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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 report increased cargo traffic of +13.8% in April

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – In April 2023, Portugal’s mainland commercial port system handled 7.8 million tonnes of cargo, an...

Ports have a role to play in renewable energy in Portugal

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – A working group for the planning and operation of power generation centres based on renewable energy...

YILPORT Leixões implements Navis Terminal Operating System

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) March 21, 2023 – YILPORT Leixões has successfully completed the Implementation of the Navis Terminal Operating System....

Port of Leixões handled 14.8 million tons of cargo in 2022, down 2%

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) February 20, 2023 – The Port of Leixões handled 14.8 million tons of cargo in 2022, down 2% from 15.1 million tons in...

Port of Leixões received 112 cruise ship stopovers in 2022

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 30, 2023 – In 2022, the Port of Leixões received 112 cruise ship stopovers, surpassing the 101 stopovers...

Leixões Container Terminal implements NAVIS N4

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Leixões Container Terminal (TCL) has implemented NAVIS N4. the latest version of its operational...

Port of Leixões, first Portuguese port to obtain ISO 28000 Certification

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 23, 2023 – The Port of Leixões has become the first Portuguese port to obtain ISO 28000 Certification –...

MEDWAY improves port rail connections in Portugal

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 23, 2023 – The MEDWAY transport company will restart the Setúbal – Entroncamento – Leixões rail link during...

ETE Group invests in Liebherr cranes for Portuguese ports

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 18, 2023 – The ETE Group has invested €14.2 million in the acquisition of four new Liebherr Port Cranes for its...

Yilport holding breaks all-time container handling record in first half of 2022

Yilport Holding had another successful half-year benefitting from recent investments. The company moves towards the target of being one of the top global...

Consul of Australia visits the Port of Leixões

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 8, 2022 – The Consul of Australia, Jessica Louise Healey, has visited the Port of Leixões. The diplomatic...

Port of Leixões handled 15.2 million tons of cargo in 2021, down from 17 million tons

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 7, 2022 – The Port of Leixões handled 15.2 million tons of cargo in 2021, compared to 17 million in the...

Leixões Cruise Terminal forecasts 143 cruise ship visits by the end of 2022

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 10, 2022 – The Leixões Cruise Terminal received, January 2, the visit of the ship AIDAsol, which is the first...

New A-RTGs started operations at YILPORT Leixões Terminal

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 23, 2021 – As part of the redevelopment of the South Container Terminal, the three new A-RTG (rubber tired...

National Safety Authority visits the Port of Leixões

APDL – Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo, S.A has received, September 13th, in the Port of Leixões, a visit of the...

Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) to invest €4 million in Port of Leixões rail connections

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 3, 2021 – Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) has announced that it will invest €4 million to improve rail...

Portuguese ports see sharp rise in May cargo traffic

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 29, 2021 – Total cargo handled mainland Portuguese ports in totaled 7.6 million tons in May, an increase of 36.4%...

Port of Leixões will become the first port with zero emissions by 2035

The plan, which will be detailed this year, foresees decarbonisation and energy self-sufficiency, 15 years before the deadline set by the EU – April 26,...

State-of-the-art railway equipment arrives in Portugal via Porto de Leixões

This week, the Multiusos South Terminal of the Port of Leixões received the disembarkation operation on a Ro-Ro ship and preparation for road transport in...

Kalmar and Yilport strengthen long-term collaboration with a large new order for mobile equipment solutions

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has concluded a large order from YILPORT Holding Inc. for 27 new Kalmar machines: 11 reachstackers, four empty container handlers and...

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