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.
Sines port upgrading its services
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – The port of Sines is taking a number of steps to upgrade its services – the Zalsines (Zona...
Sines port’s cargo traffic rises 5% in 2018
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 14, 2019 – Sines port ended 2018 with cargo traffic of 1.75 million TEUs, an increase of 5% on the year. The total...
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)...
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,...
PSA Container Terminal of Sines surpasses TEU record of 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Until December 12, Terminal XXI (Sines container terminal) handled 1,669,295 TEU, up 5% on the same...
Sines port introduces new model for road freight handling
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – A new model for delivery and collection of cargo by road will be launched at the beginning of 2019 at the...
Chinese President Xi Jinping visit Portugal and looks to develop partnership
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – Xi Jinping, President of the Republic of China, on a two-day visit to Portugal, intends to deepen...
Lisbon and Beijing to endorse new Silk Road understanding
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – The ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Portugal, Cai Run, has confirmed the...
Portuguese seaport see reduced cargo in Jan-Aug 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – In the first eight months of 2018, Portuguese seaports handled a total of 62.9 million tons of cargo,...
Seville port recovers traffic thanks to new lines to Bilbao, Sines
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) October 16, 2018 – Only a few months have passed since Seville port began to work with Bilbao and Sines, and...
Sines port linked to China’s Silk Road via new MSC rail link
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 15, 2018 – MSC-Mediterranean Shipping Company is to launch a new rail service linking Spanish exporters, including...
PSA Sines to receive new crane equipment
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 14, 2018 – PSA Sines – Terminais de Contentores S.A., the concessionaire of Terminal XXI of the Port of...
Portugal’s mainland ports traffic rises 1.3% in 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 9, 2018 – Portuguese mainland commercial ports handled a record 89.2 million tonnes of cargo in 2017, 1.3% more than...
Sines port signs MoU with Suez Canal Economic Zone
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Sines port has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Suez Canal Economic Zone...
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...
Sines port to become important player in China’s New Silk Road
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – The New Silk Road initiative will include a route connecting Asia to Western Europe via South Africa’s...
Sines port unaffected by Portuguese port labour action
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 20, 2018 – APS – Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve, S. A. has reported that current strike by...
Spain’s Lamaignere launches Seville-Sines rail link
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) August 20, 2018 – Spanish transport and logistics company Lamaignere has launched a rail connection between the ports of...
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...
Portuguese stevedores to strike on July 27
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – Portuguese dockers have called a 24-hour strike from July 27 at the ports of Lisbon, Setúbal, Sines,...