Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR), owned by a consortium of Trafigura, Mota-Engil and Vecturis under a 30-year concession (extendable to 50 years) signed with Angola in November 2022, is rehabilitating and operating the 1,289km railway from the Port of Lobito to Luau on the DRC border. The consortium committed to invest $455m in Angola and up to $100m in the DRC, and in December 2025 secured $753m in financing ($553m from the US DFC, $200m from DBSA) to upgrade track, workshops, signalling and rolling stock. The line is the core infrastructure asset underpinning the wider Lobito Corridor policy framework.
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