Luanda - At least 25 containers of lumber of 20 feet each have been exported monthly by the Angola’s Port of Cabinda to several destinations, such as Vietnam, Portugal and the United States, its CEO José João Kuvíngua has told ANGOP.
Kuvingua said the port expects to export minerals after the completion of the restructuring process, aimed to implement a definitive Breakwater Pier, Maritime Passengers Terminal and the paving of the rest of the terminal.
"There are phosphate production companies interested in knowing what the real capacities are, and probably these will be our future clients for this variant, which serves for the production of fertilizers," he said, stressing that the wood is all extracted from the Maiombe Forest (second largest lung in the world).
The Port of Cabinda is a public institution considered to be the pivot of the economic activity in Cabinda and in the southern region of the African continent. It exists since 1959, but only in 1962 did it begin to exercise its commercial role.
The Port is intrinsically linked to the history of the existence and development of the city and province of Cabinda.
Initially dedicated to the export of products such as wood, cocoa, and coffee, later it became an import point for products, materials, and goods that contributed to the development and establishment of some industry in the province, and today, it turns to cabotage services.
