Start Campus to start work on second €8bn building at Sines Data Centre in June
Sines DC project described by previous government as “biggest overseas investment since Autoeuropa” The second phase of the €8 billion, 1.2GW Start Campus data centre project in Sines will start
PJ police on trail of Brazilian diving crew that recovers cocaine attached to ships’ hulls
Crew’s leader arrested in joint police operation Portugal’s PJ police are on the trail of a diving team whose job it is to remove canisters of cocaine attached to ships’
PJ seizes top-of-the-range vehicles, stolen in Canada, at Sines port
Vehicles were on route to United Arab Emirates PJ police have seized five high-powered top-of-the-range vehicles, stolen from Canada, and dispatched by sea, with the United Arab Emirates as their
Sines concludes installation of defibrillators in sports halls and arenas
Sines municipality has concluded the installation of defibrillators in its sporting premises (municipal stadium, multi-use pavilion and Carlos Manafaia swimming pool). The investment makes ‘sense’ when one considers that people
Dozens of cars vandalised in early hours in Sines
At least 25 private vehicles were vandalised between last night and this morning in the town of Sines – all of them suffering flat tyres. A source from the Santiago
Customs seize 240 kg of cocaine at port of Sines
Portugal’s Tax and Customs Authority (AT) seized 240 kilos of cocaine in the Porto of Sines, Setúbal district, concealed in a container from the American continent and destined for another
PJ police seize almost 18 kilos of cocaine at Sines port
PJ police are celebrating another ‘cocaine coup’ following seizures in ‘Operation Freezer’ – an investigation (still ongoing) which saw 17.7 kilos of cocaine, corresponding to around 1,770 individual doses, concealed
Repsol Polímeros expects to open two new plants in Sines late 2025
Salvador Ruiz, general manager of Repsol Polímeros’ Sines Industrial Complex in the district of Setúbal, has pointed to the last quarter of 2025 as the conclusion of its expansion project
Sines port flagged as one of main gateways into Europe for cocaine
The European report on drugs released yesterday sounds the alert over cocaine and its derivatives posing one of the continent’s most worrying public health concerns. When it comes to trafficking,
Chinese project for lithium battery factory in Sines gets environmental ‘okay’
APA approves €2 billion project of CALB (China Aviation Lithium Battery), with ‘more than 90 conditions’ Chinese group CALB (standing for China Aviation Lithium Battery) has received a favourable environmental