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.
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%...
Labour conflict causes decline in container traffic at Setúbal port
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 18, 2018 – Labour instability has resulted in heavy losses in container handling in October in the ports of Lisbon,...
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...
Figueira da Foz and Aveiro ports see rising traffic in August and consolidated year-on-year
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – In August 2018, the ports of Aveiro and Figueira da Foz reported increases of +26.5% and...
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,...
Olinto Ravara appointed to presidency of Aveiro and Figueira da Foz ports
Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – Olinto Ravara has been appointed president of the Board of Directors of Administração do Porto de Aveiro...
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...