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Maintenance dredging at the Port of Portimão has been completed ahead of schedule, restoring safe access conditions for cruise ships and improving the port’s operational capacity. The works, which began The post Portimão port dredging works completed ahead of schedule appeared first on Portugal Resident.
30% of shippers have not yet returned to the port of Figueira da Foz, which remained closed for two and a half months following the silting of the harbour entrance. There is talk of a “brutal negative impact” on the Central Region.
Yilport, the concessionaire for the Leixões port container terminal, believes the new terminal project has structural design flaws and is expected to become obsolete.
The port of Sines is monitoring tensions in the Middle East, but it was storms that most affected offloading operations this year.
Mining companies Somincor – Sociedade Mineira de Neves-Corvo, S.A. and Almina – Minas do Alentejo, S.A. will continue to operate in a 1.8-hectare area at the Praias do Sado Terminal, in the municipality of Setúbal, for the next ten years. On Monday, the APSS – Administration of the Ports of Setúbal and Sesimbra, S.A. announced the agreement in a statement.
The archipelago's maritime authority also cancelled the strong-wind warning for the coastline.
The absence of a network of salvage and emergency tugs in Portugal, unlike in Spain, runs counter to the country’s maritime vocation, the vice-president of the Figueira da Foz port community said today.
The Port of Figueira da Foz says the tug was hired by the owner of the vessel and of the cargo it carries. Assistance is expected to reach the cargo ship at around 23:00.
The tugboat is due to arrive at the location of the freighter on Tuesday night.
The cargo ship, adrift without a rudder off Figueira da Foz, is expected to be towed to the ports of Lisbon or Setúbal, an operation made more difficult by worsening sea conditions, the maritime authority said. In remarks to the Lusa news agency, the harbour master of Figueira da Foz, Paulo Salvado Pires, indicated ...
The port of Figueira da Foz says weather conditions are hampering the operations.
The Port of Leixões simulator served as a pretext for Henrique Gouveia e Melo to test dangerous manoeuvres and adverse conditions before attempting to berth at Belém.
The Madeira archipelago was affected by the low‑pressure system Francis from Wednesday until late Saturday, characterised by rain, rough seas and strong winds.
At 14:00 a shipment was held at Leixões port. The regional government of Madeira has appealed to the Prime Minister to intervene over the retained cargo.
