PSA Sines end strike with labour agreement
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 29, 2019 - PSA Sines, the concessionaire of Terminal XXI, and the union that represents the administrative workers, technicians and operators,…
Portuguese government approves Sines port expansion
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 6, 2019 - APS - Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve (Ports of Sines and Algarve Authority) has welcomed…
Portuguese minister visits Sines port for official presentation of investment projects for expansion of Terminal XXI & new Vasco da Gama Terminal
News - Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, visited the Port of Sines for the official presentation of the investment projects for the expansion…
Sines port seeks Vasco da Gama Terminal investment
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 19, 2019 - In addition to recent announcement of the €547 million ($616.13 million) investment by PSA Sines in its Terminal…
PSA to invest in Sines port Terminal XXI
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 19, 2019 - PSA International has agreed with the Portuguese government to invest €547 million ($616.13 million) in its terminal, Terminal…
Ranking – Portugal’s Sines port among largest in the European Union
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 17, 2019 - The Port of Sines is the 20th largest of the European Union (EU) in gross weight of goods…
iTerminals 4.0 launched to develop box port digitalisation
News - iTerminals 4.0 launched to boost box port digitalisation - June 27, 2019 Today, the start-up meeting of the iTerminals 4.0 project - the…
China’s Yantian port delegation visits Sines port
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 17, 2019 – A delegation of China's Yantian port has visited Sines port in Portugal, accompanied by a delegation from the Chinese embassy…
Portuguese ports cargo traffic declines as crude oil imports fall
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 14, 2019 – Portugal imported about one million tonnes of crude oil from January to April, 914,900 tonnes less, which caused a 0.1% decrease in the…
Continental AG to produce tyres for port application in Portugal
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 14, 2019 – Germany's Continental AG plans to expand its industrial unit in Portugal's Famalicão to produce tires for earthmoving vehicles and for…
US-based AGRO Merchants Group buys cold storage facilities at Valencia, Sines, Leixões ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2019 – US-based temperature-controlled storage and logistics company AGRO Merchants Group has completed the acquisition of three Iberia-based cold stores from local company Friopuerto.…
EU Commission advises Portugal to invest in ports, railways
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – The European Commission has advised Portugal to increase investments in transport and innovation to address "insufficient maritime and rail links"…
Portugal’s president invites USA to invest in Sines port
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – Portugal's president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has invited the United States to consider a presence in Sines port, arguing that the…
Sines port may open new stage in commercial ties between China, Portugal
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2019 – Sines port can start a new era in the relationship between Portugal and China, at a time when…
Chinese cargo trade with Portugal’s Sines port increases
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 - The movement of containerized goods between Sines port and Chinese ports grew 19.7% between 2015 and 2018. Total…
Lisbon port’s container traffic keeps declining in Jan-Feb 2019
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Lisbon port's container traffic continues to decline in the first two months of 2019, recording a 9.3% fall. Figueira…
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…
Aicep Global Parques to invest €7 million in ZIL Sines
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) March 4, 2019 - Associação dos Portos de Portugal has reported that aicep Global Parques is to invest €7 million ($7.94 million)…
Sines port upgrading its services
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) February 25, 2019 - The port of Sines is taking a number of steps to upgrade its services - the Zalsines (Zona…
Sines port’s cargo traffic rises 5% in 2018
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 14, 2019 – Sines port ended 2018 with cargo traffic of 1.75 million TEUs, an increase of 5% on the year.…