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The Port of Leixões (Portuguese: Porto de Leixões, pronounced [lɐjˈʃõjʃ]) 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. Leixões Sport Club, commonly known simply as Leixões, is Matosinhos' sports club.
These ports are included in APP – Associação dos Portos de Portugal, a non-profit association with the objective of exchanging information and debates, contributing to the modernization of the national system of cargo ports. [1] The ports are listed by TEU units capacity. [2]
The new terminal building sits upon a 340 meter long quay and includes a pedestrian access path for use of passengers and the general public. The architect for the project was Luís Pedro Silva [2] with the Structural design for the project being carried out by Newton Engineering Consultants. [3] The main contractor was Ferreira Build Power [4 ...
[2] [3] Passenger services ran until 1987 and from 2009 to 2011, otherwise the railway has remained open for cargo, transporting cargo in and out of the Port of Leixões. In 2024, a 32 million Euro investment was carried out to improve conditions on the line for freight trains and to reestablish passenger services in part of the line.
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In 1961, they won their only Taça de Portugal, defeating Porto 2–0. [3] This qualified Leixões to the 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup , in which they reached the quarter-finals before losing 4–2 on aggregate to East German side Motor Jena . [ 3 ]
During the time of the explosions, the ship began to sink, prompting survivors to jump into the water, the tugboat Monte de Luz assisted by rescuing survivors that were nearby. [ 4 ] The Jakob Maersk oil spill was the second largest spill at the time which occurred in the second largest city in Portugal.
Construction started in 1973 and it came into operation in 1978. The Port of Sines Administration (Administração do Porto de Sines, APS) was created on 14 December 1977. The port operates 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, providing services such as: control of maritime traffic; pilotage, towage and mooring; access control and surveillance ...