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Takargo’s Portuguese operation

News1 Oct 2008

A new private rail operator has begun operations in Portugal. Takargo, which is managed by Pires de Fonseca, has just received its first ser...

News1 Apr 2008

Most operators have experienced solid growth in container traffic....

News1 Oct 2007

Manuel Frasquilho, the president of Lisbon Port Authority (APL), has “acknowledged” that the accounts committee (audit office) of the Po...

News1 Apr 2007

Construction giant Mota-Engil purchased Tertir Group, the country’s largest port terminal operator last October and now runs an enterprise...

News1 Apr 2006

Muelle Fangos, Prat Dock and other major schemes follow hard on the heels of the recently announced expansion programmes at Algeciras....

News1 Jul 2005

The vexed question of building a new commercial port for Madeira at Caniçal has been given a new twist after an influential local residents...

News1 Jun 2004

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has been awarded a contract to support the supply, installation, commissioning and tes...

News1 May 2004

The arrival of the first ship to be handled at the Port of Sines’ Container Terminal XXI development, marks what could be the end of an...

News1 Apr 2003

Is PSA Corporation trying to sell either part or all of its stake in the Terminal de Contentores XXI terminal in the Portuguese port of Sine...

News1 Jan 2002

Terminal Multimodal do Vale do Tejo SA (TVT) in Portugal recently handled its first container block train bound for the Port of Lisbon. Tout...

News1 Dec 2001

Liscont OC SA, the 83:17 Tertir: Eurogate operator of Lisbon's Liscont container terminal, is making a bid to take over Sotagus, the consort...

News1 Nov 2001

It is understood that PSA Corporation has stepped up efforts to find a partner wishing to take an equity participation in its Terminal XXI c...

News1 Nov 2001

Four companies have been invited to tender by the Setubal port authority (APSS) for a 20 + 10 year concession to operate the port's multi-pu...

News13 Oct 2001

Netherlands-based Precia-Molen has designed and installed what is claimed to be one of the world's most advanced integrated weighing systems...

News13 Oct 2001

The Portuguese island of Madeira should be in a position to open its new container terminal at Porto Canical in 2004, claims Joao Marques do...