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Seaports in Nigeria
Nigeria has 28 portsin the World Port Index — 2 large deep-water ports, 1 medium and 25 smaller harbours. They sit on Gulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean, Bight of Benin; Gulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean. Below: how they split by size, and the biggest harbours. From the NGA World Port Index, snapshot 2026-06-22.
PORTS28
LARGE · MEDIUM2 · 1
ONGulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean
By harbour size
Large2 · 7%
Medium1 · 4%
Small1 · 4%
Very small24 · 86%
Biggest ports in Nigeria
The largest harbours in the snapshot, with their water body and harbour type.
largeLagosBight of Benin; Gulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · NG LOSmax 267 m
largePennington Oil TerminalGulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean · Open Roadstead · NG PEN
mediumBonnyGulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · NGBONmax 300 m
smallAntan Oil TerminalGulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean · Open Roadstead · NG ANA
very smallUkpokiti Marine TerminalBight of Benin; Gulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean · Open Roadstead · NG UKPmax 337 m
very smallOnneGulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · NGONNmax 305 m
very smallTin Can IslandBight of Benin; Gulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · NG TINmax 277 m
very smallWarriBight of Benin; Gulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · NG WARmax 250 m
very smallBurutuBight of Benin; Gulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · NG BURmax 229 m
very smallCalabarGulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · NG CBQmax 200 m
very smallOkrikaGulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · NGOKRmax 200 m
very smallPort HarcourtGulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean · River (Natural) · NGPHCmax 200 m
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