Portugal
Portugal is a country in Southwest Europe, West of Spain with an Atlantic Sea coastline, and member of the European Union. It includes the Azores and Madeira Islands. The country has a developed marine and transportation sector. Its top ports are Leixões, Lisbon and Sines. APP – Associação dos Portos de Portugal is an association which represents and promotes ports in Portugal.
Port of Lisbon increases cruise ship visits in first half of 2022
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 5, 2022 – The Port of Lisbon increased cruise ship visits in first half of 2022 to 154 compared to zero in the...
Azores port of Ponta Delgada increases cargo traffic
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 21, 2022 – The port of Ponta Delgada broke the national record in terms of growth in cargo...
Port of Sines to set up Renewable Energy Community
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 21, 2022 – The municipality of Sines (Setúbal), the Administration of the Ports of Sines and Algarve (APS)...
Port of Sines looks to handle renewable gases
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 10, 2022 – The Port of Sines is studying the possibility of transforming a multipurpose pier into a terminal for...
Port of Sines participates in the Japan Energy Summit 2022
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 5, 2022 – The Port of Sines participates in the Japan Energy Summit 2022, which took place in Tokyo, August 2-4,...
Yilport holding breaks all-time container handling record in first half of 2022
Yilport Holding had another successful half-year benefitting from recent investments. The company moves towards the target of being one of the top global...
Firms to study the feasibility of shipping hydrogen from Portugal to the Netherlands
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 19, 2022 – Shell, French utility Engie, gas shipping company Anthony Veder and tank storage firm Vopakto study the...
Port of Aveiro revolutionizes cargo management with 5G solutions
Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 1, 2022 – The Port of Aveiro will use Vodafone’s 5G network to allow the port to monitor and manage its cargo...
Poland interested in LNG supply from Portugal
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 27, 2022 – Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said last week that his country would be interested in...
Port city of Setúbal to house new Aurora lithium conversion plant
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 8, 2022 – The port city of Setúbal has been selected as the location for a new Aurora lithium conversion plant to...
Portos dos Açores reports improved financials for 2021
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 4, 2022 – Portos dos Açores, SA (PA), the entity responsible for the management of 14 ports and seven...
Portugal as a country that can play a “decisive role” in European energy security
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 4, 2022 – The President of Portugal this Monday presented Portugal as a country that can play a “decisive...
European consortium MadoquaPower2X announces industrial-scale power to green hydrogen and ammonia project in Sines, Portugal
Total investment of €1 billion in 500MW green hydrogen and 500ktpa ammonia production, reducing CO2 emissions by up to 600,000 ton per annum and creating...
Consul of Australia visits the Port of Leixões
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 8, 2022 – The Consul of Australia, Jessica Louise Healey, has visited the Port of Leixões. The diplomatic...
The future of Sines’ Vasco da Gama container terminal in question
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 1, 2022 – The future of Sines’ Vasco da Gama terminal in coming into question. The government has issued a...
Prime Minister Costa says that LNG will give the Port of Sines an “increasingly strategic role”
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) March 28, 2022 – Prime Minister António Costa said last week that the agreement for the United States to supply the...
Port of Viana do Castelo supplies LNG to Baleària ship
Port of Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 20, 2022 – Today, the Port of Viana do Castelo secured the supply of liquefied natural gas...