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.
CLdN to start Leixões port to Northern Europe service
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 7, 2020 – Starting this week, CLdN Cobelfret SA will again offer three departures from Leixões to Northern...
Eurokai Group sees reduced profit and cargo traffic in first half 2020
Hamburg, German (PortSEurope) September 30, 2020 – The Eurokai Group has reported operating earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) down by nearly 70%...
Yilport Leixões reinforces market share
News – Yilport Leixões reinforces market share – September 23, 2020 Between January and July, the handling of containers in Portugal’s...
Ajaccio declaration after the 7th Summit of the Southern EU countries (MED7)
Ajaccio declaration after the 7th Summit of the Southern EU countries (MED7) – September 10, 2020 1. We, the Heads of State and Government of Cyprus,...
PSA Sines issues expansion tender
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 12, 2020 – PSA Sines, the concessionaire for the Container Terminal of the Port of Sines (Terminal XXI), has...
Port of Viana do Castelo makes debut in supplying natural gas to ships
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 31, 2020 – The port of Viana do Castelo has become the first port under the management of Administração dos Portos...
Port of Leixões reports increased traffic in first half of 2020
In the first half of 2020, the Port of Leixões broke a record never reached in exports, when moving 2.7 million tons of goods abroad, which represents a...
Yilport Leixões reports record May
In the first five months of the year, the Leixões Container Terminal handled 301,007 TEU, a result that is an absolute record for the period in question...
Atlantic action plan 2.0: A revamped maritime strategy to foster a sustainable blue economy and the EU Green Deal
The European Commission has adopted an updated action plan for a sustainable, resilient and competitive blue economy in the EU Atlantic area, covering France,...
Leixões port launches new connection to Belgium
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – Operated by CLdN and Yilport Leixões, the new service will provide access to new routes with origin and...
Beato’s Multipurpose Terminal (TMB) reinforces operational capacity
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – TMB (Terminal Multiusos do Beato) has purchased on a rental basis a Liebherr LHM 280, with a capacity of...
Figueira da Foz Port grows 17.3% in Jan-May 2020
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – In the period January-May 2020, the port of Figueira da Foz handled total cargo of 875,741 tons,...
Yilport’s Transitex starts new rail link between Elvas and Huelva port
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) June 22, 2020 – Transitex, an Iberian logistics and transport company and part of Yilport, has added the port of Huelva to...
Government minister visits Sines port railway expansion project
Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Pedro Nuno Santos, accompanied by the Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Jorge Delgado, and the Assistant Secretary...
Sines port joins the main ports in the world in resilience to Covid-19
The Port of Sines endorsed the statement by the PAR – Port Authorities Roundtable on the need and commitment of port authorities to maintain the...
YILPORT LEIXÕES posts record volume in first quarter 2020
Yilport Leixões (Porto, Portugal) handled 182.000 TEUs in the first quarter of 2020, increasing its volume by 8% compared to the same period of the previous...
More port authorities pledge support to keep ports operating during Convid-19
Singapore (Ports Europe) May 30, 2020 – Following an initiative of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, an increasing number of ports have...
EUROKAI reports container traffic down over 10% in Q1 2020
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 20, 2020 – In January-March 2020, EUROKAI Group container terminals recorded 2.67 million TEU handled, down 10.2% on...
Portugal extends cruise ban until June 15
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 18, 2020 – The Portuguese government has extended the ban in on disembarkation and licenses for passengers and crews...
Sines port receives LNG powered tanker
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 1, 2020 – The port of Sines has received the ship “Eagle Brasília”, a dual-fuel Aframax, which is powered by...