Lagos

=== Ports ===
{{Main|Apapa Port Complex|Tin Can Island Port|Lekki Port}}
[[File:Lekki-Deep-Sea-Port-2023.jpg|thumb|Inauguration of Lekki deep sea port 2023]]

The Port of Lagos, formally known as the Lagos-Elbert Mathews Memorial Port, is Nigeria's leading [[port]] and one of the largest and busiest in Africa. Due to the large urban population, Lagos is categorized as a medium-port megacity using the Southampton System for port-city classification.<ref>{{Cite journal|doi=10.1080/03088839.2020.1802785|title=The Southampton system: A new universal standard approach for port-city classification|year=2021|last1=Roberts|first1=Toby|last2=Williams|first2=Ian|last3=Preston|first3=John|journal=Maritime Policy & Management|volume=48|issue=4|pages=530–542|s2cid=225502755|doi-access=free}}</ref> It is administered by the [[Nigerian Ports Authority]]. [[File:Free-Trade-Zone-Lekki-English2.jpg|thumb|Lagos, its ports, airports, free trade zone and light rail system]]The ''Port of Lagos / Apapa'' is the oldest and largest port in the country, both in terms of land area and cargo volume handled. More than half of Nigeria's maritime trade is handled here, and the port also acts as a transshipment point for landlocked countries such as Chad and Niger. Around 1,000 ships with 5,700,000 tonnes of cargo call at the Lagos port complex annually.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Bhattacharjee |first=Shilavadra |date=2022-05-30 |title=6 Major Ports in Nigeria |url=https://www.marineinsight.com/know-more/ports-in-nigeria/ |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=Marine Insight |language=en-US}}</ref>

''Tin Can Island Port'' is located west of Apapa near the Lagos Port Complex. It was established in 1975.

In early 2023, the [[Lekki Port|''deep sea port of Lekki'']] was commissioned 50&nbsp;km east of Lagos. This thus does not belong to the urban area of Lagos, but to the [[Lagos State|state of the same name]].