Cargo movement at the Port of Lobito could reach two million tons this year.

The Lobito corridor “Porto do Lobito” can handle around two million tons of various cargo this year.

The Minister of Transport, Ricardo D'Abreu, who was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Multipurpose Terminal (general and containerized cargo) in favor of the Africa Global Logistics (AGL) consortium, referred to the numbers achieved in 2023, where a result was achieved net worth exceeding 29 billion kwanzas, with cargo handled approaching one million and 400 thousand tons.

Ricardo de D'Abreu stated that the payment to the granting entity, in the amount of 115 million dollars, of which 80 million has already been paid, the execution of an ambitious investment plan of more than 200 million dollars, the maintenance of jobs for professionals assigned to the multipurpose terminal and the implementation of a bold training plan, with a view to capitalizing on Angolan workers.

“The statistics that we have just systematized are promising, and make us believe that the efforts implemented and the management models pursued are the right path to progress and boost national port activity”, he stated.

He also recalled that AGL is present in 49 countries, operates in 21 port concessions, including seventeen Ro Ro terminals, two forest products terminals, two railway concessions and on the connection between Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso.

On this occasion, the minister assumes that the terminal concession contract, with a reference multimodal logistics agreement in Africa, where activities are developed in the areas of logistics management, maritime agency and railway concessions”, he added.

The Multipurpose Terminal has a total area of 241 million, 540 thousand and 94 square meters and a berth of 1,199 meters.
It has a depth of 14.7 meters with a capacity for 600 thousand tons of general cargo and 250 thousand 20-foot containers/year.