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Figueira da Foz

Figueira da Foz is a city located in the central region of Portugal. The city is situated at the mouth of the Mondego River, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean, and is home to a busy port. the port is managed by APFF – Administração do Porto da Figueira da Foz, S.A.

Portugal: Seaports cargo report – December & full year 2023

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 14, 2024 – The mainland seaports handled 7 million tonnes of cargo in December 2023, representing growth of +9.7%...

Port of Figueira da Foz issues infrastructure tender

Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 18, 2024 – The Port of Figueira da Foz has issued a €24.3 million tender for the improvement of...

Portuguese ports report increased cargo traffic of +13.8% in April

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – In April 2023, Portugal’s mainland commercial port system handled 7.8 million tonnes of cargo, an...

Ports have a role to play in renewable energy in Portugal

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – A working group for the planning and operation of power generation centres based on renewable energy...

Cargo movements in mainland Portuguese ports grew by 44.9% in June 2021

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 14, 2021 – The volume of cargo handled at national ports in the month of June 2021, compared to the same month...

Portuguese ports see sharp rise in May cargo traffic

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 29, 2021 – Total cargo handled mainland Portuguese ports in totaled 7.6 million tons in May, an increase of 36.4%...

Portuguese ports move over 75 million tons by November 2020

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 21, 2021 – Between January and November 2020, ports on mainland Portugal handled a total of 75.09 million tonnes,...

Figueira da Foz Port grows 17.3% in Jan-May 2020

Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – In the period January-May 2020, the port of Figueira da Foz handled total cargo of 875,741 tons,...

Porto da Figueira da Foz grows 22% in first quarter of 2020

Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 21, 2020 – In January to March 2020, the port of Figueira da Foz handled 503,226 tons, up 22% compared to...

YILPORT Holding reports cargo numbers for its terminals in 2019

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 5, 2020 – Last month, Yilport Holding has reported that its terminals globally handled 6.15 million TEU containers...

Portuguese ports register over 12% fall in container cargo in 2019

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 26, 2020 – The commercial ports of mainland Portugal handled a total volume of almost 30.2 million tons of...

Portuguese ports see 6.2% fall in cargo in 2019

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 26, 2020 – The AMT – Mobility and Transport Authority (Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes) has...

Portugal’s AMT publishes Port Market Monitoring Report – July 2019

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 3, 2019 – Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes (AMT) has published the Port Market Monitoring Report –...

Lisbon port’s container traffic keeps declining in Jan-Feb 2019

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Lisbon port’s container traffic continues to decline in the first two months of 2019, recording a...

Aveiro port’s new board of directors enters office

Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 19, 2019 – The new board of directors of Porto de Aveiro and Figueira da Foz, chaired by Fátima Alves, began...

Port of Figueira da Foz records small decrease in cargo in 2018

Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – In 2018, the port of Figueira da Foz handled 2.3 million tons of cargo, a decrease of 1.8%...

Figueira da Foz port approves development projects

Figueira da Foz, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – Administração do Porto da Figueira da Foz, S.A., manager of Figueira da Foz port, has...

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