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.
Leixões port to receive €510 million investment
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The port of Leixões, in Matosinhos, Porto district, will receive an investment of €510 million...
Portugal launches Blue School Programme, a national ocean literacy project
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The Blue School Program, the national ocean literacy project, has been launched this Tuesday in...
Port of Leixões with historical record of 19.5M of goods moved in 2017
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – In 2017, 19.5 million tons of cargo were transported at the port, 1.2 million more than in 2016....
Leixões received inaugural scale of one of the largest ro-ro ships
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – On, February 14, the Port of Leixões received, for the first time, one of the largest ro-ro...
Portuguese maritime industry to step up recruitment
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 14, 2018 – In the next 15 years, the maritime industry will have to double its number of professional employees...
Portugal’s mainland ports cargo traffic rises 2.2% in 2017
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – Portugal’s mainland ports ended last year with a record cargo traffic of 95.9 million tonnes, up...
Portuguese ports see higher traffic 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 – Mainland ports ended the year 2017 with the record of the highest volume of cargo ever, reaching...
Yilport’s Portuguese container terminals increase traffic in 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 – Yilport Iberian terminals registered a 5.8% increase in 2017, with a total of 1,176,496 TEUs handled...
Yilport plans 2018 Iberian investment
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Yilport, part of Turkey’s Yildirim group, is looking to exand its Iberian operations in 2018....
Portuguese ports report improved cargo statistics for 2017
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – In January-November 2017, the country’s commercial ports reached 88.8 million tons of cargo....
Portugal’s AMT approves port tariff increases of 1.6%
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 6, 2018 – The Regulation of the Tariff System of Ports and the “Guidelines for the preparation of proposals...
Portuguese logistics development held up by infrastructure limitations
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The lack of a global strategy in the logistics and freight sector, capable of connecting ports,...
Porto Cruise Terminal Welcomed 100 cruise calls in 2017
Porto, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Cruise activity at the Porto Cruise Terminal recorded a new high in 2017, receiving 100 cruise calls,...
Leixões Cruise Terminal awarded by “O Norte Somos Nós”
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões (Leixões Cruise Port Terminal) has been awarded a...
Port tech clusters part of Portugal’s ocean renewable energy strategy
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – The Portuguese government has announced its Industrial Strategy for Ocean Renewable Energies (EI-ERO),...
The Portuguese government adopts its new port strategy to create jobs and boost added value
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The Portuguese has announced a number of resolutions as part of a new ports strategy, which aim to...
Minister of the Sea to inaugurate four logistics operations centres in Leixões
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 26, 2017 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, was scheduled to visit the Logistics Platform of the...
Yilport criticizes lack of investment of Tertir’s previous owners
Tertir, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Yilport, part of Turkey’s Yildirim Group, and owner of the Tertir port operations that once...
Leixões port sees Jan-Oct 2017 freight traffic increase
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – In the first 10 months of 2017, the Port of Leixões reported a handled freight volume...
Portuguese Minister of Economy visits Leixões port
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 17, 2017 – The Portuguese Minister of Economy visited the Leixões port on November 15 and praised the...