Activity Markets

After one project in the fifties, Teixeira Duarte has been operating continuously in Angola since 1976.

Algeria as been a strategic objective for Teixeira Duarte since 2003.

In January 2004 it submitted its first public works tender and, after a dozen others, it was awarded a contract for its first project in May 2005.

From then on, taking advantage of the strategic nature of the country, Teixeira Duarte proceeded to mobilize personnel, equipment and capital that allowed the creation of local structures, thereby enabling it and its subsidiaries to contribute to the remarkable development of that country, in competition with companies from all continents.

Teixeira Duarte’s operations in Algeria focus strongly on the public works and infrastructure area.

After having already carried out maritime works in Cape Verde between 2010 and 2014, Teixeira Duarte – Engenharia e Construções, S.A. returned to this market in 2019, leading the consortium responsible for the Porto Inglês expansion and modernization works project, on the Island of Maio. This contract includes the creation of execution designs and performing all the work to refurbish the existing jetties, the construction of a pile sheet curtain and protruding breakwater, the expansion of the quay with the construction of a Roll on – Roll off platform on reinforced concrete piles with metal jackets, the refurbishment and expansion of the existing embankment, as well as ancillary work involving the refurbishment of buildings and road access to the port.

Teixeira Duarte commenced its activity in Mozambique in 1982, by participating in the tender for repairs to the bridge over the Zambezi River, in Tete.

This was the first of many major projects carried out in this country, where Teixeira Duarte has maintained a prominent position. Particular emphasis should be placed on public works that have allowed Mozambique to develop, specifically schools, communication routes and bridges.

Teixeira Duarte – Engenharia e Construções, S.A. is currently represented in this country by its subsidiary SOMAFEL – Engenharia e Obras Ferroviárias, S.A.

This company began operations in Gabon in 2019, through a contract for the execution of ballast regularization works and heavy mechanical attack of the Transgabonais railroad in Gabon, a 670 km line that connects the capital city Libreville to the city of the French countryside.