
Technical Data
Conditions
Overview
The only deep-water port in West Africa that can accommodate the largest container vessels, serving as a regional transshipment hub.
Location
6.1333°N, 1.2833°E
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Vessels underway broadcasting a destination that resolves to this port, closest first. Distance is the real sea route (around land and through canals). The computed ETA is steaming time at the vessel’s passage speed, and carries no allowance for a berth queue. The crew’s own reported ETA is shown alongside for comparison.
| Vessel | Type | Distance | Speed | Off port | Crew ETA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA HUNTER | Bulk Carrier | 2151 nm | 11.4 kn | 22 Oct | 21 Oct |
Network
How central Lome sits in the sea-route network we cover: a connectivity score across navigable distances. A higher score means the port is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports, the maritime signature of a hub.
Directly routable to 349 other covered ports.
Method. A connectivity score across our own route network: a port reads higher when it is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports. The score is rescaled 0 to 100 within the snapshot, so the single most-connected port reads 100. Distances are Suez / Panama / Malacca-aware navigable sea miles.
Coverage. The route network spans the 350 largest commercial ports, so this ranks hubs within that covered network, not against every port on earth. The number is deterministic. No confidence grade is invented. Computed Oct 14, 2026.
Conditions