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     INFRASTRUCTURES

                       In the Western World, economic growth        As for sea infrastructures, the Port of      With regards to road infrastructures, the
                       is closely tied to energy consumption. In    Cartagena is in a category of its own. It    Region of Murcia is well interconnected
                       that regard, Spain has a robust energy       is the fourth most important freight port    through a complete network of roads,
                       mix that ensures power supply stability.     in Spain, ahead of those of cities such as   highways and freeways. Many high
                       As for the Region of Murcia, it has          Bilbao and Malaga. The role played by        capacity roads provide companies and
                       combined cycle and coal plants, wind         this Port is of great value to the Murcian   users with the possibility of traveling
                       farms and cogeneration stations. In          economy, with 60% of exports and             fast and safely around our region. The
                       addition to this, and considering that the   80% of imports out of and into the           excellent quality of regional roads should
                       region has over 300 sunny days yearly,       Region going through it. In addition,        be no surprise: Murcia is the second
                       solar energy is not only the future, but     the region has multiple marinas, fishing     most important region in Europe in
                       the region’s energy present with nearly      ports and other smaller commercial           terms of refrigerated road transport.
                       300 solar stations installed. In fact,       ports such as those of Águilas and San       Aware of this, we built highways and
                       Murcia is one of the main photovoltaic       Pedro.                                       freeways to facilitate fast, efficient freight
                       regions nationwide.                                                                       delivery. In doing so, we benefit all users!

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     INFRASTRUCTURES                              Murcia is the second most important
                                                  region in Europe in terms of
     TRANSPORTATION IN MURCIA                     refrigerated road transport

                                The Region of Murcia has a large railway      Without a doubt, the arrival of the high-
                                network. In addition to connecting the        speed train will contribute to making
                                main regional cities via railway, there are   business connections more dynamic
                                trains connecting our region to the main      and efficient.
                                cities in Spain and, in turn, in Europe. In
                                this regard, it is important to mention       Lastly, within a 75-kilometer range,
                                that within a year, the Region of Murcia      Murcia has three international
                                will be connected to the rest of Spain        airports connecting the region to some
                                via high-speed train, shortening the          of the main cities in Murcia, Spain,
                                time needed to go to Madrid in half           Northern Africa and Europe, including
                                (about 2 hours and 15 minutes).               major airline hubs offering flights to all
                                                                              destinations worldwide.

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Map of Train Locations (2018)

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                                                                                                                                     VALENCIA
                                                                CASTILE-
     INFRASTRUCTURES                                            LA MANCHA                                         Yecla

                                                                                                        Jumilla

     CONNECTIVITY
                                                                                                                                                          Alicante

                                                                                                 Cieza

                         From 2018, new
                                                                         Caravaca
                         trains and the HV                               de la Cruz
                         electrification of
                         the Mediterranean                                                                    Murcia
                         Railway Line will
                         reduce train                                                                                                       San Pedro
      HIGH SPEED TRAIN   journey times.                 ANDALUSIA
                                                                                                                                            del Pintar
                                                                                                                                                                                         AN
                                                                                               Totana                                       La Manga

                                                                                      Lorca

                                                                                                         Mazarron         Cartagena

                                                                                              Aguilas

                         The large railway network of the Region of Murcia is about to get much larger. The Mediterranean Corridor,
                         a European project which runs nearly 10,000 km through 6 EU countries (Spain, France, Italy, Slovenia,
                         Croatia and Hungary), will be a great business and investment opportunity for all kinds of industries and
                         including the real estate sector.
                                                                                                                                               Source: European Commission

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Airports and Port Locations (2018)

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                                                                       VALENCIA                                                                                                      VALENCIA

       INFRASTRUCTURES
       CASTILE-                                                                                                      CASTILE-
                                                     Yecla                                                                                                        Yecla
       LA MANCHA                                                                                                     LA MANCHA

                                           Jumilla                                                                                                      Jumilla
       CONNECTIVITY
                                                                                      Alicante                                                                                                           ALICANTE
                                                                                                                                                                                                         AIRPORT
                                    Cieza                                                                                                        Cieza
                                                                   Alicante airport
                                                                   the fifth busiest in                                Caravaca
                                                                                                                       de la Cruz
            Caravaca                                               Spain, recorded
            de la Cruz                                             historic high
                                                                   passenger                                                                                          Murcia
                                                 Murcia            numbers last year,                                           NEW INTERNATIONAL                                          MURCIA-SAN
                                                                   handling   the travel                                        AIRPORT MURCIA                                             JAVIER AIRPORT
            AIRPORTS                                               needsSan Pedro
                                                                        delof 12.3
                                                                           Pintar
ANDALUSIA                                                          million people in                       ANDALUSIA
                                  Totana                           2016.La Manga                                                                Totana                                      La Manga

                         Lorca                                                                                                        Lorca

                                            Mazarron         Cartagena                                                                                   Mazarron         Cartagena

                                 Aguilas                                                                                                      Aguilas

                                                             Flying Time in Hours and Minutes *(excluding layover)

                                                              Location              Madrid       London     Paris    Los Angeles*     Hong Kong*             Frankfurt             Amsterdam                    New York*

                                                             Murcia                 1h 10m       2 h 30m   2h 15m        17h            17h 15m               4h 35m                   2h 45m                     9h 40m
                                                             Sources: Google Maps
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Cartagena Port Destinations (2017)

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     INFRASTRUCTURES
     CONNECTIVITY

                                                                                                  NORTHERN
                                                                                                  EUROPE / BALTICS
                                                          NORTH
                                                          AMERICA                Murcia
                                                                                                            MEDITERRANEAN
                                                                                                                                      ASIA
                                                                                          NORTH AFRICA

           PORTS                                  CENTRAL
                                                  AMERICA /
                                                                                           WEST AFRICA

                                                  CARRIBEAN
                                                                    SOUTH                          SOUTH
                                                                    AMERICA                        AFRICA

                                                                                                                                                                      OCEANIA

                       Shipping Frequency in Days
                                                       North        Northern         Central           South
                        Destination                                                                                   Asia                  Oceania                     Africa
                                                      America        Europe          America          America
                       Cartagena                              3        3               7                 3             3                           3                         3
                        Source: Port Authority of Cartagena

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Distances to cities in kilometers

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                                                                                                                                                    972
                                                                              996                                783
                                                                                                                  Country
                                                                                                                                    FRANCE
                                                                                                       Bilbao

     INFRASTRUCTURES                                                          A Coruna
                                                                                                                                                       Toulouse

                                                                                                                                                            587
     CONNECTIVITY                                                                              Castile-Leon

                                                                                                           400
                                                                                                                                                              Barcelona
                             Murcia’s network
                             of roads and                                 PORTUGAL
                                                                                                              Madrid               228
                             highways provide
                             companies and                              2.2
                                                                        892                                                              Valencia
                             users with the
                             possibility of
                                                                                                                                 80                                       5.1
         HIGHWAYS            traveling fast and                      Lisbon
                             safely.                                                      523                                          Alicante

                                                                                     Seville         399
                                                                                                                                Murcia
                                                                                               529
                                                                                                       Malaga
                                                                                                  Gibraltar

                                                                                                 MOROCCO                      ALGERIA

                       Distance to cities in hours and minutes

                           Location          Madrid       Alicante    Valencia       Malaga          Barcelona         Gibraltar                   Seville                Bilbao

                       Murcia City           3 h 40m         1h       2h 26m         3h 55m            5h 40m               4h 55m                4h 55m                     7h
                       Sources:Google Maps
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