The Lekki Deep Seaport handled 287,000 twenty-foot equivalent units of containers between January and June 2025, out of the 500,000 it projected for the year, the PUNCH has learnt.

The Deputy Chief Operating Officer at Lekki Deep Seaport, Mr. Daniel Odibe, made this disclosure at a recent media parley at the port in Lagos.

He added that the port has recorded a steady increase in the number of cargoes it has handled from 2023 to date.

“In 2023, we handled 58,000 TEUs; in 2024, it increased to 287,000,000, and this year we have so far handled 287,000 out of the 500,000 we projected for this year,” Odibe said.

Odibe pointed out that the port has started transshipment to neighbouring ports like Togo and Ghana, among others. “We want to also start transshipment to Onne this year,” he said, adding that the port is still targeting more international transshipment operations with other West African countries and that transshipment activities to ports in neighbouring and landlocked countries have similarly increased.

He highlighted that the port currently receives between 10 and 12 vessels in a month.

“The port currently receives between 10 and 12 vessels every month, and the port’s transshipment operations have also increased substantially.

The Lekki Deep Seaport is currently doing international transshipment. We are picking up because the naira is gradually picking up,” he said.

Earlier, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Wang Qiang, maintained that the port will continue to raise the bar to international standards.

“We continue to push the envelope and set the bar higher to uphold our position as West Africa’s deepest seaport. The result of our unrelenting commitment to world-class standards is visible in the gigantic footprints we are putting on the map of maritime trade in Africa, deploying technology, driving operational efficiency, and shaping regional trade,” said Wang, who was represented by Chief Operating Officer of the port, Young Qiang.