Leixões
The Port of Leixões is one of Portugal‘s major seaports, located 4 km north of the mouth of the Douro River, in Matosinhos municipality, near the city of Porto. The port is the home to the Porto Cruise Terminal and Yilport Leixões.
Spain’s Indra installs port management system in Cyprus
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – The Janela Única Portuária (JUP) port management system for ship and cargo clearance, developed in...
Portuguese stevedores not to service ships diverted from Spain
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – After the Spanish government approved a decree for the reform of the stowage sector and trade unions announced...
Leixoes port container traffic rises 4% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Leixoes, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – Leixoes port container terminal handled 204,553 TEUs in the first four months of 2017, up 4% on the year....
Sines port handles 62% of entire Portuguese container traffic in Q1 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – The first quarter of the year brought more record TEU numbers to the Portuguese port system. And the container...
Leixoes port receives ISO 9001:2015 certificate
Leixoes, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – Leixoes port has received a NP EN ISO 9001: 2015 certificate for the quality of all the services it...
Portuguese ports cargo traffic rises in Q1 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – The Portuguese Mobility and Transport Authority (AMT-Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes) has released...
Leixões to beat record cruise passengers in May
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – Leixões port is set to beat the monthly record of cruise passengers in May 2017. The port predicts for...
Leixoes port cargo traffic rises 7% y/y in Q1 2017
Leixoes, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 28, 2017 – Leixoes port handled 4.6 million tonnes of cargo in the first quarter of 2017, up 7% on the year, APDL –...
Leixoes container terminal operates 25 vessels in April 3-9
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – In the period between April 3 and 9, Leixoes container terminal received and operated 25 vessels, in a...
Portuguese ports traffic grows in February
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – Portuguese Mobility and Transport Authority released the results on port handling in February. The figures...
Portugal’s ports cargo traffic rise contrasts with road, rail throughput in 2016
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – Preliminary data from Portugal’s National Statistical Institute (INE) for 2016 confirm the growth in...
Leixoes port container traffic’s rise is constant
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – The days when Leixoes Container Terminal reaches 3,000 TEUs or is very close, are becoming more frequent....
Portuguese minister visits Leixoes port stand at Intermodal Sao Paulo fair
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Portugal’s Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vittorino, visited the stands of Portuguese ports at...
Event – Motorways of the Sea – Conditions for success – Brussels, March 7, 2017
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 4, 2017 – The European Parliament SEARICA Intergroup is holding a conference entitled “Motorways of the...
Leixoes port to benefit from Spanish dockworker strikes
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – What for some is a problem, is an opportunity for others. This is how the port of Leixoes, in the north...
Leixoes port cargo traffic rises 12% in Jan 2017
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The month of January was the best in recent years at the Leixoes port, registering the handling of 1.625...
IDC prepares measures to avoid cargo diversion
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) is preparing to announce measures to avoid the diversion of...
Leixoes port container terminal quickens handling of trucks
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Productivity combined with fast processing of trucks. This is how the activity of Leixoes container...
Leixoes port resumes normal operation of oil terminal
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 8, 2017 – The B position of Leixoes Oil Terminal, which was suspended after an accident between two ships on...
Leixoes port to operate 107 cruise calls in 2017
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Leixoes port has already confirmed 107 calls of cruise ships, which will represent a growth of around...