The Port of Lisbon (

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: ''Porto de Lisboa'') is the third-largest

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, mainly on the north sides of the

Tagus The Tagus ( ; es, Tajo ; pt, Tejo ; see below) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales near Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows , generally west with two main south-westward sections, to e ...

's large natural harbour that opens west, through a short strait, onto the

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. Each part lies against central parts of the Portuguese capital Lisbon. Due to its strategic site between Europe, Africa, and the Atlantic, it is one of the most accessed and used in

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. For

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s it begins with a 1080-metre mooring, with cranes, south of a thin, rectangular, pleasure boat marina. It is north-east of the centre of the strait-spanning suspension bridge, the Ponte 25 de Abril. Continuations are to the north-east. These are a bank-side

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terminal next to the old

Alfama The Alfama () is the oldest neighborhood of Lisbon, spreading on the slope between the São Jorge Castle and the Tagus river. Its name comes from the Arabic ''al-ḥamma'' (), meaning "hot fountains" or "baths," akin to "hammam" (). The district ...

district, followed by multi-use harbour-side terminals at Xabregas, Grilo, Beato ()) and Braço do Prata,

Marvila (Lisbon) Marvila () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in eastern Lisbon, Marvila is to the southwest of Parque das Nações The Parque das Nações (; en, Park of the Nations), colloquially known ...

. Denser military docks are beyond a headland to the south-east – Lisbon Naval Base, long colloquially synonymous with Alfeite, a slightly wider, once royally-owned, district.

History

There are data on human presence in the Tagus estuary since prehistory. Probably the

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were in this area in the 12th Century BC and they would create a commercial port in the north margin of the

River Tagus The Tagus ( ; es, Tajo ; pt, Tejo ; see below) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales near Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows , generally west with two main south-westward sections, to e ...

. In 205 BC, the city (known as ''Olissippo'') was conquered by the

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. In the 5th Century the Suebi conquered the area, followed by the

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. In AD 714, the

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conquered Lisbon, expanding the port with their

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and Atlantic trades. Manuel Antunes Frasquilho was President of the Port of Lisbon Administration (APL), from 2005 to 2009, during which he implemented the ''Plano Estratégico do Porto de Lisboa'' (Strategic Plan for the Port of Lisbon), a massive long term modernization and development plan, aimed at increasing port traffic, efficiency, and accessibility. Frasquilh was elected President of the RETE – Association for the Collaboration between Ports and Cities in 2005.RTP - Porto Lisboa define plano estratégico com aposta mercadorias e turismo
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Gallery

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References

Bibliography

* Kin, Kap Hwan and Günther, ''Container terminals and cargo systems: Design, operations management and logistics''. Heidelberg:

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, 2007.

External links

Official website
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