DP World has started operations of the Multipurpose Terminal (MPT) at the Port of Luanda.
The MPT was handed over to DP World Luanda by Porto de Luanda, following the 20-year concession agreement signed in January by António Bengue, Chairman of Porto de Luanda and Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO of DP World.
DP World has appointed Francisco Pinzón as Chief Executive Officer of DP World Luanda. A Panamanian national, he has more than 20 years’ experience in port operations and management, having worked at ports in Panama, Bahrain, Peru, Georgia, Djibouti, and Algeria.
DP World Luanda is investing $190m to improve the terminal to help Angola achieve its ambitions for economic growth and to make it a trade hub along the western coast of Southern Africa. The terminal is the eighth port facility currently managed and operated by DP World in its Africa and the Middle East region.
Improvements at the terminal are already underway, with the procurement of new equipment, including 30 trucks, six reach stackers, four empty container handlers and four forklifts. New staff facilities will also be built, and new Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes (RTGs) will be incorporated into the terminal’s fleet.
Francisco Pinzón, CEO of DP World Luanda said: “We’ve already begun the process of integrating the local staff into DP World Luanda and will soon start implementing further training and development programmes for them, as well as build the new facilities and install new equipment.”
Source: DP World
