The Port of Leixões will reach this year a new record in cargo handling, announced APDL’s CEO.
The previous record was in 2008, when 15.6 million tons were handled. Then the crisis appeared, which made Leixões go backwards in its figures, and in 2010 the recovery started up, in spite of the persistent difficulties.
TCL has been giving a decisive contribution for the increase of the handled cargo, not only serving the feeder transit but also developing the transshipment activity.
Since the beginning of this year, the export cargo in Leixões is growing 25%. And among the top ten markets, five of them are outside Europe: Angola, USA; Algeria, Argentina and Morocco.