Port of Lisbon

Port of Lisbon, Portugal

The Port of Lisbon (Portuguese: Porto de Lisboa) is the third largest port in Portugal, located where the River Tagus and the Atlantic Ocean meet, in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. Due to its strategic location on the Portuguese coast between Europe, Africa, and the Atlantic, the port is one of the most accessed and utilized in Europe, and is close to the cruise ships terminals.

History

There are data on human presence in the Tagus estuary since prehistory. Probably the Phoenicians were in this area in the 12th Century BC and they would create a commercial port in the north margin of the River Tagus. In 205 BC, the city (known as Olissippo) was conquered by the Romans. In the 5th Century the Suebi conquered the area, followed by the Visigoths. In AD 714, the Moors conquered Lisbon, expanding the port with their Mediterranean and Atlantic trades.

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Bibliography

• Kin, Kap Hwan and Günther, Container terminals and cargo systems: Design, operations management and logistics. Heidelberg: Springer, 2007. ISBN 978-3-540-49549-9

External links

• Official website