On the first four months of the year, the Container Terminal of Leixões handled 151,676 TEU. Regarding the same period last year, a growth of 8% is registered.
In terms of units, TCL handled between January and April this year 95,463 containers, which still represents a growth of 4% regarding the corresponding period of 2009.
It seems not only is TCL handling more containers but also bigger ones. This is a consequence of the sector’s trend evolution at international level.
Besides, and considering the number of TEU handled, the figures of this 2010 start-up even exceed the ones reached by TCL in the beginning of 2008, when the global crisis had not yet started. This means a lot when we look at the solid growth trend of the activity in Leixões.
In April, TCL handled 37,167 TEU, a result in line with the one registered in the same month last year, when the recovering of the activity had already started, which would lead to a new annual record.