Viana do Castelo
Viana do Castelo is a port-city in the northwest of Portugal, located on the Atlantic coast. It is the capital of the Viana do Castelo District and the largest city in the Minho region. The city has a rich maritime history, with a long tradition of shipbuilding and fishing.
Portuguese ports report increased cargo traffic of +13.8% in April
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – In April 2023, Portugal’s mainland commercial port system handled 7.8 million tonnes of cargo, an...
Ports have a role to play in renewable energy in Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – A working group for the planning and operation of power generation centres based on renewable energy...
Port of Viana do Castelo supplies LNG to Baleària ship
Port of Viana do Castelo, Portugal (PortSEurope) February 20, 2022 – Today, the Port of Viana do Castelo secured the supply of liquefied natural gas...
Port of Viana do Castelo handled 377,000 tons of cargo on 2021, up around 20,000 tons
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (PortSEurope) February 7, 2022 – The Port of Viana do Castelo handled 377,000 tons of cargo on 2021, up around 20,000 tons on...
Cargo movements in mainland Portuguese ports grew by 44.9% in June 2021
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) September 14, 2021 – The volume of cargo handled at national ports in the month of June 2021, compared to the same month...
Portuguese ports see sharp rise in May cargo traffic
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 29, 2021 – Total cargo handled mainland Portuguese ports in totaled 7.6 million tons in May, an increase of 36.4%...
Portuguese ports move over 75 million tons by November 2020
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 21, 2021 – Between January and November 2020, ports on mainland Portugal handled a total of 75.09 million tonnes,...
APDL and ANTRAM sign a protocol for decarbonization of the ports of Leixões and Viana do Castelo
Reducing the number of more polluting trucks circulating in port infrastructures, starting in 2021, will represent a 50% reduction in pollution The...
Port of Viana do Castelo makes debut in supplying natural gas to ships
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 31, 2020 – The port of Viana do Castelo has become the first port under the management of Administração dos Portos...
Italy: Total port cargo 2018/2019 by AdSP and port
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) April 25, 2020 – Assoporti has published total tonnage in ports in 2018/2019 by Autorità di Sistema Portuale (AdSP) with...
Baleària adapts ‘Sicily ferry’ to natural gas fuel
The ‘Sicily ferry’ of Baleària starts the remotorization that will use to natural gas fuel from June – March 3, 2020 Baleària has begun the...
Portuguese ports see 6.2% fall in cargo in 2019
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) February 26, 2020 – The AMT – Mobility and Transport Authority (Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes) has...
Viana do Castelo port set for role in the European Atlantis project
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (PortSEurope) February 6, 2020 – Viana do Castelo is to be the headquarters of the European Atlantis project, the first...
Viana do Castelo port reports 19% rise in traffic in Jan-Sep 2019
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 24, 2019 – In the first nine months of 2019, the movement of goods in the port of Viana do Castelo grew...
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 –...
Porto de Viana do Castelo traffic increases 16.3% in first half 2019
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 6, 2019 – In the first half of 2019, traffic in Porto de Viana do Castelo grew 16.3%. With about 213,000...
Portugal to invest €36.8 million in Viana do Castelo port
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (PortSEurope) March 4, 2019 – Portugal plans to invest a total of €36.8 million ($41.7 million) to build a...