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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.

Porto da Figueira da Foz to invest in larger ship handing and increased rail connections

Figueira da Foz, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 17, 2018 – Gonçalo Vieira, president of Comunidade Portuária da Figueira da Foz (Port Community of...

Tarros, Arkas start operating new lines with calls in Leixões port

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Leixões port has started handling regular connections with ports in Italy, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt...

Nogar acquires Europac Logística in Viana do Castelo port, Portugal

Viana do Castelo, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 17, 2018 – Nogar Group (Grupo Nogar) has acquired Europac Logística (a subsidiary of the Europac Group...

EU proposes new fund to invest in maritime economy and fishing communities

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 13, 2018 – Under the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the European Commission is proposing €6.14 billion ($7.21...

Ana Paula Vitorino named “Global Ocean Ambassador” by China

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, was honored last Friday with the award “Global Ocean...

APDL attended Breakbulk Europe 2018

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – The Port Authority for Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo Ports (APDL) attended once again the...

Aveiro port looks to develop logistics platform

Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – The Infrastructure Project for the Logistics and Industrial Activities Zone of Porto de Aveiro (ZALI...

Shanghai International Port Group interested in Sines port’s Vasco da Gama Terminal

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – According to Ana Paula Vitorino, Portuguese Minister of the Sea, Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) is...

Portuguese minister visits COSCO Shipping in China

Shanghai, China (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – Ana Paula Vitorino, Portuguese Minister of the Sea, has visited COSCO Shipping headquarters in Shanghai. Yu...

Sines port looks to increase LNG capacity

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – Portugal is looking to expand its deep-water port of Sines to handle greater liquefied natural gas (LNG)...

Portuguese port strike cancelled

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has negotiated an end to the planned strike by port workers....

Minister of the Sea present at conference on Portugal-USA economic relations

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, was present at the conference “The United States and...

More passengers and ships at Lisbon port in April 2018

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – During the month of April, Lisbon port handled 65,846 cruise passengers, compared to 51,339 in the same...

PRIO Energy reports increase traffic in Aveiro port in April 2018

Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – PRIO Energy SA has said that it has broken the record of monthly volume handled at its Ponte-Cais facility,...

Portugal’s APDL joins in new Silk Road forum

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – The administration of the ports of Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo (APDL) has participated in the...

Portuguese port businesses to attend Breakbulk Europe 2018

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – Administração dos portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo (APDL – Administration of the ports...

Leixões port management visits port of Antwerp

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) may 24, 2018 -A delegation from the Port of Leixões has visited the Belgian port of Antwerp. The delegation was led by the...

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