The largest container ports in Africa

The Durban Port in South Africa was the largest container port in Africa in 2020, with a throughput of nearly 2.6 million TEUs. The Mombasa Port ranked second, with a container traffic of almost 1.4 million TEUs in 2020.

Selected container ports in Africa in 2020, based on throughput (in TEUs)

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Release date

April 2023

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Region

Africa

Survey time period

2020

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excludes ports in Northern Africa which can be found here.

Supplementary notes

The twenty-foot equivalent unit (often TEU or teu) is the shipping industry’s standard unit of measure.
Throughput is defined as the total volume of cargo handled.
The values have been rounded.
The figures for the Tema Port were taken from this source.
The figures for the Lagos Port were taken from this source.
The figures for the Mombasa Port were taken from this source.
The figures for the Abidjan Port were taken from this source.
The figures for the Beira Port were taken from this source.

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