The strategic plan for vertical integration of activities carried out by the shipowning group Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has taken a further step with the acquisition of management of the multipurpose terminal of the Angolan port of Lobito, which It includes the management of the container terminal, the Conventional Cargo Terminal and Mining Terminal African airport. Africa Global Logistics (AGL), company (formerly Bolloré Africa Logistics) bought by the Swiss group to End of last year ( of 21 December and 31 March 2023), won the tender international realized by the Ministry of Transport of Luanda.

The concession contract, which will enter into force At the beginning of next year and has a duration of 20 years, it provides that AGL invests a total of one hundred million euros for the management and the development of the terminal and that it recruits operational staff dell'Empresa Portuária do Lobito - E.P., the authority port that will stop directly managing the terminals and It will only play the role of administration and regulation of maritime and port activities.

Last year the port of Lobito has enlivened over 1.5 million tons of goods, with an increment of +5% on 2021. Container traffic alone has decreased as piled in 2022 to more than 22 thousand teu compared to 28 thousand in the previous year.