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Shipping containers stacked at a port terminal with cranes overhead
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DP World commits $90 million to expand Luanda terminal capacity to 1.2 million TEU

Angola extends concession to 2051 as operator adds 222 metres of quay, 10 hectares of yard and 15 cranes over two years.

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