Setubal
The Port of Setúbal is a port on the Atlantic Coast of Portugal, located 45 km south of Lisbon and a bar open 24 hours a day, integrating one of the most important industrial and logistics areas in the country. It has several port terminals specialized in all types of cargo, and shipyards. the port is managed by APSS.
Setúbal port to maintain dialogue on controversial dredging project
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – The president of the port administration of Setúbal today vowed to maintain dialogue with...
Volkswagen Portugal explores rail transport as alternative to Setubal port
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Volkswagen Portugal is investigating the railway as an alternative for the export of vehicles with the...
Setúbal port strike reduces national November exports
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Portugal’s Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE – National Statistical Institute) has...
Negotiations of collective agreement with Setúbal port dockworkers resumed
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement for the dockworkers at Setúbal port were resumed...
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)...
Volkswagen to keep exports via Vigo despite end of Setúbal port strike
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – German carmaker Volkswagen AG has said it plans to continue the export of cars produced at its Palmela factory...
Sadoport says that client companies considered leaving Setúbal port definitively
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – The port administrator has said that the conflict between company management and trade unions has...
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,...
Volkswagen plant in Pamela faces production suspension due to Setúbal port strike
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Autoeuropa, the Volkswagen AG can manufacturing facility in Palmela, has no further space to store...
Minister of Economy considers situation in the port of Setúbal “serious”
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Deputy Minister of the Economy, Pedro Siza Vieira, has described the situation...
BMW looks at exports from Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – German carmaker BMW AG is considering the launch of a regular line at Vigo port, as it faces difficulties in...
Setúbal port strike delays pig exports to China
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – An export of pigs from Portugal to China will be delayed to January from December, due to the strike of...
McAndrews, Tarros, Arkas suspend calls to Setúbal port
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 30, 2018 – Three international shipowners, McAndrews, Tarros, and Arkas, have suspended their calls to Setúbal...
AutoEuropa to use Leixões port as alternative to Setúbal for car exports
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 28, 2018 – Portuguese automotive assembly plant operator AutoEuropa Automóveis, Lda., part of Volkswagen...
Leixões port handles Volkswagen vehicles
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – Leixões port has started receiving vehicles from Volkswagen AG’s Autoeuropa car plant in...
Portuguese government hosts talks to solve Setúbal port labour issues
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – After a meeting yesterday, Minister of the Sea Ana Paula Vitorino, said that the union, the operators...
Portugal’s AutoEuropa to remove 2,000 cars from Setúbal port
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – Portuguese automotive assembly plant operator AutoEuropa Automóveis, Lda., part of Volkswagen AG,...
VW diverts vehicle traffic to Spanish ports from Setúbal
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2018 – The strike at Setúbal port has forced Volkswagen AG to divert vehicles produced in its Palmela factory in...
Setúbal port strike causes diversion of ships to Leixões
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – The protest of workers in Setúbal port, which has lasted for more than a week, has already prevented...
Setúbal port strike affecting local Volkswagen facility
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – Volkswagen AG’s is one of the locally-operating companies which is being affected by a port...