Portmão Tourism Port to triple capacity

Portimão’s current Port for harbouring cruise ships is going to be extended, months after the river was dredged for larger capacity cruise liners to dock in the riverside area.
The new extension, lengthening the harbouring area from 330 to a whopping 550 metres, will allow two large cruise liners, of around 220 metres, or three smaller ones, to dock simultaneously in Portimão’s Tourism Port.
The constructions will reach the Navy’s naval support area and will entail the dredging of 45.000 cubic metres of sediment, consequently tripling the Port’s capacity for passengers, up to 4.000 a day.

By “The Portugal News” 12 Jul 2008