May was, by far, the best month at the Leixões Container Terminal since the beginning of the year. And it was, by very far, the best May ever in the history of the concession.
In May, TCL handled 54,280 TEU, representing a growth of 12% regarding the figures of the same month last year. Considering the number of containers handled – 34,671 – the corresponding growth exceeded 10%.
With this strong result more, TCL accumulated on the first five months of the year a total of 244,898 TEU handled, a corresponding growth of more than 7% regarding the same period of 2012.
The number of units handled since January amounted to 154,346 containers, more than 5% of what was realized a year ago.
It should be noted these exceptional results are being achieved in a difficult economic situation, and the comparison is done with a very strong corresponding period, without any operational constraints in other national ports.