Luba's deepwater port, developed in 1999 to serve the offshore oil industry as an alternative to Malabo's congested harbor, is the most significant piece of infrastructure in the southern part of Bioko Island. The oil and gas industry has made Equatorial Guinea wealthy by West African standards, and the port is where that wealth has its most visible working presence — supply vessels, offshore support ships, and the associated industrial activity that has transformed this quiet fishing town.
The waterfront itself gives the best view of the surrounding volcanic landscape, with the peaks of the Gran Caldera visible on clear mornings above the coastal forest. The town around the port retains its fishing community alongside the newer industrial presence, and the contrast between the oil supply boats and the dugout canoes pulled up on the shore is a compact summary of the country's last two decades.