Nile Dutch, which operates in Leixões the services to the west coast of Africa, was in evidence in October and was the second operator to handle more containers at TCL.

Better was only the Maersk Line, which therefore strengthened its leadership in the ranking of ship owners in 2013. The Nile Dutch, in its turn, consolidated its fifth position.

In October, the "Top Five" of ship owners remaining places were ascribed to CMA CGM, MSC and the Wec Lines. The same operators, but now with the MSC ahead of CMA CGM, ranked the second, third and fourth positions in the annual ranking of 2013.