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.
Portuguese Minister of the Sea promotes the single logistics window
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has said that in the first three years of the implementation of...
Algeciras port hosts meeting of Mediterranean, Atlantic corridors workgroup
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Algeciras port hosted the first meeting of the year of the working group of ports and intermodal...
Portuguese maritime industry to step up recruitment
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 14, 2018 – In the next 15 years, the maritime industry will have to double its number of professional employees...
Sines port’s container terminal generates 42% of cargo traffic in 2017
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – Sines port’s container terminal generated 42% of the total cargo traffic of the harbour in 2017....
Portuguese ports see higher traffic 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 – Mainland ports ended the year 2017 with the record of the highest volume of cargo ever, reaching...
Portugal’s AMT approves port tariff increases of 1.6%
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 6, 2018 – The Regulation of the Tariff System of Ports and the “Guidelines for the preparation of proposals...
Portuguese logistics development held up by infrastructure limitations
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The lack of a global strategy in the logistics and freight sector, capable of connecting ports,...
Port tech clusters part of Portugal’s ocean renewable energy strategy
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – The Portuguese government has announced its Industrial Strategy for Ocean Renewable Energies (EI-ERO),...
Medway to launch regular freight rail line connecting Lisbon to Córdoba
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 7, 2017 – Portuguese freight rail operator Medway plans to launch a regular line connecting Lisbon to the Spanish...
Portuguese government aims to develop SInes port LNG capacity
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 30, 217 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has reaffirmed the Government’s intention to make...
The Portuguese government adopts its new port strategy to create jobs and boost added value
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The Portuguese has announced a number of resolutions as part of a new ports strategy, which aim to...
Spain’s Renfe, Portugal’s Medway launch freight line linking Mérida hub to Sines port
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (Renfe) and Portuguese...
Sines port hosts VI APIBARRA (Association of Bar and Port Pilots) conference
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 11, 2017 – On November 9, 2017, at the APS – Associação dos Portos de Portugal Auditorium in Sines, the...
Portuguese port authority signs agreement with Logink of China
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve (APS – the Ports Authority of Sines and Algarve)...
Portuguese ports delegation visits China
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, is leading a delegation of 39 Portuguese companies...
Spain’s Paceco to construct crane for Sines port container terminal operator
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 – PSA Sines-Terminais de Contentores S.A., the container terminal operator of Sines port, has ordered the...
Sines, Leixões, Lisbon ports are among top 200 largest container hubs globally
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The Portuguese ports of Sines, Leixões and Lisbon are among the 200 largest container ports in the...
MSC launches new service connecting Sines port to N Europe, S America
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is planning to launch a new service connecting Portugal’s...
MSC launches service including call at Portugal’s Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the launch of a service that connects the eastern...
Portuguese seaports hit record-high cargo traffic in H1 2017
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Portuguese seaports moved a record-high 48.6 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of the year, an...