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Central African Ports, Lobito, Douala



Syllabus of the Subject

Largest ports in Central Africa. Luanda Pointe Noire, Libreville, Port Gentil

  1. The largest ports in the Central African region
  2. Angola: Port of Luanda and Port of Lobito
  3. Cameroon: Port of Douala
  4. Gabon: Port of Libreville and Port Gentil
  5. Equatorial Guinea: Ports of Malabo, Bata, and Luba Freeport
  6. Republic of the Congo: Port of Pointe Noire

Ports in Central Africa:
Port of Luanda (Angola). Access to Zambia and the DR Congo

Transport and Logistics in Africa. Corridors, ports

Maritime Transport in Africa.


The objectives of the subject “Central African Ports” are the following:

  1. To know the largest ports in Central Africa
  2. To analyze the main features of the Central African Ports

African Ports, Online Logistics

The Subject “Ports in Central Africa” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

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

Maritime Transport, Bill of Lading (BL)

Business in Central Africa.

Masters: Transport in Africa, Business in Africa.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB)

Doctorate in African Business, Global Logistics, World Trade.

Doctorate in International Business (DIB) Online

Masters adapted to Cameroon, Masters, International Business Trade Cameroon and Rwanda, Masters, International Business Trade Rwanda.

Languages: Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English or Study Doctorate in International Business in French Ports de l'Afrique Centrale. Summaries in Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Portos da África Central Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Puertos del África Central.

Online Diploma: Business in Central Africa

Distance and time estimations between (in nautical miles - Nm):

Port of Douala to
Port of Luanda (Angola)
Port of Lobito (Angola)
Port of Libreville (Gabon)
Port of Pointe Noire (Congo)
Port of Lagos (Nigeria)
Port of Dakar (Senegal)
Port of Casablanca (Morocco)
Port of Durban (South Africa)
Port of Mombasa (Kenya)
Port of Santos (Brazil)
Port of Rotterdam (the Netherlands)
Port of Shanghai (China)
Distance (Nm)
2,481
1,240
301
757
498
2,224
3,549
3,447
5,392
4,825
5,092
11,876
Estimated time (Days)
2.3
5.2
1.3
3.2
1.1
9.3
14.8
14.4
22.5
20.1
21.2
49.5

Nm: nautical miles.

Central African Countries:

  1. Countries with Sea access of Central Africa: Angola, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the DR Congo, and São Tomé and Príncipe
  2. Landlocked Central African Countries: Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, and Rwanda

Trans-African Roads related to the Central African Countries:

  1. Northern Corridor (Burundi, Rwanda, and the DR Congo)
  2. N’Djamena- Chad-Djibouti Corridor
  3. Trans-Sahelian Highway (Cameroon and Chad)
  4. Lagos-Mombasa Corridor (Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and the DR Congo)
  5. Tripoli-Windhoek Corridor (Chad, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Congo, the DR Congo, and Angola)
  6. Lobito Corridor (Angola, the DR Congo)
  7. Beira-Lobito Transport Corridor (Angola, the DR Congo)
  8. Central Corridor (Burundi, the DR Congo, Rwanda)
  9. North-South Corridor (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Central African Economic Area.

Economic Integration and Regional Organizations in the Central African region:

Central Africa Integration

  1. Maritime Organization for West and Central Africa
  2. Economic Community of the Great Lakes Region
  3. Central African Economic and Monetary Community
  4. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
  5. Southern African Development Community
  6. Economic Community of Central African States
  7. COMESA-EAC-SADC Agreement
  8. Niger Basin Authority
  9. Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
  10. Conference on the Great Lakes
  11. East African Community

EENI African Business Portal.

We Trust in Africa (Affordable Higher Education for Africans)



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