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The next list is a list of the main cargo ports in Portugal, also including ports located in the Azores and Madeira islands. These ports are included in APP – Associação dos Portos de Portugal , a non-profit association with the objective of exchanging information and debates, contributing to the modernization of the national system of ...
The Port of Funchal was the only major port in Madeira until 2007 when it became fully dedicated to passenger transport – cruise ships and ferries – and other tourist-related boats and yachts. In that year all remaining fishing activity and cargo trade was moved to the newly developed port of Caniçal , 12 mi (19 km) to the east.
The Via Rápida 1 or VR1 (Fast Road 1 in English) is the first motorway in Madeira. Since April 2017, there is another motorway in the island called VR2. Construction started in 1989 [1] completed in 2005. [2] With 44 km it goes from Ribeira Brava to Porto do Caniçal, providing a fast connection between Funchal and the Madeira International ...
Longest road tunnel in Madeira. Ponta do Sol Tunnel: Túnel da Ponta do Sol Madeira: 2,682 m (8,799 ft) Road 2004 Encumeada Tunnel: Túnel da Encumeada Madeira: 3,100 m (10,171 ft) Road 2004 Rossio Tunnel: Túnel do Rossio Lisbon: 2,613 m (8,573 ft) [1] Railway 1890 Longest railway tunnel in Portugal. Jardim do Mar Tunnel: Túnel do Jardim do ...
Its central place within the urban hierarchy has slowly consolidated many of the main services of the Entre Douro e Vouga subregion; along with Santa Maria da Feira it has contributed to the policentralizism of Greater Porto basin. São João da Madeira is an important banking and financial centre; in 2007, there were 1288 employed in the ...
The International Business Center of Madeira (IBCM) or Madeira International Business Centre (MIBC), formally known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, is a set of tax benefits authorised by Decree-Law 500/80 in 1980, legislated [1] [2] in 1986, and amended throughout the years by the Portuguese government to favor the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
Arrifana (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐʁiˈfɐnɐ]) is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira. The population in 2011 was 6,551, [1] in an area of 5.29 km 2. [2] Its local inhabitants are known as Arrifanense.
Ponta do Tristão is the northernmost point of the island of Madeira. [ citation needed ] It is located in Porto Moniz parish, [ 1 ] to the northwest of the settlement of Santa Maria Madalena. References