{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Lome","identifier":"TG LFW","unlocode":"TG LFW","city":null,"country":"Togo","waterBody":"Bight of Benin; Gulf of Guinea; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Medium","harborType":"Coastal (Breakwater)","channelDepthMeters":14.5,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":6.133333,"longitude":1.283333},"description":"2.06 million TEU in 2024, up 8% on the previous year, place Lome (TG LFW) among Africa's five largest container ports and make it the container hub of West Africa. Togo's main port on the Bight of Benin ranked 92nd in the 2025 Lloyd's List, the only sub-Saharan African port in the global top 100. Dredging carried out between late July and mid-September 2025 at a cost of EUR 7.5 million took the access channel to 18.60 metres and widened the turning basin to 550 metres, so fully laden ships of up","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/lome-port-tg-lfw","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/lome-port-tg-lfw","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Lome · (UN/LOCODE: TG LFW) · Togo · Medium · 14.5 m"}