Terminal XXI handles its first ship

Traffic increased last year on the back of ‘lockdown 2020’, but the ports are still facing challenges.

Earlier this year, the Portuguese government again changed the base conditions of the tender to relaunch the Vasco da Gama ‘multipurpose terminal’ (originally container terminal) in the Port of Sines. Lack of interest means that the scope gets smaller with every iteration – the terminal can now open with just one berth, with the investment commitment cut to €100M-€150M.

The new STS cranes from Paceco’s parent company Mitsui E&S stack 22-across and were delivered fully-erect from the Oita Works in Japan

The Turkey-based terminal operator now wholly owns the Port of Lisbon’s deep water container terminal.

Valencia Port Authority (APV) will invest up to €1.1B by 2025. The three ports that it runs – Valencia, Sagunto and Gandia – account for 41% of all Spanish maritime cargo.

The Port of Leixões (APDL) in Portugal has announced plans to upgrade the north container terminal to handle 1M TEU a year. In 2021, the combined throughput of the port’s north and south container terminals amounted to 700,000TEU, a new record.