The New Year started the best way for TCL. After the annual record of container handling in 2010 with 482,370 TEU, 2011 began with absolute monthly record.
In January, TCL handled 28,113 containers (44,032 TEU).
Comparing with the same month in 2010, there was a growth of 22% in the number of containers and 19% in the quantity of TEU.
The previous monthly record had been in August 2009, when, in a period of stoppage at the port of Lisbon when 27,610 containers were handled. Which means comparing to that very month January grew almost 2%.