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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 expects new investment project at Leixões port to be announced soon

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – A few minutes had passed since the end of the presentation of the Reconversion Project of the Container...

Madeira government to reform islands’ port system

Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – The Madeira regional government plans to review the port operation of the entire system of the islands,...

Setúbal port to maintain dialogue on controversial dredging project

Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – The president of the port administration of Setúbal today vowed to maintain dialogue with...

MSC to build Portugal’s largest dry port

Lousado, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to build Portugal’s largest dry port through Medway,...

Volkswagen Portugal explores rail transport as alternative to Setubal port

Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Volkswagen Portugal is investigating the railway as an alternative for the export of vehicles with the...

Leixões port to receive €379 million of investment by 2030

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 18, 2019 – Leixões port expects to receive a €379 million ($432 million) investment by 2030 to become a...

Lisbon records 11% more cruise passengers in 2018

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 16, 2019 – Administração do Porto de Lisboa has reported that in 2018, the port handled 577,603 passengers, up...

Sines port’s cargo traffic rises 5% in 2018

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 14, 2019 – Sines port ended 2018 with cargo traffic of 1.75 million TEUs, an increase of 5% on the year. The total...

Setúbal port strike reduces national November exports

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Portugal’s Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE – National Statistical Institute) has...

Negotiations of collective agreement with Setúbal port dockworkers resumed

Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement for the dockworkers at Setúbal port were resumed...

Portuguese dockworkers’ strike may cause damage to paper companies

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 3, 2019 – The strike of dockworkers in Portugal is expected to have a negative impact on the export of paper mills...

Portuguese dockworkers to launch new six-month strike

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 3, 2019 – Portugal’s dockworkers’ trade union Sindicato dos Estivadores e da Atividade Logística (SEAL)...

Madeira plans to invest €17 million in ports in 2019

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – The Madeira Regional Government, through program contracts with APRAM (Administração dos...

Portugal to invest €12 million in ro-ro ramp at Porto das Pipas harbour

Porto das Pipas, Azores Islands, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 26, 2018 – The capacity overhaul project at Porto das Pipas in Portugal’s Azores...

Volkswagen to keep exports via Vigo despite end of Setúbal port strike

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – German carmaker Volkswagen AG has said it plans to continue the export of cars produced at its Palmela factory...

Air quality is the top priority of European ports – ESPO

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Air quality has remained the top priority of the European ports since 2013, according to the annual...

Labour conflict causes decline in container traffic at Setúbal port

Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 18, 2018 – Labour instability has resulted in heavy losses in container handling in October in the ports of Lisbon,...

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