AD Ports Group has announced a series of strategic agreements in Angola that will significantly strengthen its footprint in the West African nation’s logistics, maritime, and trade sectors. The agreements include the development of a digital Single Logistics Trade Window solution for Angola’s national trade regulator, Agência Reguladora de Certificação de Carga e Logística de Angola (ARCCLA), as well as the purchase of 30 new trucks and 45 new trailers valued at approximately US$6 million for its Angolan logistics arm, Noatum Unicargas Logistics. Alongside these investments, the Group also signed five preliminary agreements with key Angolan public and private sector partners to explore wider collaboration across maritime services, cabotage, training, logistics, airport cargo handling services, and healthcare.
The Republic of Angola’s Minister of Transportation, Ricardo Viegas de Abreu, and Mohamed Eidha Al Menhali, Regional CEO of AD Ports Group, formally signed the agreements. The AD Ports Group has already committed US$250 million through 2026 to renovate and extend the multipurpose Noatum Ports Luanda Terminal at the Port of Luanda. These new pledges come just six months after the company began operations in Angola. In addition to handling over 76% of Angola’s container and general cargo traffic, this terminal is the biggest in the country and a vital maritime entry point for landlocked neighbors like Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Minister Ricardo Viegas de Abreu welcomed the partnership, stressing that AD Ports Group is a strategic investor in Angola’s economic transformation. He emphasized that modernizing and developing Angola’s maritime and commercial infrastructure will not only strengthen regional trade but also reinforce Angola’s role as a driver of economic and social development. Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Managing Director and Group CEO of AD Ports Group, echoed this sentiment, noting that the agreements highlight the Group’s ambition to transform Luanda and Angola into a major trade hub for West Africa.
The purchase of the new truck fleet marks a near doubling of Noatum Unicargas Logistics’ transport capacity, expanding operations to 70 trucks and 95 trailers. The fleet is one of the most modern overland transport systems in Africa, enabling the joint venture—90% owned by AD Ports Group and 10% by local partner Unicargas—to better serve Angola’s growing logistics demands.
Equally significant is the agreement with ARCCLA to develop a digital Single Logistics Trade Window known as JUL, which will serve as the backbone of Angola’s digital trade ecosystem. Developed by AD Ports Group’s digital solutions subsidiary, Maqta Technologies, JUL will streamline trade and customs processes, improve efficiency, and reduce carbon emissions in Angola’s logistics sector. Over three phases in three years, the platform will harmonize trade by sea, air, and land, integrating existing systems such as the National Network of Logistic Platforms (RNPL), the Single Port Window (JUP), and the Single Window for Foreign Trade (JUCE).
In addition, the Group signed a framework agreement with the Ministry of Transport to explore cooperation in areas such as the institutionalization of a national maritime academy, development of ferry and cabotage services, operation of marine terminals, and projects at the Caio Deepwater Terminal in Cabinda and the Dande Free Zone Multipurpose Terminal. An MoU with the Agencia Maritima Nacional will focus on creating a national maritime academy, while an agreement with Secil Maritima SA will consider collaborations in maritime and cabotage cargo services. Furthermore, the Group’s DOCKTOUR joint maritime-medical venture with UAE-based Burjeel Holding will partner with Angola’s Ministry of Health to enhance medical logistics, including the transportation of pharmaceuticals, equipment, and healthcare supplies.
Through these commitments, AD Ports Group is not only expanding its presence in Angola but also supporting the nation’s efforts to build a modern, efficient, and integrated logistics and trade infrastructure. By combining investments in physical assets like trucks and terminals with digital innovations like JUL, the Group is helping position Angola as a central hub for trade in West Africa and a key partner in regional economic growth.
