Port of Leixões : An Portugal artificial harbour on the Atlantic Ocean ( Photos )
Port of Leixões, Portuguese Porto De Leixões, principal port serving the city of Porto and northern Portugal. It is an artificial harbour on the Atlantic Ocean, within the town of Matosinhos, 5.5 miles (9 km) northwest of central Porto. Porto is prevented by a sandbar from having a deepwater harbour of its own.
LEIXOES is a Large-sized Port. The types of vessels regularly calling at LEIXOES are Sailing Vessel (25%), General Cargo (19%), Fishing (12%), Container Ship (9%), Pleasure Craft (6%). The last vessel called at this port was JOSE DUARTE, 48m and 29s ago.
The maximum length of the vessels recorded to having entered this port is 315 meters. The maximum draught is 11.6 meters. The maximum Deadweight is 63939t.
The Leixões harbour is formed by two curved breakwaters that are 5,240 feet (1,597 m) and 3,756 feet (1,145 m) long. The port’s original docking facilities were completed in 1890 and were subsequently expanded in the early 1930s and early 1970s.
While Port of Leixões long has been associated with the export of port wine, Porto’s most famous product, at the end of the 20th century, the port’s facilities were modernized to provide additional large-scale container-park gantries and new equipment, including heavy cranes, capable of handling Panamax container ships (i.e., ships narrow enough to fit through the Panama Canal).
LEIXOES is located at UK Coast & Atlantic, UK Coast & Atlantic in Portugal at coordinates N 41° 11′ 02.35″ – W 008° 41′ 40.17″. The official UN/Locode of this port is PTLEI. It is also known as MATOSINHOS.
The local time at LEIXOES is 2022-11-27 10:44:00 and the time zone is UTC. The wind in the port area blows from South West direction at force 6 Beaufort. 24 ships have arrived in this Port within the last 24 hours. Currently there are 31 vessels in this Port and another 23 vessels are scheduled to make a port call at LEIXOES.
