In 2011 Port of Lisbon registered a new record in cruise activity with 502,644 passengers and 330 cruise calls. This is the first time the port welcomes more than half a million passengers and it is a great result for Lisbon. The number of cruise calls is also a record. These values represent an increase of 12% in terms of passengers (448,497 tourists recorded in the previous year) and 10% in terms of cruise calls (299 in 2010)   Read More

The Port of Lisbon recorded growth of 9.8% in the quantities of merchandise handled in December on a year-on-year basis and accumulated growth of over 2.7%. Solid bulk with a major increase of 19.2% and Containerised Cargo with an increase of 9.4% were the main aspects responsible for the increase in merchandise handled in December. The accumulated amounts of solid bulk with a 6.2% increase and Containerised Cargo with a 3.4% increase were the main aspects responsible for the increase in merchandise handled in 2010   Read More

On January 10th 10 the ship “GRANDE CONGO”, the latest construction of the Italian shipowner Grimaldi made a stopover at the Port of Lisbon on its inaugural voyage. The placement of new ships on regular Lines with a stopover in Lisbon is very important for the Port of Lisbon as well as for the Portuguese market, thereby contributing to an increase in the competitiveness of the services rendered by the port community of the Port of Lisbon   Read More

In 2010, 448,497 cruise passengers visited the port of Lisbon, representing an 8% increase related to 2009. This growth was particularly determined by the 19% increase in transit passengers, which totaled 395 884  Read More

On 4 November, the Port of Lisbon launched the book “Terminal de Cruzeiros de Lisboa” (Cruise Terminals of Lisbon), simultaneously inaugurating an exhibition of the responses to the tender for the project relating to the future cruise terminal in Lisbon. The book, edited by Kaleidoscope, brings together the projects presented by the competing architects  Read More

Lisbon was the third port of call on the maiden voyage of the new Queen Elizabeth on 15 October. The voyage began and ended in Southampton, on 12 and 25 October respectively, calling at Vigo, Cádiz, the Canary Islands and Funchal  Read More

Globally, the Port of Lisbon is nominated for the second consecutive year in the categories of World's Leading Cruise Port and World's Leading Cruise Destination. At a European level it is nominated for the first time in the category of Europe's leading Cruise Port and the second time in the category of Europe's Leading Cruise Destination  Read More

The Portuguese Carrilho da Graça is the architect for the new Lisbon’s Cruise Terminal that will be operating by the end of 2013. From the 37 proposals received, the one submitted by Carrilho da Graça was the best positioned in the international competition that took place for the project of the new cruise terminal in Lisbon.  Read More

On July 20, the vessel "GREAT CAMEROON" called at the Port of Lisbon on her maiden voyage. It is the most recent construction from the Italian ship-owner Grimaldi.   Read More

The Port of Lisbon registered a growth of 15.5% in quantities handled during the month of May compared to the same period in 2009. With regards to the accumulated value in May, the total of all goods movements recorded a growth of 2.3% compared with 2009  Read More