Lobito, Angola
Port · AOLOB · -12.34°, 13.57° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 6
- vessel calls / yr
- 215
About the port
The World Port Index lists Lobito as a small coastal natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 14 m in the channel, 14 m at the anchorage, 9 m at the cargo pier and 9 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 2 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a small drydock.
Lobito is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 263 port calls at Lobito from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 22 a month, close to the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 60%, dry bulk carriers 15% and container ships 14% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.3 million t imported and 198 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Mar 2026 (27 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (13).
What is reported near this port
6 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Lobito, the earliest issued in 2011; the most common types are incidents (2), other (2) and towing (2).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Lobito is not necessarily about the port; collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 25 calls, 104 thousand t in, 13 thousand t out
Warnings within 60 nm, by year of issue
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small coastal natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- South Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VII
- depths
- channel 14 m · anchorage 14 m · cargo pier 9 m · oil terminal 9 m
- mean rise of tide
- 2 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water; not diesel
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 123 (Enroute) - Southwest Coast of Africa
- chart
- 57282
World Port Index entry Lobito (No. 46590), matched by UN/LOCODE. NGA Publication 150 (U.S. government work). The index describes the port as last surveyed for the publication; it is not a substitute for Sailing Directions or port authority information.
Share of Angola's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 9.1%, exports 0.7%.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and port authority notices.