Porto de Leixões: passengers grew in October

The port of Leixões registered, in October, um crescimento de 37% the number of passengers, e de 23% the number of cruise ships, When compared with the same period in 2016.
So far, passed by cruise terminals of the port of Leixões 94.137 passageiros e 96 navios, and by the end of the year it is expected that this number will reach the 100 cruise ships and 100.000 passageiros.
The Cruise Terminal of Matosinhos received 43 cruise ships and about 75.000 passageiros. Por sua vez, the passenger Station of Leça da Palmeira received 53 cruise ships and about 19.000 passageiros.
In October, three more ships have made your inaugural range in Leixões: The Viking Star, the Seven Seas Navigator and the AidaVita, sendo que, in total of the year, Leixoes received the inaugural range 12 navios de cruzeiro.
The size of vessels visiting Leixoes has also been on the rise with an increase of 37% in comparison with the same period of last year, sendo que, dos 96 cruise ships visiting Leixoes during this year, 28 they had a length greater than 250 metros, more than double those recorded last year.
The activity of the port of Leixões continues, assim, on course for growth, especially since the inauguration in 2015 the new Cruise Terminal. In addition to this, has been witnessing an increase in the number of cruise ships operating in the Atlantic and Mediterranean Islands and Coast.
Para 2018 are already provided for 115 Cruise ranges that will make arriving at Porto and North of Portugal about of 120.000 passageiros.