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.
Port of Leixões present at the largest transport and logistics fair in South America
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 – The Port of Leixões is attending the largest transportation and logistics event in South America,...
Transinsular reinforces “Africa Express” service, a maritime link between Portugal and Cape Verde
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 6, 2018 – Transportes Marítimos Insulares, S.A., owned by the ETE Group, has strengthened its Africa Express...
Portugal’s APDL port authority appoints new board
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – A new Board of Directors of APDL – Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do...
Ambassador of Bangladesh has visits Leixões port
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – On February 22, the Ambassador of Bangladesh, Ruhul Alam Siddique, visited the Port of...
Yilport announces Lisbon and Leixões port container terminal investments
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Yilport, an operator of several port terminals in Portugal, intends to invest around €200 million...
Algeciras port hosts meeting of Mediterranean, Atlantic corridors workgroup
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Algeciras port hosted the first meeting of the year of the working group of ports and intermodal...
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...
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...
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,...