Corridor Indices

Data

The corridor's operating performance in numbers. We publish only figures disclosed by operators, financiers, or credible field reporting — every datapoint links its source, and we never interpolate. Series will densify as disclosure improves.

Annual tonnage

200,000 t

International cargo, FY2025 · African Pact

Cargo railed per year on the Lobito Atlantic Railway.

1 January 2025 — Domestic cargo, FY202565,000 t

Monthly tonnage

30,000 t

Railed volume, January 2026 · WorldCargo News

Railed volume by month, as operators disclose it.

Transit time

7 days

Copper anode service, Kamoa-Kakula → Lobito · Ivanhoe Mines

Kolwezi → Lobito rail journey, in days (road baseline: 40–50 day truck round trips).

19 August 2024 — First US-bound copper train, Kolwezi → Lobito6 days
23 December 2023 — First trial train, Kolwezi → Lobito8 days

Train frequency

2 trains/week

International freight trains, DRC → Lobito · CrossBoundary

International freight trains per week.

Port throughput

10,000 t/month

Lobito minerals terminal throughput · CrossBoundary

Lobito minerals terminal monthly volumes.

Cumulative cargo

125,000 t

Cumulative corridor cargo since LAR operations began · Rest of World

Total corridor cargo since commercial operations began.

Stated capacity targets

240,000 t of copper Kolwezi → Lobito targeted for 2026; 1 Mt/yr by 2030 (WorldCargo News).
Post-investment capacity of 4.6 Mt/yr — a tenfold increase — with transport costs down up to 30% (DFC).
Theoretical design capacity of the rebuilt line: 20 Mt/yr (AidData).