According to the Portuguese Mobility and Transport Authority, the cargo that was handled in mainland Portugal experienced a 4.4% decrease year-on-year until November to 84.9 million tonnes, with Aveiro and Faro in a counter-cycle.
Specifically, the authority supported that the 3.9 million tonnes decrease was affected by the decreased import of crude oil and coal. However, there are recovery signs in container traffic, recorded to an increase of 0.8% and 1.4% in the volume of cargo containerised.
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Yet, only Aveiro and Faro showed positive performances with a growth of 6.2% and 74.3% respectively. Aveiro, also, maintained the best mark with more than 5 million tonnes.
Concluding, the majority of the ports lost up to 4.2 million tonnes, and particularly Sines, loosing 2.6 million tonnes, Lisbon 796,000 tonnes and Leixões 496,000 tonnes.
