The Container Terminal of Leixões handled in June 41,666 TEU, representing a growth of 11% regarding the corresponding month of 2009.
On the same month, TCL handled  26,507 containers, 12% more than a year ago.
June’s figures consolidate the growth trend TCL showed since the beginning of the year, which goes beyond the recovery regarding the depressive months of the beginning of 2009.
Despite the strong crisis which affected the sector in 2009, TCL was able to end the year with a new record of container handling.
On the six months of the current year, TCL’s results have been always higher than those of the corresponding months the year before.
Between January and June, TCL handled 232,484 TEU, 8% more than on the first half of 2009. The number of containers handled reached 146,573 units, 5% more than on the corresponding period of last year.