NRP Portugal

Many contacts were made with business groups, both national and foreign, who were interested intaking part in the realisationof Portugal Logístico, and also with local authorities, or groups of localauthorities,interestedincontributingtoimprovingtheprojectpresented.Total investment has been altered as the projects have been concretised, with total investmentcurrentlybeingestimatedatover1,600millioneuros,includinglandaccess.We would like to draw attention to the important agreements made between the Government andprivate promoters for creating the Castanheira do Ribatejo and Poceirão platforms involving privateinvestmentof270and500millioneuros,respectively.Therearelogisticsplatformsreadyforuse,attheinfrastructuresstage,atthedesignandstudystageandunderdiscussion.Ingreaterdetail,thecurrentstateofaffairsfortheNationalNetworkofLogisticsPlatformsisasfollows: Alreadyconcluded:thecross‐borderplatformsofChavesandGuardaandtheSinesharbourplatform(nodeA); Creating infrastructures: the Aveiro harbour platform (Aveiro‐Cacia node) and the Lisbonharbourplatform(CastanheiradoRibatejonode); Atthedesignstage:thenationalurbanplatformofPoceirão,theLeixõesandAveiroharbourplatforms(PortofAveironode)andtheElvas/Caiacross‐borderplatform; Understudy:theMaia/Trofanationalurbanplatform,theValenciacross‐borderplatform,theTunesregionalplatformandtheharbourplatformsofFigueiradaFozandSines(nodeB).ItmustbestatedthatPortugalLogísticoisessentiallyaprivateinitiativeplan,withtheStateassumingaregulatoryandfacilitatingpositioninitsimplementation.In this context, the necessary legal framework was created for developing Portugal Logístico. This50