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.
Figueira da Foz port issues tender for construction of a new multipurpose building
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – The administration of the port of Figueira da Foz has launched the tender for the construction...
Storm damage in excess of €5 million in the port area of Figueira da Foz
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – According to a preliminary survey of the damages concluded on June 16, Storm Leslie caused...
Portugal’s mainland ports traffic rises 1.3% in 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 9, 2018 – Portuguese mainland commercial ports handled a record 89.2 million tonnes of cargo in 2017, 1.3% more than...
Dredging of Figueira da Foz port channel scheduled for final quarter of 2019
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – In October 2018, the Port of Figueira da Foz plans to award a contract to dredge the...
Portuguese dockworkers to carry out strike in Sept, Oct
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 30, 2018 – Portuguese dockworkers plan to carry out a strike that will cover the port and stowage companies of the...
Minimum service maintained in Portuguese port strike
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Minimum service is operating at Portuguese ports during the labour strike organised for August 13 to...
Portuguese stevedores to strike on July 27
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – Portuguese dockers have called a 24-hour strike from July 27 at the ports of Lisbon, Setúbal, Sines,...
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...
Portuguese ports maritime trade union calls for strike action June 4-8
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – The National Union of Workers of the Administrations and Port Boards (SNTAJP – Sindicato Nacional...
Portuguese Minister of the Sea meets trade unions
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 5, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, met yesterday, with members of the General Workers Union...
Portuguese government sets up working group to address collective labour agreement
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – The Ministries of the Sea and Finance has announce the creation of a working group to study and analyze...
Yilport reports increased container throughput in 2017
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – Yilport Holding Inc has reported a 9.5% year-on-year increase in container throughput for 2017, led...
Portuguese ports see higher traffic 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 – Mainland ports ended the year 2017 with the record of the highest volume of cargo ever, reaching...
Yilport’s Portuguese container terminals increase traffic in 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 – Yilport Iberian terminals registered a 5.8% increase in 2017, with a total of 1,176,496 TEUs handled...
Portugal’s AMT approves port tariff increases of 1.6%
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 6, 2018 – The Regulation of the Tariff System of Ports and the “Guidelines for the preparation of proposals...
Port tech clusters part of Portugal’s ocean renewable energy strategy
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – The Portuguese government has announced its Industrial Strategy for Ocean Renewable Energies (EI-ERO),...
Figueira da Foz port commences dredging work
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 11, 2017 – Surveys for the deepening of the navigation channel and interior area of Porto...