New PDI for Port of Setúbal

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Grupo Sapec and Grupo Barraquiero have opened TLA Terminal Logístico Automóvel to serve the Port of Setúbal’s new cars traffic...

Medway thumbs-down for Barreiro

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Carlos Vasconcelos, president of Portuguese rail operator Medway, has said that the proposed Barreiro Terminal on the Tagus River is not a g...

Boost for Setúbal

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The Port of Setúbal has been boosted by the introduction of a new lo-lo service from W.E.C Lines...

Setúbal upgrade

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Portugal’s Port of Setúbal Authority (APSS) is carrying out work to enhance the port’s ro-ro capabilities, the port already being the c...

Setúbal logs container record

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The Port of Setúbal handled 156,000 TEU in lo-lo in 2016, almost 30% up on 2015 and an all-time record...

Setúbal trumps Barreiro?

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Ana Paula Vitorino, Portugal’s minister of the sea, also revealed plans to deepen the draught in the Sado River to 15m, to allow large con...

Setúbal goes for growth

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While the Port of Lisbon pursues its Barreiro development plan (WorldCargo News, April 2015, p17), the Port of Setúbal (APSS), just 300 km ...

Setúbal ro-ro up 15%

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The number of new cars moved over the Port of Setúbal in the first quarter of this year increased by 15% to 40,000 units...

Portuguese ports debate

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The Port of Setúbal argues that it is a better bet for a new deep water container terminal than Barreiro in Lisbon...

Setúbal launches ro-ro tender

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The Port of Setúbal has launched a public tender to expand its ro-ro terminal to accommodate more automobile business...

Robotic inspection unit

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The Port of Setúbal (APSS) is making use of a remotely-controlled robotic vehicle with video equipment for capturing and recording CCTV ima...