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 - July 2019. The…
EUROKAI – Interim Group Management Report – Handling Volumes – as of 30 June 2019
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) October 1, 2019 - EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA, based in Hamburg, Germany, has published its Interim Group Management Report as of…
Yilport agrees Alcântara terminal concession extension until 2038
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 17, 2019 - The government and Yilport, a concessionaire of the port terminal of Alcântara, Lisbon, have agreed to extend the…
Liscont agreement soon says Portuguese minister
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 11, 2019 - The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, announced in Parliament that the agreement between Liscont (Yilport), concessionaire…
Lisbon approves dredging of smaller ports
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 9, 2019 - The Directorate-General for Natural Resources, Safety and Maritime Services (DGRM) is moving forward with an investment of €2…
Tianjin port delegation visits Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 3, 2019 - Associação dos Portos de Portugal has reported that a delegation of 10 members from the Municipality and Port…
Portugal hosts IV meeting of the high-level panel for the sustainable economy of the oceans
News - Portugal hosts IV meeting of the high-level panel for the sustainable economy of the oceans - May 28, 2019 On May 27th and…
Lisbon port wins best cruise port award
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 10, 2019 - For the fourth consecutive year, the Port of Lisbon has won the prize for the best cruise port…
Yildirim criticises Portuguese strike rules, slow investment decisions
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 28, 2019 – Turkey's Yildirim group has criticised the government's delay in giving the green light to the investments planned for Lisbon…
Lisbon port’s passenger traffic declines in Q1
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – Lisbon port handled 49,985 passengers in the first quarter of 2019, down 4.9% on the year, with cruise…
Portugal to invest €6.1 billion in its ports by 2023
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 17, 2019 – Portugal's government has presented a Stability Program that foresees investments of more than €8.6 billion ($9.7 billion) in…
Eurogate announces 2018 results; Mediterranean terminal performance
Bremen, Germany (PortSEurope) April 5, 2019 - The EUROGATE Group has announced results for the financial year 2018. The group generated a net profit for the…
Wärtsilä completes installation of VTS system in Lisbon, Setúbal ports
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) March 6, 2019 – Wärtsilä has successfully completed the installation of its Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) operating system in the ports of…
EUROGATE group’s container handling volumes remain stable in 2018
EUROGATE - Press Release - February 11, 2017 Despite the persistently challenging market environment, the EUROGATE Group was able to keep container handling volumes almost…
EU-supported training on implementation of Maritime Labour Convention in Black and Caspian Sea regions
Press Release - EU Neighbours East - February 4, 2018 On January 30-31, 2019, 16 representatives of maritime authorities from countries in the Black and…
Lisbon records 11% more cruise passengers in 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 16, 2019 - Administração do Porto de Lisboa has reported that in 2018, the port handled 577,603 passengers, up 11% on…
Portuguese stevedores launch strike at Praia da Vitória port
Praia da Vitória, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 16, 2019 – Portuguese stevedores trade union Sindicato dos Estivadores e da Atividade Logística (SEAL) has started a strike…
Portuguese dockworkers to launch new six-month strike
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 3, 2019 – Portugal's dockworkers' trade union Sindicato dos Estivadores e da Atividade Logística (SEAL) has presented notice of strike at national…
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, Setúbal…
Chinese President Xi Jinping visit Portugal and looks to develop partnership
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 - Xi Jinping, President of the Republic of China, on a two-day visit to Portugal, intends to deepen "a…