Africa-Press – Angola. The construction in the coming days of the Nóqui River Terminal, in the province of Zaire, will boost the municipality’s socioeconomic development, said this Friday, the municipal administrator, Manuel José António.
To implement this project, the Angolan Executive will invest 90 million dollars, within the framework of the Transport Sector Development Plan.
The administrator reported that a delegation from Porto do Soyo, made up of some Chinese, visited the tourist village of Nóqui on Wednesday, where they carried out a feasibility study of the location where the pier bridge will be built.
“The construction of the Nóqui River Terminal has always been one of the concerns of the municipal authorities and the population in general”, he highlighted.
According to the official, in addition to facilitating mobility, the Nóqui River Terminal will generate jobs for local youth, as well as contributing to commercial exchanges between the provinces of Zaire, Cabinda and Luanda.
“The entry into operation of the Nóqui pier bridge will compete with the port of Matadi, in the DRC, taking into account that a lot of merchandise that passes through here in transit to the neighboring country will be unloaded at the local port”, he asserted.
Without advancing the date for the start of the project, the administrator said that the work will be carried out by the Chinese company “China Harbor Engineering Company LTD”.
Nóqui is one of the municipalities in the province of Zaire with a territorial extension of 5,572 square kilometers and borders, to the west, with the city of Matadi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Currently, in Luanda, there are terminals at the Port of Luanda, Capossoka, the Slavery Museum, and Mussulo, while Soyo (Zaire) and Cabinda each have a terminal for cargo and passengers.
The operator has under control four catamarans with different capacities, namely the “Cacuaco” and “Luanda”, both with 242 seats in Economy Class and 72 in Business Class (314 in total), as well as the “Panguila” and “Macoco” , both with 136 passengers in Economy Class only.
Likewise, the “Ferryboat Cabinda”, which, although mixed, is essentially cargo, with capacity for nine (9) 20-foot containers and nine (9) light vehicles, as well as 60 seated passengers.
Sécil Marítima operates the Luanda/Cabinda/Soyo-Zaire/Luanda route and vice versa.
The commercial catamaran connection between Cabinda and Zaire began to be operational in April, two weekly frequencies, on Tuesdays and Fridays, with the vessel “Cacongo”. In fact, passengers have to pay 15 thousand kwanzas for the ticket, and each has the right to 40 kilos of luggage (in hold), in addition to another 8 kg on hand, for a journey of approximately two and a half hours.
Minors between 0 and 2 years of age are exempt from paying to have access to the vessel and the trip on a catamaran ship, with capacity for 350 passengers, 200 inside and 150 outside.
The Luanda-Cabinda connection, via catamarans with two trips per week, costs 20 thousand Kwanzas, and each passenger is entitled to 40 kilos per trip, lasting 10 hours.
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