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.
Spain’s Paceco to construct crane for Sines port container terminal operator
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 – PSA Sines-Terminais de Contentores S.A., the container terminal operator of Sines port, has ordered the...
Sines, Leixões, Lisbon ports are among top 200 largest container hubs globally
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The Portuguese ports of Sines, Leixões and Lisbon are among the 200 largest container ports in the...
MSC launches new service connecting Sines port to N Europe, S America
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is planning to launch a new service connecting Portugal’s...
MSC launches service including call at Portugal’s Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the launch of a service that connects the eastern...
Portuguese seaports hit record-high cargo traffic in H1 2017
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Portuguese seaports moved a record-high 48.6 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of the year, an...
Portugal introduces radar module of Costa Segura system
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – The Minister of National Defense, José Azeredo Lopes and the Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino,...
Portugal looks for new Silk Road role
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – Following the Portuguese prime minister’s visit to China in 2016, the first memorandum of...
Sines port to have railway link to Madrid long before Algeciras
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Sines port is one of the main beneficiaries of the isolation of the port of Algeciras from Madrid due to lack...
Portuguese prime minister promotes Sines port for the new Silk Road
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Portuguese prime minister António Costa insisted today on the “leading position” of the port of...
TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...
Sines port LNG terminal handles 12 tankers in Q1 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – The liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal of Sines port handled 12 tankers in the first quarter of 2017, which...
Chinese delegation visits Sines port
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Sines port received a delegation of government officials of the Chinese province of Ningbo, where the fourth...
Sines port growth causes concerns in Algeciras
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – The growth of the port of Sines is being viewed with suspicion and some fears in Spain, and this time it is the...
Portuguese ports cargo traffic rises in Q1 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – The Portuguese Mobility and Transport Authority (AMT-Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes) has released...
South European maritime ports freight and passenger statistics
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 5, 2017 – The latest (2015) available statistical data on freight handling and passenger traffic in ports in...
Setubal port cargo traffic falls 4.9% in 2016
Setubal, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – The first quarter of 2017 is proving very good for Portuguese ports, with Lisbon announcing 33% growth,...
Siemens improves Sines port productivity
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – Siemens, a German conglomerate company and the largest manufacturing and electronics company in Europe, has...