CABINDA, Angola, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- The construction works of the passenger terminal and the breakwater of the Cabinda port in northwestern Angola are going smoothly, according to one senior official of the port Wednesday.
Artur Carvalho, administrator for the port's technology and operation department, told a press conference that 28 percent of the construction has been complete, and that half of the work for the concrete foundations of the terminal's main building were done.
The two projects are contracted by China's state-run hydraulic engineering company CGGC based in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
Carvalho said the two projects are vital to local economic development. The port plays a strategic role in the region's industrial development, especially in the oil and gas sector, he said.
The port will meanwhile support trade with the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he said.
The two Chinese-contracted projects of the Cabinda port are planned to be completed between June and July 2018.
