In November 2008, the Pelamis machines were brought back to harbor at Leixões due to a technical problem with some of the bearings for which a solution has been found.
A fifth line was inaugurated on September 2009, Leixões line, connecting Oporto to Leixões.
Highly industrialized, is, with the neighbouring subregions, the main source of the Portuguese exports and home to one of the busiest Portuguese harbours, located in Leixões.
The Jakob Maersk was an oil tanker registered in Denmark that struck a sand bank on January 29, 1975 while entering the port of Leixões, Portugal, causing a major oil spill.
Incredibly, this project was only really finished at the beginning of the 1900s, (by French contractors) and indeed the Port of Leixões continues even today to be subject to improvements and alterations.
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Together, their most important works were the improvements to the entry of the harbour at Leixões where Oudinot worked from 1789 to 1802 and Gomes de Carvalho continued until 1826, and the linking of the Vouga River directly to the sea at Aveiro which began in 1802.
Senhora da Hora is very developed and is well connected by road, bus and Porto Metro to the nearby cities of Matosinhos, São Mamede de Infesta, Porto, Maia, Vila do Conde, the Porto Airport (OPO), and the port of Leixões all north of the Douro river.
According to a former port authority of Leixões, the Count of Vilas Boas, an individual stole a compass in Póvoa de Varzim and tried to sell it in Matosinhos, but he was unaware that the recorded "drawings" in the cover indicated the owner's name and thus the first person whom he approached (a woman from Póvoa de Varzim) managed to recognize the mark immediately.
After the failure of the conspiracy, with many of those retreating or sent to a military tribunal in Leixões, the two criticized Lisbon Republicans for their lack of assistance for the rebels in Oporto.
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After overcoming Leixões in a two-legged fixture, following an away draw and a home victory, Paços de Ferreira topped Group C, composed by the two Minho rivals, Braga and Vitória de Guimarães, and Arouca.
In 2012-2013, he moved to Leixões with 16 caps and he was a key member for the Portuguese club.
Europa 2's maiden voyage started on 11 May 2013 for 14 nights from Hamburg, Germany, and is stopping at Amsterdam, Antwerp, Honfleur, La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Bilbao, Leixoes and Lisbon.
Óscar Maia Vasques de Carvalho (born 22 December 1903, date of death unknown) was a Portuguese footballer who played for Boavista and Leixões, as a defender.
The objective of the work at Leixões was to provide a safer harbour than that offered by the hazardous mouth of the River Douro, in an effort to help export Port wine and other products from the Douro Valley.