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Togo's Port of Lome tops Lagos as West Africa's No 1 container hub
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TOGO's Port of Lome, now claims to have taken the crown of top container port in West Africa from the much larger and far more congested Port of Lagos, Nigeria's former capital.
The crown was bestowd after a study done by the Dutch research house Dynamar which provides intelligence and consultancy on maritime sector.
Spurred by many reforms, the Port of Lome (PAL) has rapidly expanded indeed. From 311,500 TEU containers in 2013, the number of containers transiting by the port has almost tripled reaching 1,193,800 TEU in 2017, while at other ports in the region, it barely rose.
According to Dynamar, the surge is due to the commissioning of the Lome Container terminal (LCT) which handles containers shipped through the port of Lome. LCT actually handles nearly 890,000 TEU yearly, that is about 75 per cent of containers that transit via the PAL, Dynamar said.
Beyond the LCT's commissioning, Lome profited from the congestion at Lagos. Dynamar’s report adds that this, and low quality service, caused Lagos to lose its position of leading port in the region. Flaws have cost Lagos close to 30 per cent of its container traffic over five years, bringing it to 1,050,000 TEU at the end of 2017.
Hence, Tema's port in Ghana, which used to be second after Lagos?for years, is now third in the region with 956,400 TEU handled in 2017. The Ghanaian port is ahead of Abidjan (663,600 TEU), Dakar (570,500 TEU) and Cotonou (333,000 TEU). Since 2013, all these ports have stagnated, data shows.
In 2017, 285 containerships sailed through the seven intercontinental routes towards West Africa. Sent by 24 operators, each ship had an average capacity of 3,300 TEU. The biggest of these ships, a 13,600 TEU-ship is used by the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) under a hub and spoke service that connects Lom?to various ports in the region.
Spurred by the increase in oil prices, the number of containers in West Africa should reach 4.3 million TEU by 2021, with containers cargo expected to record a 5 per cent average annual growth.
The crown was bestowd after a study done by the Dutch research house Dynamar which provides intelligence and consultancy on maritime sector.
Spurred by many reforms, the Port of Lome (PAL) has rapidly expanded indeed. From 311,500 TEU containers in 2013, the number of containers transiting by the port has almost tripled reaching 1,193,800 TEU in 2017, while at other ports in the region, it barely rose.
According to Dynamar, the surge is due to the commissioning of the Lome Container terminal (LCT) which handles containers shipped through the port of Lome. LCT actually handles nearly 890,000 TEU yearly, that is about 75 per cent of containers that transit via the PAL, Dynamar said.
Beyond the LCT's commissioning, Lome profited from the congestion at Lagos. Dynamar’s report adds that this, and low quality service, caused Lagos to lose its position of leading port in the region. Flaws have cost Lagos close to 30 per cent of its container traffic over five years, bringing it to 1,050,000 TEU at the end of 2017.
Hence, Tema's port in Ghana, which used to be second after Lagos?for years, is now third in the region with 956,400 TEU handled in 2017. The Ghanaian port is ahead of Abidjan (663,600 TEU), Dakar (570,500 TEU) and Cotonou (333,000 TEU). Since 2013, all these ports have stagnated, data shows.
In 2017, 285 containerships sailed through the seven intercontinental routes towards West Africa. Sent by 24 operators, each ship had an average capacity of 3,300 TEU. The biggest of these ships, a 13,600 TEU-ship is used by the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) under a hub and spoke service that connects Lom?to various ports in the region.
Spurred by the increase in oil prices, the number of containers in West Africa should reach 4.3 million TEU by 2021, with containers cargo expected to record a 5 per cent average annual growth.