’s Continental AG plans to expand its industrial unit in Portugal’s Famalicão to produce...
US-based AGRO Merchants Group buys cold storage facilities at Valencia, Sines, Leixões ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2019 – US-based temperature-controlled storage and logistics company AGRO Merchants Group has completed...
EU Commission advises Portugal to invest in ports, railways
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – The European Commission has advised Portugal to increase investments in transport and innovation to address...
Portugal’s president invites USA to invest in Sines port
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – Portugal’s president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has invited the United States to consider a presence...
Sines port may open new stage in commercial ties between China, Portugal
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2019 – Sines port can start a new era in the relationship between Portugal and China, at a time when Beijing is...
Chinese cargo trade with Portugal’s Sines port increases
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – The movement of containerized goods between Sines port and Chinese ports grew 19.7% between 2015 and 2018....
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...
Portugal to invest €6.1 billion in its ports by 2023
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 17, 2019 – Portugal’s government has presented a Stability Program that foresees investments of more than €8.6...
Aicep Global Parques to invest €7 million in ZIL Sines
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – Associação dos Portos de Portugal has reported that aicep Global Parques is to invest €7 million...