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.…
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) has presented notice of strike at national…
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, Setúbal…
PSA Container Terminal of Sines surpasses TEU record of 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 - Until December 12, Terminal XXI (Sines container terminal) handled 1,669,295 TEU, up 5% on the same period of…
Sines port introduces new model for road freight handling
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – A new model for delivery and collection of cargo by road will be launched at the beginning of…
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 "a…
Lisbon and Beijing to endorse new Silk Road understanding
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 - The ambassador of the People's Republic of China in Portugal, Cai Run, has confirmed the intention of Lisbon and…
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, a…