This 3.9 million tonnes fall “was greatly influenced by the decline in the import of crude oil and coal,” and there are “recovery signs in container traffic, which recorded +0.8 percent and +1.4 percent in the volume of cargo containerised,” the authority’s report explained.


According to the report released on Monday, “only Aveiro and Faro recorded positive performances with a respective growth rate of 6.2 percent and 74.3 percent, with Aveiro maintaining the best mark ever, with over 5 million tonnes.”


Most of the ports, however, lost cargo, totalling more than 4.2 million tonnes, particularly Sines (-2.6 million tonnes), Lisbon (-796,000 tonnes) and Leixões (-496,000 tonnes).