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Lobito Atlantic Railway CEO Nicholas Fournier sat down with AFP to discuss what drives Lobito Atlantic Railway: operations, not geopolitics

Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR) CEO Nicholas Fournier sat down with AFP to discuss what drives Lobito Atlantic Railway: operations, not geopolitics.

 

In the interview, Nicholas shared insights into LAR’s progress, including the 5,000 trains operated in Angola in 2025, the growing copper and sulphur flows along the Congolese route, our objective of establishing a continuous rail connection from Lobito to Kolwezi within the next two years, and how we are managing the aftermath of the April flooding in Benguela Province through a road-based contingency plan.

 

Read the full AFP interview here: https://lnkd.in/eq-_cC7u