S.No.

Port Country Annual TEUs Year Website

1
(Global
Rank -
38)
Port Said Egypt 3,631,165 2012 www.psdports.org
2
(Global
Rank -
55)
Durban South Africa 2,529,404 2012 www.transnet.net
3
(Global
Rank -
72)
Tanger Med Morocco 1,826,000 2012 www.anp.org.ma
4
(Global
Rank -
85)
Alexandria Egypt 1,500,000 2012 www.apa.gov.eg
5
Lagos (Apapa
Terminal and Tin Can
Island Container
Terminal)
Nigeria 1,267,670 2012 www.nigerianports.org
6 Luanda Angola 1,006,281 2012 www.portoluanda.co.ao
7 Mombasa Kenya 903,443 2012 www.kpa.co.ke
8 Cape Town South Africa 853,399 2012 www.transnet.net
9 Casablanca Morocco 840,000 2012 www.marsamaroc.co.ma
10 Tema Ghana 822,131 2012 www.ghanaports.gov.gh
11 Djibouti Djibouti 791,797 2012 www.portdedjibouti.com
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S.No. Port Country Annual TEUs Year Website
12 Damietta Egypt 760,000 2012 www.dpa.gov.eg
13 Algiers Algeria 702,936 2012 www.portalger.com.dz
14 Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire 633,917 2012
www.bollore-africa-logistics.com/en/ports-and-
terminals/our-container-terminals/port-of-
abidjan-ivory-coast.html
15 Ngqura (Coega) South Africa 560,696 2012 www.transnet.net
16 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 547,364 2012 www.tanzaniaports.com
17 Pointe Noire Congo 509,037 2012 www.papn-cg.org
18 Sokhna Egypt 484,243 2008 www.dpworldsokhna.com
19 Port Sudan Sudan 482,694 2012 www.sudanports.gov.sd
20 Tunis (Rades) Tunisia 460,000 2012 www.ommp.nat.tn
21 Port Louis Mauritius 417,467 2012 www.mauport.com
22 Dakar Senegal 401,803 2012 www.portdakar.sn
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S.No. Port Country Annual TEUs Year Website
23 Douala Cameroon 313,371 2012 www.portdedouala-cameroun.com
24 Walvis Bay Namibia 301,962 2012 www.namport.com.na
25 Lome Togo 288,481 2012 www.togoport.tg
26 Port Elizabeth South Africa 251,855 2012 www.transnet.net
27 Bejaia Algeria 228,738 2012 www.portdebejaia.dz
28 Cotonou Benin 201,994 2012 www.portdecotonou.com
29
Onne (Port
Harcourt)
Nigeria 186,460 2012 www.nigerianports.org
30 Maputo Mozambique 174,284 2011 www.portmaputo.com
31 Beira Mozambique 170,000 2012 www.cornelder.co.mz
32 Libreville Gabon 168,912 2012 www.bollore-africa-logistics.com
33 Misrata Libya 159,634 2012 www.mfzly.com
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S.No. Port Country Annual TEUs Year Website
34 Toamasina Madagascar 155,101 2012 www.port-toamasina.com
35 Agadir Morocco 125,000 2012 www.marsamaroc.co.ma
36 Skikda Algeria 110,655 2012 www.skikda-port.com
Total TEUs 24,767,894
Sources: Containerisation International Magazine, UNCTAD, COMESA, Port Management Association of West and Central
Africa, Lloyd's List Intelligence, Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport, Agence Nationale des
Ports (ANP), Agence Franaise de Dveloppement (AFD), The MediTelegraph, USAID, Transnet SOC Limited, DP World, Ports
& Ships, Nigerian Ports Authority, Port dAlger, Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority, Entreprise Portuaire de Bjaa, Mauritius
Ports Authority, Entreprise Portuaire de Skikda
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