Portugal’s mainland ports traffic rises 1.3% in 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 9, 2018 – Portuguese mainland commercial ports handled a record 89.2 million tonnes of cargo in 2017, 1.3% more than in…
Siemens presents Siharbour, a port energy supply system, at Lisbon port
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 7, 2018 - The German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG has presented its Siharbor system in Lisbon, a system for supplying energy from land…
AdSP Naples attends Seatrade Cruise Med event in Lisbon
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) September 26, 2018 - Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP - Centre-North Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority) attended the Seatrade Cruise Med 2018…
Valenciaport presents its cruise offer in Lisbon under the slogan “Valencia dresses in green”
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) September 24, 2018 - Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV - Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has attended Seatrade Cruise Med 2018, the most…
Event: Ocean Business 2018 – September 18-20, 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) September 20, 2018 - The Ocean Business 2018 is an international blue industry event that will be held in Lisbon, Portugal (Gare…
European Commission to review the Atlantic Strategy Action Plan
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) September 20, 2018 - The European Commission is reviewing the Atlantic Strategy Action Plan in cooperation with the five countries involved (Spain, Portugal,…
Seville negotiates new agreements with cruise companies in Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) September 18, 2018 - The delegate of Urban Habitat, Culture and Tourism (Hábitat Urbano, Cultura y Turismo), Antonio Muñoz , has attended the Forum…
Yilport comments on ports workers strike
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) September 16, 2018 - Yilport, the Turkish port operator, which has Portuguese interests, has said that the port workers strike is greatly…
Event: Portugal Shipping Week – September 17-21, 2018, Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) September 16, 2018 - Taking place from September 17 to 21, 2018, the inaugural Portugal Shipping Week will showcase the country's role as…
Vigo port may benefit from Lisbon stevedores strike
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) September 12, 2018 – The month-long stevedores' strike initiated this week in Lisbon could lead to traffic avoiding the capital and instead…
Portuguese dockworkers to carry out strike in Sept, Oct
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 30, 2018 – Portuguese dockworkers plan to carry out a strike that will cover the port and stowage companies of the…
Portugal’s Irmãos Cavaco delays payment of compensation to former workers
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 16, 2018 – Portuguese construction company Irmãos Cavaco SA, declared insolvent in 2017, said it was late in settling the damages…
Minimum service maintained in Portuguese port strike
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 15, 2018 - Minimum service is operating at Portuguese ports during the labour strike organised for August 13 to September 10, 2018,…
Lisbon to host 2018 edition of Seatrade Cruise Med
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 13, 2018 – With 27 million cruise passengers in 2017 and a market growth of 5.4%, the cruise sector strengthens and…
Trade union FNSTP says stevedores strike has limited effect on Portuguese ports
Lisbon, Spain (PortSEurope) July 27, 2018 – The National Federation of Port Workers' Unions (FNSTP) today assured that the "national pseudo-strike promoted today by the…
Portuguese port operators cancel salary increase of dockers
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 18, 2018 – The Association of operators in the port of Lisbon declared the agreement concluded with the stevedores union to…
Ericeira port dredging to be completed by end-July
Ericeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 16, 2018 – The dredging of the Portuguese port of Ericeira, an investment of €532,098 ($622,875) to solve the problems of…
Portuguese stevedores to strike on July 27
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 16, 2018 – Portuguese dockers have called a 24-hour strike from July 27 at the ports of Lisbon, Setúbal, Sines, Figueira da…
Consenza hosts “Smart port management & efficiency” event
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) July 12, 2018 - Making the ports "greener" during the stop of the ships and other issues will be discussed in the…
Lisbon port sees increase cruise traffic in first half of 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 - Cruise traffic in the Port of Lisbon grew 15% in passenger numbers and 11% in stopovers during the first…