The World Bank has ranked the Tin Can Island Port Complex and Apapa Port Complex among the 20 most improved ports globally.
The recognition was contained in the 2025 Container Port Performance Index (CPPI), released in June 2026, where the two Lagos ports were included in the category of ports with the highest improvements since 2020.
According to the report, both facilities recorded significant progress in operational efficiency and vessel turnaround time.
The CPPI serves as a global benchmark for assessing port performance, measuring the time ships spend in ports and enabling comparisons across maritime hubs worldwide while highlighting improvements and operational challenges.
The ranking comes amid ongoing reforms and modernisation programmes being implemented by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) under the leadership of its managing director, Abubakar Dantsoho.
Commenting on the achievement, Dantsoho credited the milestone to the investment-friendly policies of President Bola Tinubu and the backing of Adegboyega Oyetola, minister of marine and blue economy.
“With the investor-friendly policies of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu providing the impetus for increased investment to drive our port infrastructure and equipment modernization programme, coupled with the unflinching support of the Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, we have all it takes to further enhance trade facilitation, improve competitiveness and boost the national economy,” he said.
The recognition is expected to boost investor confidence in Nigeria’s maritime industry and strengthen the country’s status as a major trade and logistics hub in West Africa.
In February 2026, Dantsoho stated that the federal government had embarked on deliberate initiatives aimed at making Nigeria one of Africa’s leading port destinations through extensive modernisation and rehabilitation projects.
He added that the nation’s ports are “investment-ready” and offer several opportunities for public-private partnerships (PPPs), citing the Lekki Deep Seaport as an example of successful collaboration.