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The Lobito Atlantic Railway is a joint venture between Trafigura, Mota-Engil, and Vecturis, an independent rail operator. Trafigura plans to invest $455 million in Angola and up to $100 million in DR Congo. [2] [3] We see the Lobito rail corridor as a partnership between the private and public sectors.
The Lobito–Dar es Salaam Railway is a planned narrow gauge railway line that connects the Angolan port city of Lobito to the Tanzanian port city of Dar es Salaam, through the Zambian city of Kapiri Mposhi. [1] It is an African transcontinental railroad connecting the Atlantic and Indian oceans and it is financed by China. [2]
In 2023, the Lobito Atlantic Railway took over this corridor. [14] The following lines have been completely removed and are not listed for future rehabilitation: Mayumbe line: Boma to Tshela, 1889–1984, 610 mm (2 ft) gauge, [6] 140 km [4] long and opened in stages from 1901 to 1913. [10] removed in 1984. [15]
LOBITO, Angola (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden met African leaders in the Angolan port of Lobito on Wednesday to advance a plan to extend a railway that could channel critical minerals from ...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed progress in the construction of the Lobito Corridor, a rail link key to metals exports from the central African Copperbelt, during a visit to Angola ...
It starts in Lobito, Angola (north-east of Benguela), as part of the EN100 route.After a few kilometres north-east, it becomes the EN250 route eastwards. It is the EN250 route for the remainder of the Angolan section, through Cuíto, to Luau, Moxico Province, where it crosses the Kasai River Borderline into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and the town of Dilolo.
The Lobito Atlantic Railway joint venture was formed between Mota-Engil, Trafigura and Vecturis, and received a 30-year concession to operate the Lobito rail corridor in 2022. The concession spans 1,300 kilometres across Angola, with an extension of 400 kilometres into the Democratic Republic of the Congo , plus possible service into Zambia .
The railway line roughly follows old trade routes between the ancient trading centre of Benguela and its hinterland of the Bié plateau. [9] In 1899, the Portuguese government initiated the construction of the railway to give access to the central Angolan plateau and the mineral wealth of the then Congo Free State. [10]