Water transport and coastline

Questions and answers

How many ports do you have in your

country and how old are they?

• In Portugal there are 13 ports. There are data from human

presence in the Tejo river since prehistory. Is in this river where is located the port of Lisbon. In 714 AD the Moors conquered Lisbon and expand the port with its

Atlantic and Mediterranean trade.

• In Belgium there are 4 ports : Antwerpen, Gent, Zeebrugge and Oostende.

• There are 5 appointed head ports and 32 main ports in Norway. There are 600 state regulated fishing ports and thousands of smaller local harbors and ports all along the coast.

What are the largest ports in your country?

Portugal :

The Port of Lisbon • is the main terminal

for shipping to Portugal.• Receives 11% of all of all

international traffic. 

The Port of Leixões • is the largest artificial

port in Portugal.• Receives 20% of all of all

international traffic. 

The Port of Leixões • Is the largest deep waters port.• Receives 38% of all cargo ships

arriving to and departing from Portugal. 

The largest port in Belgium is Antwerpen.

The largest port in Norway is in Oslo. Soon Risavika will be the largest port.

How many cargo connections do you have

and with which countries?

In Portugal 3 ports have regular cargo lines, linking Portugal to:

• the North, Central and South America,

• Asia,

• Africa,

• Europe and

• Middle East.

How many ferry connections do you have

and with which countries?

There are 69 ferry connections in Norway, and there are 11 ferry connections from Norway to other countries.

How many terminals do you have?

There are 600 approved terminals in Norway.

Do the largest tourist ships visit your country?

There are more than 110

cruise ships on the list for

the 2013 cruise season in

Zeebrugge. Zeebrugge is

thus far the leader of the

Flemish ports.

Zeebrugge - In the port of

Zeebrugge is docked this

morning's second largest

Cruise ship in the world.

The Queen Mary 2 has

2,300 passengers and

1,253 crew members. It is

the first time that the ship

will sail a Belgian port.

In the last five years there has

been an increase of

about 58% in terms of cruise

passengers passing

through Portuguese

ports and 13% in

terms of scales.

Yes, the largest tourist ships visit Norway, especially popular are the fjord cruises.

Is there any river transport instead of sea transport in

your country?

No, there is not much river transport in Norway.

How long is the coastline in your country?

There are several numbers for the Norwegian coastline. One number of the mainland coastline is approximately 25,000 km, but a newer measure, which also includes the coastline of smaller islands and islets along the coast, makes the coastline of Norway to 100,915 km, which is 2 ½ times around the globe and second in the world after Canada

The Portuguese coast is extensive: it has 943km in Portugal mainland, 667km in the Azores , 250km in Madeira

The coastline in Belgium is 67km

What types of seashore are in your country?

In Belgium are sea roadside dunes,Oostende and Dune valley with lime.

The Portuguese coast alternate between rough cliffs and fine sand beaches.

In Norway we have sand beaches, and stone, rock and cliff seashores.

Do you have any dunes in your country?

In Portugal there are more than 500 km along 900 km with sand and dunes.

There are also dunes in Belgium and Norway

Do you have many lighthouses? How many?

In Norway there are all together 212 lighthouses, now 107

lighthouses are in use.

In the reign of D. José, in 1758, began the program signalling the Portuguese coast.There are 48 lighthouses.

There are 11 lighthouses in Belgium.

Do you have any remains of War World Two defenses near the

seashore?

There are bunkers in Belgium.

The Portuguese Republic was an authoritarian political regime under António de Oliveira Salazar, often regarded as pro-fascist. Portugal was officially a neutral country.

Along the coast Norway have many fortresses and WWII defenses made by captives and war prisoners during the Nazi occupation.

Do you have any area lakes? How big are they?

There are some large

area lakes in Norway.

“Mjøsa” is the biggest,

365 km2, then

“Røssvatnet”, 218,61

km2, and Femunden,

203,52 km2 . There are

254 arealakes in

Norway.

In Portugal are small lakes, about 120.

Belgium :

Do you have any cliffs in your country? How high are they?

The Rocher de Freÿr, the Rocks of Freÿr, is the most important climbing area in Belgium and one of western Europe's best-kept climbing secrets.

Hornelen in Norway is the highest seacliff all over Europe. It lays in

“Sogn og Fjorande” Height: 860 m.

What ships are produced in Your country?

Norwegian shipyards produce chemical tankers , Ro-Ro ships, supply and seismic vessels , passenger ships and ferries , fishing vessels and aluminium fastferries.

Ferry Container Carrier

Barge Chemical Tanker

TugRoll-On / Roll-Off

Patrol CoastMultipurpose

Product TankerFactory Ship

ReeferFleet Oil TankerStern Trawler

CatamaramRo-Ro Day Car & Passengers Ferry

Passengers VesselSide Trawler

Military VesselsCoastal Fish. Vessel

Cement CarrierPatrol Launch

YachtGeneral Cargo

LPG CarrierHospital Vessel

Purse Seiner

Ships produced in Portugal :

The shipbuilding sector was a strategic one in the 1960s and 1970s in Portugal. Today it holds a modest place in Portuguese industry and is reaching out to form international links.

What do ships from your country transport?

From Norway they transport fish and oil.

Did you have any Hanseatic ports in your country?

Describe what tasks belonged to Hansa? What area did Hansa operate on?

Yes, Bergen was a Hanseatic port. There are still buildings and remains of the Hansa period

in Bergen.

The Hanseatic cities of XVII was a group of influential merchants from a number of cities in Flanders, Hainault, Brabant and Artois in the early 13th century took the

form of an association of 17 cities.Later added eight cities to this covenant. This Hanseatic trade mourned at the fairs of Champagne and promoted the export of cloth. The fairs of Champagne were of

great importance for trade with Italy. When the fairs in Champagne at the end of the 13th century meaning replace, also

lost the Hanseatic cities XVII of its meaning

Hansa’s tasks in Norway were of commercial interest, especially the

export of dried fish. Bergen was the main port along the

coast, to and from which imported and exported goods were transported.

Have you had in your history a famous person who fought for the

independence of your country and was in any way connected

with water ?

Norway Yes, one famous person is Max Manus. He fought in the home front during WWII and was responsible of the blowing up the German transportation ship Donau.

Gil Eanes dobra o cabo Bojador

Vasco da Gama arrives in India, Calicute

Portugal :Bartolomeu Dias dobra o cabo da Boa Esperança

Belgium :mercator

Flemish cartographer