Hapag-Lloyd and DP World Expand Africa Port Cooperation, Securing Long-Term Terminal Capacity at Three Ports

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On September 14, Hapag-Lloyd and DP World reached a long-term cooperation agreement to expand their terminal cooperation at African ports. Under the agreement, Hapag-Lloyd will secure long-term terminal handling capacity at three DP World-operated ports: Dakar in Senegal, Luanda in Angola, and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. The two parties will also support port infrastructure expansion at the Port of Banana in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Port of Maputo in Mozambique. The cooperation focuses on securing long-term port handling capacity for Hapag-Lloyd's continuously growing container business in Africa.

The agreement model is not merely the procurement of terminal services. Hapag-Lloyd will provide stable container volumes to the relevant ports, while DP World will provide long-term, predictable terminal capacity; Banana and Maputo are also included in the scope of subsequent infrastructure expansion. Public information currently does not disclose the term of the agreement, the specific guaranteed throughput for each port, service prices, or the specific capital investment by both parties in the expansion projects.

The three operational ports are located in West Africa, Southwest Africa, and East Africa, respectively. The Port of Dakar serves as a node in Hapag-Lloyd's West Africa network, Luanda connects Angola and surrounding hinterland markets, and Dar es Salaam serves Tanzania and East African inland cargo flows. Hapag-Lloyd's latest Africa operations information shows that its EA2, EAS4, and other services already cover Dar es Salaam, while its West Africa service network also continues to cover ports such as Dakar and Luanda.

In terms of newly added infrastructure, the Port of Banana is a deep-water port project being advanced by the Democratic Republic of the Congo and will become the country's new maritime gateway in the future; Maputo is Mozambique's main container and integrated logistics node. DP World's public information shows that Maputo's existing container terminal has a quay length of approximately 330 meters, a water depth of 12 meters, and is equipped with 3 mobile harbor cranes, 6 rubber-tyred gantry cranes, and 4 railway branch lines. Hapag-Lloyd currently already has services calling at this terminal.

Hapag-Lloyd expects its Africa container transport volume to exceed 1 million TEU for the first time in 2026. The company stated that Africa is one of its fastest-growing markets and that it will continue to expand its route network and terminal resource layout. This cooperation with DP World does not involve Hapag-Lloyd directly acquiring equity in the above-mentioned terminals, but rather reserves terminal capacity for future incremental Africa routes through long-term handling capacity agreements and port infrastructure cooperation.