Following the merger of Tin Can and Roro, what is today known as the Tin Can Island Port came into existence. The Port and Terminal Multiservices Ltd. (PTML) started operating the terminals. Tin Can is located in the port city of Apapa, Lagos. It is in close proximity to the Apapa port which is the busiest and the largest in the whole of Nigeria.

A day at Tin Can Island Port TCIP is definitely going to be busy. The traffic at Apapa where the port is located is usually heavy due to a large number trucks from several states of the country enroute to various petroleum depots in Apapa. If you plan to visit the port, you are advised to leave as early as 4am or better still lodge in a hotel in Apapa. By so doing, you can get enough rest before and after a long day at the Tin Can Island port.



With a workforce of about 450 employees, the port has a massive container yard that occupies 24 hectares of land with a total wharf length of 770m. The port is equally equipped with 28 Yard Trailers, 1 Ship to shore gantries, 4 Empty Handlers, 11 Reach stackers, 5 Mobile harbour cranes, 27 Tug masters, 3 Forklifts, 7 Top Loaders and 10 Rubber Tyred Gantries. Annually the storage facility of the port is estimated to handle about 395,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit). Tin Can Island port also provides a total of 274 dedicated container refrigeration.

The port opens for loading and unloading operations at 8:00 a.m till 8:00 p.m daily from Monday to Saturday. Some other activities take place 24 hours everyday.