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.
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...
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...
Friopuerto to operate refrigerator facility at Leixoes port
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – Friopuerto Investment SL, a subsidiary of Grupo Romeu dedicated to the international transport of...