The Container Terminal of Leixões handled in December 36,217 TEU, representing a corresponding growth of 11.3% regarding the same month of 2008. Considering the number of containers, 22,722 were handled, 9.3% more than the same month of 2008.
The fact the confrontation is done with December, quite a difficult month due to the crisis and the withdrawing of the world trade, does not dim the excellent performance of TCL on the last month of 2009.
The fact is the results now obtained are in line with the ones obtained in December 2007 when the economic and financial conjuncture was still prosperous and the maritime transport was rising.