APDL, SA

The Port Authority of Douro and Leixões (APDL - Administração dos Portos do Douro e Leixões, S. A.) is a state-owned public limited company, aimed at the administration of the Ports of Douro and Leixões, its economic operations, conservation and development.
The General Assembly, the Board of Directors and one Auditor make part of the public limited company.

Port Authority Jurisdiction Area
The area under jurisdiction of the Port Authority of Douro and Leixões comprises the coastal strip of maritime public domain, from the point of Rua da Bélgica, at Praia de Lavadores, to the parallel of Boa Nova lighthouse, North of the Port of Leixões, besides the following areas:

a) The area of the Port of Douro which comprises the whole estuary of the river Douro, from 200 meters upstream the Luiz I bridge to the river mouth, including its margins and all the berths, quays, docks and available areas existing or to be built.

b) The area of the Port of Leixões which comprises the breakwaters, the sea area they limit and the docks existing or to be built, the course of the river Leça up to the old Guifões windmills bridge and the land area limited by the respective public domain.

Intervention Areas

To stimulate and promote the ports’ of Douro and Leixões port activity;

To ensure the regular functioning of the ports of Douro and Leixões, in what concerns its economic, financial and assets fields, as well as the management of the staff and of the port operations;

To grant licences or concessions in areas under the port’s jurisdiction;

To license the port activity and yield public the concession of port services;

To establish and collect taxes due to port use and its respective services;

To manage and operate critical IT infrastructures for the port and the community;