The goods movement on national ports reached 17.9 million tons on the second quarter, announced INE.
Regarding the same period of last year, there was an increase of 5,9% on the handled tonnage.
Sines leaded the activity growth, with an increase of 20%. Lisbon went up 1% and Leixões went backwards 2% to 3.8 million tons, although there was an expressive increase on the handling of containerized cargo.
Still according to INE, between April and June the movement of ships on national ports decreased 6%, but was made up fo the increase of 3% regarding the vessels dimension.