Lisbon
Lisbon is a seaport and capital of Portugal in Southwest Europe. It is managed by APL – Administração do Porto de Lisboa, S.A. It has terminals for containers, food, cement and multi-use. Yilport’s Liscont-Alcântara Container Terminal is a leading player at the port.
Portugal to invest €6.1 billion in its ports by 2023
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 17, 2019 – Portugal’s government has presented a Stability Program that foresees investments of more than €8.6...
Eurogate announces 2018 results; Mediterranean terminal performance
Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – The EUROGATE Group has announced results for the financial year 2018. The group generated a net...
Wärtsilä completes installation of VTS system in Lisbon, Setúbal ports
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Wärtsilä has successfully completed the installation of its Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) operating system...
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...
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...
Lisbon records 11% more cruise passengers in 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 16, 2019 – Administração do Porto de Lisboa has reported that in 2018, the port handled 577,603 passengers, up...
Portuguese stevedores launch strike at Praia da Vitória port
Praia da Vitória, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 16, 2019 – Portuguese stevedores trade union Sindicato dos Estivadores e da Atividade Logística (SEAL)...
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,...
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...
CIRCLE attends final conference of Med Atlantic Ecobonus Project in Lisbon port
Press release – CIRCLE: today in Lisbon for the final conference of Med Atlantic Ecobonus Project, the feasibility study co-funded by the European...
Volkswagen cars produced in Portugal exported via Vigo port, Spain
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – German car Volkswagen AG manufacturer has started exporting vehicles made at its Palmela plant, near...
Volkswagen key to Portugal’s car industry
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – Research by Germany Trade & Invest shows that German vehicle manufacturer Volkswagen AG is a key...
Lisbon port breaks passenger traffic record in October
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 20, 2018 – Lisbon port registered in October the best month in terms of number of passengers, with a total...
Portuguese seaport see reduced cargo in Jan-Aug 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – In the first eight months of 2018, Portuguese seaports handled a total of 62.9 million tons of cargo,...
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...
Siemens presents Siharbour, a port energy supply system, at Lisbon port
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 7, 2018 – The German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG has presented its Siharbor system in Lisbon, a system...
Valenciaport presents its cruise offer in Lisbon under the slogan “Valencia dresses in green”
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has attended...