The Swiss trading giant Trafigura has announced that Lobito, an Angolan port at the outlet of the rich mining region of the Copperbelt, has begun its operations with the stopover of a first sulfur ship, associated with the operation of the port and & agrave; the relaunch of the Benguela railway to the Democratic Republic of

Lobito welcomed on Friday, July 12, the 58,000 DWT bulk carrier, under the Marshall Islands flag, Lindsaylou, managed by the Greek shipowner Technomar from Cape Town, managed by the Greek shipowner Technomar from Cape Town. It is the first ship to touch the new mineral terminal at the port of Lobito, operated by the Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR) consortium, the operator of the operation, management and maintenance of the railway, known as Benguela , connecting Angola to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Lindsaylou was loaded with 40,500 tons of sulfur from Qatar