Sines
The Port of Sines is the largest artificial port in Portugal, and a deep water port and is located around 100km south of Lisbon. The Port of Sines is an open deep-water sea port with excellent maritime access, without restrictions, leading the Portuguese port sector in the volume of cargo handled, and offering unique natural characteristics to receive any type of vessels. Due to its modern specialized terminals, the port is able to handle the different types of cargoes. It is managed by APS-Administração do Porto de Sines and is currently looking at greater involvement in renewable energies. It is a location of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.
Portuguese ports register over 12% fall in container cargo in 2019
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 26, 2020 – The commercial ports of mainland Portugal handled a total volume of almost 30.2 million tons of...
Portuguese ports see 6.2% fall in cargo in 2019
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 26, 2020 – The AMT – Mobility and Transport Authority (Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes) has...
Portugal and Netherlands consider consortium to produce green hydrogen in Sines
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 19, 2020 – The Portuguese and Dutch governments are discussing a joint plan to set up a renewable gas project in...
U.S. government and companies eye Sines port’s LNG potential
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 14, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette has visiting Sines port and confirmed interest in the LNG...
Portugal’s Sines port commences ambitious expansion works
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2020 – Work has started on the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean sea port of Sines, the first step to increase...
Portugal to launch tender for new Sines port terminal
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 14, 2019 – The port of Sines handles around 56% of the country’s containerised cargo, and its container port...
Portugal’s AMT publishes Port Market Monitoring Report – July 2019
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 3, 2019 – Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes (AMT) has published the Port Market Monitoring Report –...
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...
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 of...
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...
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...
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 handled. The...
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 –...
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...
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...
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...
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...