Industrial for buy in Aljustrel

CARREGUEIRO ROAD & RAIL TERMINAL is a high-quality infrastructure geared towards the development of logistics and transportation with crucial significance to the economy across South Portugal and beyond. Its potential and relevance to the municipalities of Aljustrel and Castro Verde is major. Its added-value for the serious economic development of the entire southern region, including its hinterland, is enormous.

The proximity to all the major roads that cross the region, such as A2 and IP2 highways, the creation of a cluster of aeronautic service companies in the area (namely thanks to EMBRAER’s investment) and the commercial value of Beja Airport and the Port of Sines, amply justify investment in the TERMINAL.

Another crucial aspect is the decision by Spanish Group ARTEOLIVA, SA to build the Largest Olive Oil Press in the World in nearby Ferreira do Alentejo Municipality (35 km from the TERMINAL.

CARREGUEIRO ROAD & RAIL TERMINAL was built in the early 1990s by mining company SOMINCOR - Sociedade Mineira de Neves Corvo, SA, to manage the outflow of their mining production from the Santa Bárbara de Padrões - Neves Corvo - Castro Verde mines, some 30km from the TERMINAL.

SOMINCOR designed and built the infrastructure, which was then managed by Transportes Ribatejo, who for 8 years transported by road the mining products from Neves Corvo to the TERMINAL, which were also carried to the Port of Setubal by rail under an agreement with CP Portuguese Railways.

By the late 1990s, SOMINCOR began resorting exclusively to railway clearance of their mining products and the TERMINAL was deactivated.

REGIONAL SETTING

The region’s population is less than 5% of the national total. Unemployment regularly stands 3% above the national median. The revitalizing of this type of infrastructure is, therefore, of vital regional and national significance and will deserve priority attention from regional and national government authorities.