When there are still one and a half months for the end of the year, the Leixões Container Terminal has already exceeded the annual maximum of container handling established in 2011!
Last year’s mark – which is already an absolute record – was exceeded during the45th week, between the 5th and 11th of November.
10,068 containers were then handled (15,494 TEU). Which, added to the 499,167 accumulated containers till the end of October (as well as the ones handled on the first days of November if it was needed), ensured the overcoming of the 514 thousand TEU barrier, reached end of December 2011!
TCL is still the first national operator of containers terminal, establishing successive records in each year of the concession of the Leixões Container Terminal, initiated in 2000.
On the 45th week, the most intense working day was the 10th November, when seven ships were operated (28 along all the week) and handled 1,861 containers (2,734 TEU).