The Lomé Autonomous Port handled 2.4 million TEUs in 2025, compared with 2.06 million a year earlier. The Togolese port now ranks 91st in the 2026 rankings of Lloyds List and remains the leading port in sub-Saharan Africa.

The autonomous port of Lomé (PAL) recorded a 16% increase in its container traffic in 2025, with 2.4 million TEUs treated as against 2.06 million in 2024.

This increase allows the Togolese platform to be included for the sixth consecutive year in the World Top 100 Container Ports established by the UK magazine Lloyds List. Lomé ranks 91st in the world, against 94th in the previous year, and ranks fifth in Africa.

Transshipment activity contributes to this trend in traffic. The deep-sea port of Lomé serves, in particular, maritime flows to the Gulf of Guinea and West African hinterland markets. Water infrastructure has also been developed.

Dredging conducted in September 2025 increased the depth of the channel to 18.60 metres and the depth of the terminal basin to 17.60 metres. This allows the port to accommodate container carriers with an announced capacity between 19,000 and 24,000 TEUs.

At the same time, the platform continues to digitize its procedures and work on its infrastructures. In particular, the Port of Lomé had completed the dematerialisation of the processes of goods removal and payment of invoices in 2024.

Basin curing operations and nautical access are also planned, while the extension of the dock must increase handling capacity. These developments are taking place as regional competition progresses, with the port of Tema, Ghana, ranked 94th in the world, and Mombasa, Kenya, ranked 99th.

Globally, the 100 ports reported by Lloyds List handled 792.2 million TEUs in 2025, an increase of 6.3% over one year. Shanghai remains first, ahead of Singapore and Ningbo-Zhoushan.

In Africa, Lomé remains ahead of Tangier Med, Port Said, Durban and Alexandria, while maintaining the first position among sub-Saharan African ports.