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.
H2Sines.Rdam project cancelled
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 15, 2024 – H2Sines.Rdam, a proposed 400MW green hydrogen project in Portugal to ship liquid H2 to the Netherlands,...
Portugal: Seaports cargo report – January 2024
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – Portugal’s seaports got off to a positive start in 2024, handling 7.4 million tonnes of cargo in...
Madeira plans Caniçal port modernisation
Caniçal, Madeira, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 5, 2024 – Madeira’s Port of Caniçal is currently undergoing a €10 million modernisation...
Portugal: Seaports cargo report – December & full year 2023
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 14, 2024 – The mainland seaports handled 7 million tonnes of cargo in December 2023, representing growth of +9.7%...
2Africa submarine cable system moors at Carcavelos, Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 13, 2024—The 2Africa submarine cable system has moored at Carcavelos, Cascais, to Altice Portugal’s submarine cable...
Port of Leixões issues tender for new inspection centre
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The Port of Leixões has issued an 8.1 million euro public tender for building a new inspection centre...
Setúbal, Lisbon sign agreement with Port of Santos, Brazil
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – The Portuguese ports of Setúbal and Lisbon have signed an agreement with the Brazilian port of Santos....
Port of Sines promotes carbon neutrality
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – On February 9, the President of APS – Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve, SA,...
Portugal recognises 2Africa as project of public interest
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – The General Directorate of Natural Resources, Security and Maritime Services (DGRM) has declared the...
Fusion Fuel receives IPCEI approval for HEVO-Portugal project
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – Fusion Fuel has announced that it has received notification from the European Commission that the...
Porto Cruise Terminal reports record year in 2023
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 16, 2024 – Porto Cruise Terminal has reported a record year in 2023 with 116 cruise calls carrying 148,889...
Port of Leixões starts shipping Peugeot vehicles
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 15, 2024 – Last week, the Port of Leixões carried out the first shipment of Peugeot vehicles from Stellantis...
Porto de Leixões has record year for cruises in 2023
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 7, 2024 – In 2023, Porto de Leixões received 116 cruise ships carrying 148,889 passengers, making it the...
Tecnimont awarded contract to develop green energy plant in Sines
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 5, 2024 – MAIRE has reported that its Tecnimont division has been awarded a FEED contract by MadoquaPower2X to...
Port of Lisbon receives MSC Euribia, zero emissions
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – On January 24, 2024, the Port of Lisbon received the MSC Euribia, the first cruise ship to undertake a...
Port of Sines joins MSC Dragon network
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – With the first call scheduled for February 5, the Port of Sines will become part of the Dragon Service...
Port of Figueira da Foz issues infrastructure tender
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 18, 2024 – The Port of Figueira da Foz has issued a €24.3 million tender for the improvement of...