Boluda Towage acquires Dutch Towage & Salvage Company Iskes
Vicente Boluda Ceballos, Boluda Towage SL, and Jim Iskes has today signed in Amsterdam an agreement with the Dutch family-owned Towage & Salvage company, to…
Minister of Maritime Economy of Cape Verde visits Lisbon port
Cape Verde's Minister of Maritime Economy, Paulo Lima Veiga, visited the Port of Lisbon earlier this week, accompanied by the vice-president of Grupo ETE Cape…
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, down by…
Silopor Trafaria receives record corn unloading
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 6, 2021 - The Trafaria Food Bulk Terminal, operated by SILOPOR, is a terminal specialized in the reception of agro-food bulk,…
Mainland Portuguese ports handled over 60 million tonnes in Jan-Sept 2020
Mainland ports recorded an increase of + 1.7% in September, compared to the same period of 2019. This growth was driven by most of the…
EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA – third quarter container traffic down over 9%
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) November 16, 2020 - EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA has reported third quarter results showing reduced container throughput at its terminals. Container…
Eurokai Group sees reduced profit and cargo traffic in first half 2020
Hamburg, German (PortSEurope) September 30, 2020 - The Eurokai Group has reported operating earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) down by nearly 70% to around…
Beato’s Multipurpose Terminal (TMB) reinforces operational capacity
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 3, 2020 - TMB (Terminal Multiusos do Beato) has purchased on a rental basis a Liebherr LHM 280, with a capacity…
YILPORT LEIXÕES posts record volume in first quarter 2020
Yilport Leixões (Porto, Portugal) handled 182.000 TEUs in the first quarter of 2020, increasing its volume by 8% compared to the same period of the…
EUROKAI reports container traffic down over 10% in Q1 2020
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) May 20, 2020 - In January-March 2020, EUROKAI Group container terminals recorded 2.67 million TEU handled, down 10.2% on the same period…
Portugal extends cruise ban until June 15
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 18, 2020 - The Portuguese government has extended the ban in on disembarkation and licenses for passengers and crews of cruise…
Portugal: exports increased in February before the pandemic hit Europe
Exports of goods grew 0.9% in February, before the pandemic hit Europe hard. Statistics Portugal (INE) warns that a significant change is expected in the coming…
Port of Lisbon supports tax-free economic activities for four months
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 2, 2020 - Administração do Porto de Lisboa, SA (APL - Administration of Porto de Lisboa) has approved the exemption from…
European Commission – Improving rail connection in the Atlantic corridor
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) March 19, 2020 - The European Commission has approved an investment package worth more than €1.4 billion ($1.51 billion) in 14 large infrastructure…
YILPORT Holding Orders 4 New STS Cranes for Liscont
YILPORT Holding ordered 4 ship-to-shore (STS) new gantry cranes for its Liscont Container Terminal in Lisbon, Portugal. The STS cranes will be manufactured by Mitsui E&S…
YILPORT Holding reports cargo numbers for its terminals in 2019
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 5, 2020 - Last month, Yilport Holding has reported that its terminals globally handled 6.15 million TEU containers (4.57 million TEU…
Portuguese ports register over 12% fall in container cargo in 2019
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) February 26, 2020 - The commercial ports of mainland Portugal handled a total volume of almost 30.2 million tons of containerized cargo,…
Portuguese ports see 6.2% fall in cargo in 2019
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) February 26, 2020 - The AMT - Mobility and Transport Authority (Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes) has reported that in 2019…
Port of Lisbon promotes training on alternative fuels
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) February 21, 2020 - The Port of Lisbon continues its sustainable and eco-efficient plan, following the challenges of the Lisbon Environmental Green…
Lisbon saw registered 17% growth in cruise passengers in 2019
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) February 19, 2020 - The Port of Lisbon registered a 17% growth in the number of cruise passengers in 2019, totaling 72,830,…