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.
Portugal to invest over €2 million in dredging local ports
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 5, 2019 – DGRM (Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos) is moving forward with the...
Portugal: a €68 million cohesion investment to upgrade the Minho railway line
Portugal: a €68 million cohesion investment to upgrade the Minho railway line – August 1, 2019 The Cohesion Fund is to invest almost €68 million in...
Sines port seeks Vasco da Gama Terminal investment
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 19, 2019 – In addition to recent announcement of the €547 million ($616.13 million) investment by PSA Sines in its...
PSA to invest in Sines port Terminal XXI
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 19, 2019 – PSA International has agreed with the Portuguese government to invest €547 million ($616.13 million) in...
Ranking – Top cargo ports in the Europe 2016-2017
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 18, 2019 – The European Statistical Agency, Eurostat, has published statistics for the top cargo ports in Europe for...
South Korean ambassador visits Sines port
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 17, 2019 – South Korea’s Ambassador Song Oh and Minister Counselor Keunseok Jeon has visited the port of Sines,...
Leixões port provides logistical support in construction of an offshore floating wind farm
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 17, 2019 – The Port of Leixões has hosted the Horizon Artic and Connector vessels operated by Terminal De Carga...
Ranking – Portugal’s Sines port among largest in the European Union
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 17, 2019 – The Port of Sines is the 20th largest of the European Union (EU) in gross weight of goods handled. The...
Yilport agrees Alcântara terminal concession extension until 2038
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 17, 2019 – The government and Yilport, a concessionaire of the port terminal of Alcântara, Lisbon, have agreed to...
Liscont agreement soon says Portuguese minister
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 11, 2019 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, announced in Parliament that the agreement between Liscont...
Lisbon approves dredging of smaller ports
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 9, 2019 – The Directorate-General for Natural Resources, Safety and Maritime Services (DGRM) is moving forward with...
Global Ports Holding starts strategic review of cruise port activities
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 5, 2019 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, has announced...
Tianjin port delegation visits Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 3, 2019 – Associação dos Portos de Portugal has reported that a delegation of 10 members from the Municipality and...
iTerminals 4.0 launched to develop box port digitalisation
News – iTerminals 4.0 launched to boost box port digitalisation – June 27, 2019 Today, the start-up meeting of the iTerminals 4.0 project –...
China’s Yantian port delegation visits Sines port
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 17, 2019 – A delegation of China’s Yantian port has visited Sines port in Portugal, accompanied by a delegation...
Portuguese ports cargo traffic declines as crude oil imports fall
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 14, 2019 – Portugal imported about one million tonnes of crude oil from January to April, 914,900 tonnes less, which...
Portugal hosts IV meeting of the high-level panel for the sustainable economy of the oceans
News – Portugal hosts IV meeting of the high-level panel for the sustainable economy of the oceans – May 28, 2019 On May 27th and 28th, the High...