The 2025 Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) compiled by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence ranked Tin Can Island Port 10th globally among ports that posted the highest improvements between 2020 and 2025, while Lagos Port was 12th on the list.
The CPPI report, released yesterday which was the sixth edition, evaluates container port performance based on vessel turnaround time and operational efficiency using global benchmark.
Data from the report showed that Tin Can Island Port improved its CPPI score by 42 points, moving from a score of -68 in 2020 to -26 in 2025, while Lagos Port also recorded a notable improvement of 35 points, rising from -61 in 2020 to -26 in 2025.
The performance placed Nigeria among a select group of countries that have made substantial progress in enhancing vessel turnaround times, port efficiency and cargo handling operations over the five-year period.
Nigeria outperformed several major ports in the global improvement rankings, including France’s Marseille Port, which ranked 11th with a 39-point improvement; Türkiye’s Iskenderun Port, which placed 13th with a 34-point increase; and India’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port, which ranked 14th with a 32-point gain. Peru’s Paita Port occupied 15th position with 32 points, while China’s Keelung and Fuzhou ports shared 16th and 17th positions respectively, recording 27 points each.
Other ports on the list include the United States’ Philadelphia Port, which ranked 18th with 26 points; Brazil’s Itapoa Port in 19th place with 23 points; and Egypt’s Port Said, which placed 20th with a 21-point improvement.
South Africa’s Port Elizabeth topped the global improvement rankings, recording an 80-point increase, Bahrain’s Khalifa Bin Salman Port followed with a 75-point improvement, while Ecuador’s Posorja ranked third with a 70-point gain and Sweden’s Göteborg Port placed fourth with 68 points.
