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Ponta Delgada (Azores)

Ponta Delgada is the largest municipality and economic capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. It is located on São Miguel Island, the largest and most populous in the archipelago. It is operated by Portos dos Açores.

Portos dos Açores reports improved financials for 2021

Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 4, 2022 – Portos dos Açores, SA (PA), the entity responsible for the management of 14 ports and seven...

Reopening of ports for cruises in spain is an opportunity for Madeira

International cruise ships can dock in Spanish ports from June 7, the Spanish government announced Saturday, lifting restrictions imposed at the start of the...

Port of Lisbon handled 1.4 million tons of goods for the Azores and Madeira

In 2020, the Port of Lisbon registered a total of 1.4 million tons in the movement of goods with the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira, representing...

Azores grants financial guarantee to local ports authority

Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 8, 2020 – The government of the Azores has announced a €4.7 million grant guarantee to Portos...

Portos dos Açores launches €41 million tender for Ponta Delgada port overhaul

Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – Azores Islands port authority Portos dos Açores has launched a €41 million ($46 million)...

Portugal to invest €12 million in ro-ro ramp at Porto das Pipas harbour

Porto das Pipas, Azores Islands, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 26, 2018 – The capacity overhaul project at Porto das Pipas in Portugal’s Azores...

Azores Islands government to invest €20 million in Horta port

Horta, Azores, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 31, 2018 – The Azores Islands government plans to invest €20 million ($22.6 million) in the port of Horta,...

Portos dos Açores to invest €145 million until 2020

Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – Portos dos Açores SA, the operator of ports on Portugal’s Azores Islands, plans to...

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...

Portugal’s Irmãos Cavaco delays payment of compensation to former workers

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Portuguese construction company Irmãos Cavaco SA, declared insolvent in 2017, said it was late in...

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...

Portugal to complete Costa Segura port navigation system by end-2018

São José, Azores, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 20, 2018 – The Costa Segura system, which will facilitate navigation control by ports, will be completed by...

Portos dos Açores SA increases port taxes

Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 17, 2018 – According to the final accounts of the National Statistical Institute (Instituto Nacional...

28 cruise ships will pass in the ports of the Azores in last two weeks of April

Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 20, 2018 – In the last two weeks of April, the Azores will establish a new record of stopovers and...

Azorean government provides €1.7 million guarantee to port operator

Ponta Delgada, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – The Azorean government has granted a guarantee of €1.7 million ($2 million) to the ports...

Azores, Canary Islands to enhance port, air transport synergies

Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – The Azores and Canaries Islands have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which,...

Azores islands ports expect record-high number of cruise calls in 2017

Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – The ports of the Azores islands in Portugal expects a record-high number of cruise...

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