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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 initiative aims to create an efficient transport link from Africa’s mineral-rich interior to the port of Lobito on its west coast for export. A rejuvenated railway could change how minerals ...
The second phase of the project envisions extending the Lobito corridor railway through Zambia and connecting it to Tanzania's Indian Ocean port of Dar es Salaam.
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 governments of Zambia, DR Congo and Angola agreed to a 30-year concession for the 1700 km section of the parallel Benguela railway (Lobito Corridor) from Kolwezi to the Atlantic coast (Lobito; Benguela) in order to link the landlocked Copperbelt Region with its closest ocean (the Atlantic Ocean) for trade, [2] as Zambia and DR ...
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 ...
Railway stations in Zambia include: Maps UN Map ... Lobito port on Atlantic Ocean; Zambia - Namibia ... part of North-South Corridor Project [7] [when?] See also
Hichilema made a day trip to Lobito where he attended the ceremony of the commencement of the concession of railway services and support logistics of the Lobito Corridor to the Lobito Atlantic Railway Company. The concession agreement covers the entire Lobito to Kolwezi line and any extensions into Zambia.