emirates7 - AD Ports Group announced today that it has signed an agreement to a digital Single Logistics Trade Window for Angola’s trade regulator, Agência Reguladora de Certificação de Carga e Logística de Angola (ARCCLA). The Group has also purchased 30 new trucks and 45 trailers, valued at about US$6 million, for its Angolan logistics subsidiary, Noatum Unicargas Logistics.
In addition, the company signed five preliminary agreements with Angolan public and private partners to expand cooperation in areas including maritime services, cabotage, logistics, training, airport cargo handling, and healthcare. The agreements were signed by Ricardo Viegas de Abreu, Angola’s Minister of Transport, and Mohamed Eidha Al Menhali, Regional CEO of AD Ports Group.
These initiatives come as the Group steps up its presence in Angola, where it has already pledged US$250 million by 2026 to redevelop and expand the Noatum Ports Luanda Terminal, the country’s main multipurpose port. The expansion follows six months after the Group began operating in Angola this January.
Minister Ricardo Viegas de Abreu welcomed the move, saying it further strengthens Angola’s partnership with AD Ports Group, a major investor supporting the country’s economic transformation. He added that modernizing Angola’s maritime and commercial infrastructure is enhancing regional trade and reinforcing Angola’s role as a driver of development.
Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi noted that the signings highlight the Group’s commitment to positioning Luanda and Angola as a leading trade hub for West Africa. He explained that the new truck fleet, the digital trade window project, and the signed MoUs represent transformative efforts aimed at long-term economic growth and prosperity, aligned with the UAE leadership’s vision.
The trade window and fleet purchase expand the Group’s activities in Angola, centered on the Port of Luanda, which handles roughly 76 percent of the nation’s cargo and container traffic and provides maritime access to neighboring countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. The Luanda Terminal also serves as a key base for Noatum Unicargas Logistics, a joint venture in which the Group holds a 90 percent stake alongside its local partner, Unicargas. With the new trucks and trailers, the fleet has nearly doubled to 70 trucks and 95 trailers, making it one of Africa’s most modern overland transport operations.
For ARCCLA, AD Ports Group’s digital division, Maqta Technologies, is developing the Single Logistics Trade Window platform, called JUL, which will form the backbone of Angola’s digital trade ecosystem. Designed to simplify customs and trade processes, JUL will be implemented in three phases over three years, beginning with sea trade, and will also help improve efficiency and cut emissions. Once complete, it will integrate and streamline existing systems, including the National Network of Logistic Platforms (RNPL), the Single Port Window (JUP), the Single Window for Foreign Trade (JUCE), and the national customs system.
The project will leverage the Group’s expertise in platform development, strengthened through its acquisitions of TTEK, a border control and customs technology provider, and Dubai Technologies, a trade and transport solutions company.
A framework agreement was also signed with Angola’s Ministry of Transport to explore potential cooperation in creating a national maritime academy, developing ferry and cabotage services, managing marine terminals, building logistics platforms, and advancing projects such as the Caio Deepwater Terminal in Cabinda and the Dande Free Zone Multipurpose Terminal.
Other agreements include a memorandum of understanding with Angola’s national maritime authority, Agencia Maritima Nacional, focused on developing a maritime academy, and discussions with Secil Maritima SA on possible collaborations in cabotage and shipping services.
Meanwhile, the Group’s joint venture DOCKTOUR, established with UAE healthcare provider Burjeel Holding, will work with Angola’s Ministry of Health to explore logistics solutions for transporting medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare equipment across the country.
In addition, the company signed five preliminary agreements with Angolan public and private partners to expand cooperation in areas including maritime services, cabotage, logistics, training, airport cargo handling, and healthcare. The agreements were signed by Ricardo Viegas de Abreu, Angola’s Minister of Transport, and Mohamed Eidha Al Menhali, Regional CEO of AD Ports Group.
These initiatives come as the Group steps up its presence in Angola, where it has already pledged US$250 million by 2026 to redevelop and expand the Noatum Ports Luanda Terminal, the country’s main multipurpose port. The expansion follows six months after the Group began operating in Angola this January.
Minister Ricardo Viegas de Abreu welcomed the move, saying it further strengthens Angola’s partnership with AD Ports Group, a major investor supporting the country’s economic transformation. He added that modernizing Angola’s maritime and commercial infrastructure is enhancing regional trade and reinforcing Angola’s role as a driver of development.
Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi noted that the signings highlight the Group’s commitment to positioning Luanda and Angola as a leading trade hub for West Africa. He explained that the new truck fleet, the digital trade window project, and the signed MoUs represent transformative efforts aimed at long-term economic growth and prosperity, aligned with the UAE leadership’s vision.
The trade window and fleet purchase expand the Group’s activities in Angola, centered on the Port of Luanda, which handles roughly 76 percent of the nation’s cargo and container traffic and provides maritime access to neighboring countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. The Luanda Terminal also serves as a key base for Noatum Unicargas Logistics, a joint venture in which the Group holds a 90 percent stake alongside its local partner, Unicargas. With the new trucks and trailers, the fleet has nearly doubled to 70 trucks and 95 trailers, making it one of Africa’s most modern overland transport operations.
For ARCCLA, AD Ports Group’s digital division, Maqta Technologies, is developing the Single Logistics Trade Window platform, called JUL, which will form the backbone of Angola’s digital trade ecosystem. Designed to simplify customs and trade processes, JUL will be implemented in three phases over three years, beginning with sea trade, and will also help improve efficiency and cut emissions. Once complete, it will integrate and streamline existing systems, including the National Network of Logistic Platforms (RNPL), the Single Port Window (JUP), the Single Window for Foreign Trade (JUCE), and the national customs system.
The project will leverage the Group’s expertise in platform development, strengthened through its acquisitions of TTEK, a border control and customs technology provider, and Dubai Technologies, a trade and transport solutions company.
A framework agreement was also signed with Angola’s Ministry of Transport to explore potential cooperation in creating a national maritime academy, developing ferry and cabotage services, managing marine terminals, building logistics platforms, and advancing projects such as the Caio Deepwater Terminal in Cabinda and the Dande Free Zone Multipurpose Terminal.
Other agreements include a memorandum of understanding with Angola’s national maritime authority, Agencia Maritima Nacional, focused on developing a maritime academy, and discussions with Secil Maritima SA on possible collaborations in cabotage and shipping services.
Meanwhile, the Group’s joint venture DOCKTOUR, established with UAE healthcare provider Burjeel Holding, will work with Angola’s Ministry of Health to explore logistics solutions for transporting medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare equipment across the country.