Cargo shipped at Port of Lisbon up 13.5% in H1
The port of Lisbon handled 5.507 million tonnes of goods in the first half of this year, a slight growth of 0.20% year-on-year, according to a statement from the company. The Port of Lisbon [...]
Business booming at Portugal’s ports because of Red Sea crisis
Portugal’s ports of Lisbon and Sines have seen an increase in business of 20% in the first two months of the year thanks to the crisis in the Red Sea. Attacks on commercial shipping by Houthi [...]
Why Portugal’s northern ports are less polluting than you’d imagine
Look at Portugal’s northern ports of Leixões, Viana do Castelo, and traffic on the Douro waterways, you might be forgiven for thinking, due to their industrial nature, that they might be low down [...]
Cargofive gets €1.8M
Portuguese startup Cargofive which has developed a platform for freight forwarders (companies that a responsible for shipping cargo from supplier to the client), has concluded an investment seed [...]
Portugal in plum position to be European near shoring centre
Portugal could become a re-shoring hub in Europe according to the report ‘Supply Chain Disruptions’ by real estate consultant JLL. After months of interruptions in the supply chain, European [...]
Investment in Sines to €17Bn
The Portuguese Government says that the Port of Sines will become a strategic point for gas imports into Europe thanks to investments worth €17Bn on facilities and infrastructures. Because of [...]
Shipping costs skyrocket 1000% on some routes
The cost for Portuguese shipping agents in transporting containers has skyrocketed by 1,000% on some routes between the West and Asia, which reflects the global supply chain crisis. The cost of [...]
