In the first half of 2025, Porto Cruise Terminal (Port of Leixões) welcomed 76 cruise ship calls and 101,079 passengers, a 9% increase in the number of calls and a 38% increase in the number of passengers compared to the same period of 2024.
If the forecasts hold, Porto Cruise Terminal could once again reach record numbers by the end of the year as 160 cruise ship calls are already planned to visit the port and cruise passengers’ numbers are expected to rise above 220.000.
Most of passengers came from Germany (31%), followed by the UK (29%) and the USA (20%). The months of April, May, and June clearly contributed the most to this growth, with each registering a passenger count of around 30,000. April was the busiest month in terms of passenger numbers (30,266) and May was the month with the most cruise calls (25).
During the first six months of the year, Porto Cruise Terminal was especially pleased to welcome 9 inaugural calls, which brings the opportunity to create new long-term partnerships. It was also the “Home Port” for 7 turnaround calls with emphasis on the first 2 operations of 5 planned for this year for Tui’s Mein Schiff 4 and which were completed in July, involving a total of almost 25,000 passengers.
These results clearly demonstrate the growing attractiveness of the Porto Cruise Terminal and the Porto & North of Portugal Region among the main Cruise Lines that increasingly choose Leixões for their Atlantic Coast itineraries, especially itineraries starting and ending in the Port of Leixões, further enhancing the Porto & North of Portugal Destination.
