The Port of Leixões handled 2.9 million tons on the first two months of the year. Regarding the corresponding period of last year, the accumulated growth is 20%.
January had already been extremely positive, but in February the cargo movement in Leixões “shot” with an increase of 40%, up to 1.3 million tons.
The containerized cargo keeps with its special contribution to the good performance of Leixões, with a growth of 12% since the beginning of the year and 931 thousand tons handled. Just in February 450 thousand tons were handled, 16% more in corresponding terms.
The container movement reached 87,114 TEU in both months, representing an increase of 10%.
As an example of what happened last year, at the start of the present year export is being the main engine of the growth in Leixões. Since the beginning of the year the cargo increased 34% over one million tons, while the discharging grew only 13% to 1.8 million tons.