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.
Port of Aveiro reports increased cargo figures in Q1 2018
Aveiro, portugal (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – In January-March 2016, the total movement of goods at the Port of Aveiro was 1.342 million tons, up 10%...
Dominican Republic delegation visits Portugal to discuss sea issues
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 24, 2018 – The Ministry of the Sea has received a delegation from the Dominican Republic that came to Portugal to...
Portuguese minister of the sea attends international conference on inland navigation
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 24, 2018 – Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has attended the international conference on inland...
Sines port increases ranking in TEU handled in 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 24, 2018 – Alphaliner’s Top-100 has ranked Sines port 88th in the list of ports ranked by TEU volume in 2017;...
Portugal presents Stability Program 2018-2022 with investment in railways and ports
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 21, 2018 – After approval by the Council of Ministers, the Portuguese government handed over the Stability Program...
Andalusian logistics community criticizes central government for investment
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) April 21, 2018 – The Andalusian logistics and transport sector is starting to show signs of frustration with local...
28 cruise ships will pass in the ports of the Azores in last two weeks of April
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 20, 2018 – In the last two weeks of April, the Azores will establish a new record of stopovers and...
APS – Administration of the Ports of Sines and the Algarve
Sines.Portugal (Ports Europe) April 13, 2018 – APS — Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve, S.A. (Administration of the Ports of Sines and...
Portuguese association set up biotechnology sector fund
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 11, 2018 – An investment worth up to €1 million over the next three years, with a view to accelerating and...
Portugal: APDL launched a new platform for port access
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 6, 2018 – From April 2, procedures to gain access to the International Areas of the Port of Leixões are simpler....
MSC launches rail line linking Seville port to Sines
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – Seville port has kicked off its new rail connection with the Portuguese Atlantic coast, launched by the...
Fred Olsen cruise ships to visit Funchal, Madeira
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 3, 2018 – Administração dos Portos da Região Autónoma da Madeira, S. A. (APRAM – Port of...
Andreia Ventura appointed president of Associação dos Operadores do Porto de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 28, 2018 – Andreia Ventura has been elected president of Associação dos Operadores do Porto de Lisboa (AOPL...
Environmental approval for new container terminal at Sines port expected in May
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 21, 2018 – Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has said that she expects that the declaração de impacte...
The new board of directors for the Ports of the Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 21, 2018 – A new Board of Directors of APDL – Administração dos Portos do Douro e Leixões SA (Ports of...
South European ports head for Intermodal South America logistics exhibition
São Paulo, Brazil (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – The 25th edition of Intermodal South America, an international exhibition for logistics, cargo...
Yilport seeks to attract container operators to Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – The strategic location of the port of Ferrol in the Atlantic is an opportunity that its port authority and...