Luanda, Aug. 26, 2025 (Lusa) - AD Ports Group, a trade, transport and logistics company from the United Arab Emirates, has acquired 30 new lorries and trailers for its logistics business in Angola, worth $6.2 million (€5.2 million).
According to a note from the Angolan Ministry of Transport, AD Ports Group signed a service agreement in Luanda today to develop a Digital Logistics Single Window for Angola's trade regulator, the Regulatory Agency for Cargo and Logistics Certification (ARCCLA).
The group also signed five preliminary agreements with Angolan public partners to explore extended cooperation in maritime services, training, logistics, air cargo services and health.
"The intensi fication of the Group's activity in Angola, where it has pledged to invest $250 million (€212.2 million) by 2026 to requalify and expand the Noatum Ports - Luanda Terminal, which is the multipurpose terminal in the country's largest port, comes months after it began operations in January," said the statement from Angola"s Ministry of Transport.
The Angolan transport minister, Ricardo de Abreu, quoted in the statement, welcomed the strengthening of the productive relationship with AD Ports Group, "a leading investor in Angola and a strategic partner in the country's transformation".
"By modernising and developing our maritime and commercial infrastructure, the AD Ports Group and the Ministry of Transport are strengthening trade in the region and consolidating Angola's position as a true engine of economic and social development," said the minister.
For his part, the executive director and CEO of AD Ports Group, Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, considered the agreements signed to be a commitment to making Angola one of the main commercial centres in West Africa.
"With the acquisition of the lorry fleet for Noatum Unicargas Logistics and the development of the Digital Single Window for Angola, as well as these strategic memoranda of understanding, we are implementing transformative projects that will generate lasting economic growth and prosperity for the Angolan people, within the framework of a mutually beneficial partnership, under the wise leadership of the United Arab Emirates," he said.
The Single Logistics Window agreement and the acquisition of the truck fleet strengthen the group's presence in Angola (centred on the port of Luanda, responsible for around 76% of the country's container and general cargo volume), as well as ensuring maritime access to neighbouring landlocked countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.
According to the note, the Noatum Ports Luanda Terminal is the main support point for Noatum Unicargas Logistics, the joint venture in which the group holds 90% and local partner Unicargas 10%.
In addition, four memoranda of understanding and a framework agreement were approved for the expansion of the group's activities in Angola, specifically in maritime transport, cabotage, training, logistics and air cargo.
The note points out that the framework agreement with the Angolan Ministry of Transport provides for cooperation in the institutionalisation of a national maritime academy, ferry and cabotage services, the operation of maritime terminals, logistics platforms, as well as in the projects for the Caio Deep Water Terminal in Cabinda province and the Dande Free Zone multipurpose terminal.
In the health sector, the group's DockTour series venture with the United Arab Emirates medical services company Burjeel Holding will explore opportunities with the Angolan Ministry of Health to provide supply chain logistics services for the transport of medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and other health supplies.
The president of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed Bin Zayed Nahyan, is paying a state visit to Angola.
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