Nigeria: Dangote Cargo – Nigerian Ships Lose to Angola’s Fleet

Dangote Refinery has turned to Angola’s fleet for the shipment of its crude and refined products.

Speaking at the 2025 Maritime Law Seminar in Lagos, President of the African Shipowners Association in Nigeria, Ladi Olubowale, who disclosed this, explained that Dangote’s decision to rely on Angola-based vessels for logistics was because Nigerian ship owners do not have vessels with capacity for the cargoes.

The retired ship captain explained that unless Nigeria builds its maritime capacity to…