Port of Lobito (Angola) Benguela Railway

1. Introduction to the Port of Lobito (Angola)
2. Main features of the Port of Lobito
3. Access to Zimbabwe, Zambia, and the DR Congo
4. Benguela Railway

Port of Lobito

Maritime Transport in Africa (Central African Ports).

The Subject “Port of Lobito (Angola)” belongs to the following Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Logistics Courses: Transport and Logistics in Africa, Maritime Transport.

Business in Central Africa.

Masters: Transport in Africa, Business in Africa.

Doctorate in African Business, Global Logistics.

Masters adapted to Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Languages: or Port de Lobito Porto de Lobito. Summary in Puerto de Lobito.

The Port of Lobito is the second port of Angola (the largest is the Port of Luanda).

1. Location of the Port of Lobito: Atlantic Coast (Central Africa)
2. Access to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
3. Benguela Railway (links Atlantic with the Indian Ocean)
4. Refrigerated Container Terminal in the Port of Lobito
5. Deep port (17 meters)
6. Since 2008, expansion project of the Port of Lobito
7. Container Terminal for minerals
8. Terminal ores
9. Berthing pier
10. Distance from the Port of Lobito to (in miles)
    - New York: 7,537
    - Cape Town: 1,410
    - Amsterdam: 5,127
11. The main cities near the Port of Lobito are Lobito, Benguela, Huambo, Lubango, Silva Porto, Camacupa, Menonge, Cuvelai, Namacunde, Lubango, and Luanda

Benguela Railway (Caminho de Ferro de Benguela), Rail Transport in Africa.

1. Links the Angolan Port of Lobito with Luau
2. Reopened in 2014 with Chinese investments (2 billion dollars)
3. At the Angolan border, ties with the Katanga Railway (access to the RD Congo and Zambia)
4. Max. Speed: 90 kilometers/h
5. Main cities:
   1. Angola: Benguela - Cubal - Huambo -Kuito - Munhango - Luena - Luau
   2. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lubumbashi-Ndola

More information about Angola (EENI African Business Portal).

1. Transport and Logistics in Angola
2. Kuito, Cabinda

The Port of Lobito belongs to the Central African Economic Area.

African Regional Economic Communities:

1. Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
2. Southern African Development Community (SADC)
3. COMESA-EAC-SADC Agreement

Trans-African Roads (Transport Logistics Corridors) related to the Port of Lobito:

1. Beira-Lobito Transport Logistics Corridor
2. Tripoli-Windhoek Logistics Corridor
3. Cairo-Gaborone (in Zambia) corridor
4. Lobito Logistics Corridor