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.
Aveiro port seeks diversification to offset decline in cement traffic
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – Aveiro port’s cargo traffic declined in 2016, in contradiction to the general growth of...
Leixoes port resumes normal operation of oil terminal
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 8, 2017 – The B position of Leixoes Oil Terminal, which was suspended after an accident between two ships on...
Sines port cargo traffic grows in 2016
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – Sines port handled 51 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 16.4% on the year. Container traffic rose by...
Leixoes port to operate 107 cruise calls in 2017
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Leixoes port has already confirmed 107 calls of cruise ships, which will represent a growth of around...
Baja California delegation visits Lisbon port
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – A delegation of representatives of the ports of Baja California state in Mexico, visited Lisbon...
Sines port cargo traffic rises 16.4% Y/Y in 2016
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Sines port handled 51 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 16.4% on the year. All terminals of the...
Lisbon Cruise Terminal is among the Portuguese capital’s advantages
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Lisbon Cruise Terminal, designed by architect Carrilho da Graça, is one of the advantages of Lisbon,...
New report confirms positive economic trends in EU fishing fleet
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The economic performance of the EU fleet improved significantly again in 2014, according to the...
Event – European Maritime Day – Poole, UK, May 18-19, 2017
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 -The European Maritime Day (EMD) is the annual meeting point for Europe’s community of maritime...
Portugal expects 60% rise in Setubal port cargo traffic
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Portuguese Minister of the Sea Ana Paula Vitorino said that the Portuguese government expects a...
Cosiarma returns to Lisbon port on Jan 22
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Italian shipping company Cosiarma S.p.a., which left Lisbon port in 2014, has resumed its maritime...
Friopuerto to operate refrigerator facility at Leixoes port
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – Friopuerto Investment SL, a subsidiary of Grupo Romeu dedicated to the international transport of...
Ponta Delgada port cargo traffic rises 9% Y/Y in Q3 2016
Ponta Delgada, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 – Ponta Delgada port handled 353,000 tonnes of cargo in the third quarter of 2016, up 9% on the year....
MedCruise names Lisbon “Port of the Week”
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 – Ocidenave, an integrated shipping agency in the Garland Group, has regained the agency of the calls at the...
Ponta Delgada port starts reinforcement works on main dock
Ponta Delgada, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – The preparation works for the reinforcement of the main dock of Portugal’s Ponta Delgada port...
South Korea parliamentary delegation visits Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 6, 2017 – A parliamentary delegation from the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea visited the Sines port on...
Figueira da Foz cargo traffic rises 3.5% Y/Y in 2016
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 6, 2017 – Figueira da Foz port handled 2.07 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 3.5% on the year. The...