Nigeria

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

APM Terminals has signed a long-term exclusive lease with Barging Marine Solutions (BMS) that puts waterfront and inland container terminals at the centre of its strategy for Apapa, reinforcing its commitment to Nigeria’s trade infrastructure through to 2031.

5th January 2026

APM backs inland terminal expansion

5th January 2026

EXPANSION & DEVELOPMENT

EXPANSION & DEVELOPMENT

Nigeria’s port development policy is heading down the wrong road. Favouring inner city port upgrade over new port development is seen to be a misguided strategy, in more ways than one

23rd June 2025

Nigeria rethink required

23rd June 2025

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The Lagos ports of Apapa and Tin Can are at an important crossroads. These old city ports are mired in problems of vessel navigational restrictions (vessel length and draft provisions are way…

31st March 2025

Nigeria rethink required

31st March 2025

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested $50 million in Lagos Free Zone to enhance supply chain efficiency, logistics infrastructure and economic growth within the port economic zone.

11th February 2025

Lagos Free Zone receives $50 million investment boost

11th February 2025

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

APM Terminals has completed a significant US$115 million upgrade at the West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) in Onne, Nigeria, enhancing its service delivery and positioning it as a leading trade hub in…

23rd September 2024

Nigerian terminal upgrade boosts trade

23rd September 2024

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

Bénin Terminal, a subsidiary of Africa Global Logistics, has secured €75 million in funding for the extension and modernisation of the Port of Cotonou.

25th July 2024

Funding in place for Cotonou terminal upgrade

25th July 2024

WORLD

WORLD

AP Moller-Maersk has pledged US$600m to aid Nigeria’s port expansion and improvement project.

2nd May 2024

Maersk invests in Nigeria seaports upgrade

2nd May 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The dry bulks, liquid bulks and gas shipping sectors navigated ‘unprecedented global circumstances’ in 2023 and 2024 promises a landscape of ‘continued change and evolution.’ Felicity Landon reports

27th February 2024

Bulk shipping outlook

27th February 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Nigeria has established the Marine and Blue Economy Ministry as a wholly separate entity to the Transport Ministry. This follows on from recognition of the escalating requirement to…

29th August 2023

Nigeria Initiative

29th August 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Onne Multipurpose Terminal (OMT), the Nigerian cargo-handling operation of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. has recorded…

26th July 2023

Onne for Safety

26th July 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Are you a government agency considering implementing a port master concession? The WAPPP* Port Chapter has developed two simple frameworks that can help evaluate the opportunity

1st June 2023

Frameworks for analysis

1st June 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Neil Davidson and Erik Wehl, of the WAPPP* Port Chapter, take a searching look at the progress to date, challenges and prospects for port master concessions

21st April 2023

Progress and prospects

21st April 2023