DP World has secured a 10-year extension to its concession for the multi-purpose terminal at the Port of Luanda in Angola, allowing the company to operate the facility through to 2051.
Over the next two years, DP Wold will invest an additional US$90 million into the terminal to strengthen infrastructure, upgrade equipment, and improve operations.
The expansion will increase the terminal’s area from 27 to 37 hectares and raise annual design capacity from 500,000 to 1.2 million TEUs. The quay will meanwhile be lengthened from 610 to 830 metres.
DP World plans to acquire three ship-to-shore cranes and 12 semi-automated rubber-tyred gantry cranes as part of the programme. This equipment will allow the terminal to handle two Post-Panamax vessels simultaneously, while the company expects the expansion to reduce vessel turnaround times by up to 50 per cent.
“The ability to handle larger vessels will support new shipping services and strengthen the terminal’s potential as a gateway for West and Central Africa,” said Mohammed Akoojee, CEO and Managing Director Africa for DP World.
DP World said it has invested more than US$260 million in upgrades and modernisation at the Luanda terminal since it began operating the facility in 2021.
The company reported that terminal container throughput had nearly doubled over the past five years, rising from 177,000 to more than 350,000 TEUs.
The terminal’s yard area has expanded by 28,000 square metres. In 2026, two more mobile harbour cranes and an empty handler were acquired, taking the mobile harbour crane fleet to eight. Reefer plugs have also risen from 630 to 700.
DP World signed its original 20-year concession agreement with the Government of Angola in January 2021. The terminal processes container and general cargo, and the company initially announced plans to invest US$190 million over the concession period.
The 2021 announcement set an annual throughput target of around 700,000 TEUs.
The Port of Luanda accounts for about 76 per cent of Angola’s volumes in the container and general cargo sectors. AD Ports Group began operations at the separate Noatum Ports Luanda Terminal in January 2025 with local partners Unicargas and Multiparques.
AD Ports’ 20-year concession was signed in April 2024. Its modernisation project at the separate terminal is expected to increase container capacity from 25,000 to 350,000 TEUs, with completion expected in the first quarter of 2027.
