Nigeria— NG

Shipping companies in Nigeria — browse 187 records

Browse 187 shipping companies in Nigeria — registry-sourced from CAC, scoped to NACE 50. Each record carries up to 500 firmographic attributes — from RC Number and registered address to revenue, headcount and corporate group structure. The largest by revenue are WEST AFRICAN OILFIELDS SERVICES LIMITED ($40M), DAUDEEN FREIGHT FORWARDING CO. LIMITED ($12M) and LAGOS FREE ZONE COMPANY ($11M).

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NACE codes

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Top companies

Largest shipping companies in Nigeria (2026)

The largest shipping companies in Nigeria by revenue are WEST AFRICAN OILFIELDS SERVICES LIMITED ($40M), DAUDEEN FREIGHT FORWARDING CO. LIMITED ($12M) and LAGOS FREE ZONE COMPANY ($11M). The directory below ranks them — sort any column, or filter by sub-sector, company size and region.

Last updated June 2026.

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Every Nigerian shipping companies record with all attributes, by API, bulk export or CRM enrichment.

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Inland freight water transport	Port Harcourt	Plot 72/73 Trans Amadi Industrial Layout	66	$40M	1968	RC-5560	Corporation	3
Inland freight water transport	Lagos	Charity Bus Stop, Royal Exchange Plaza Suite 351 & 352B	68	$12M	2000	652074	Corporation	Not available
Sea and coastal freight water transport	Victoria Island	Block ABlock A, Nipost Office Towers 23 Adeola Odeku Street	700	$11M	2020	RCI-1089	Not available	15
Sea and coastal freight water transport	Lagos	PTML Terminal Tin Can Island Port Complex	500	$7M	2005	RC - 453606	Corporation	135
Inland freight water transport	Lagos	Plot 8, Block H Cowbell Road	40	$7M	2005	RC-622129	Corporation	5,768
Sea and coastal freight water transport	Ikoyi	15 Udi Street Osborne Estate	30	$5M	2003	RC - 490605	Corporation	Not available
Inland freight water transport	Lagos	31B, Marine Road	40	$5M	2006	RC-651893	Corporation	Not available
Inland freight water transport	Benin-City	66, Airport Road	10	$5M	2010	RC: 870609	Corporation	Not available
Sea and coastal freight water transport	Lagos	6 Fatai Atere Way	600	$5M	1975	15317	Corporation	Not available
Inland passenger water transport	Yenegoa	Ox -Bow Lake Road	36	$5M	2021	RC - 1814726	Corporation	Not available
Inland passenger water transport	Abuloma	Diffri Road	36	$5M	2021	RC - 1797979	Corporation	Not available
Inland passenger water transport	Ikeja	Unique Shopping Mall Muiz Banire	36	$5M	2021	RC - 1775062	Corporation	Not available
Inland passenger water transport	Abuja	Mobolaji Johnson Street	36	$5M	2021	RC - 1809538	Corporation	Not available
Inland passenger water transport	Okha	Benin Sapele Road	36	$5M	2021	RC - 1867841	Corporation	Not available
Inland passenger water transport	Ikosi Ketu	Raji Oladimeji Crescent	36	$5M	2021	RC - 1843829	Corporation	Not available
Inland passenger water transport	Lagos	33 Creek Road	36	$5M	2013	RC - 1133432	Corporation	Not available
Inland passenger water transport	Belnin	Cattle Hill Market Road	36	$5M	2021	RC - 1859552	Corporation	Not available
Inland passenger water transport	Surulere	Surulere Street	36	$5M	2021	IT - 167121	Non profit organization	Not available
Inland passenger water transport	Port Harcourt	Road 13, 3Rd Avenue	36	$5M	2021	RC - 1763153	Corporation	Not available
Inland passenger water transport	Port Harcourt	Henry Plaza 107 Rumuewhara New Layout	36	$5M	2021	RC - 1853292	Corporation	Not available
Inland passenger water transport	Port Harcourt	Opus Plaza Afam Street	36	$5M	2021	RC - 1821945	Corporation	Not available
Inland passenger water transport	Brass	Nick Avenue	36	$5M	2022	RC - 1884566	Corporation	Not available
Inland passenger water transport	Oba	Oba Anu Street	36	$5M	2021	RC - 1752380	Corporation	Not available
Inland freight water transport	Lagos	NMS Building 13/15 Sapele Road, Apapa	65	$4M	1980	301252	Corporation	Not available
Inland freight water transport	Port Harcourt	8, Office Apartment, Lekki Phase 1	104	$4M	2006	RC 489638	Corporation	Not available

This is a sample. The full database holds 187 Nigerian shipping companies, each with every attribute in the dictionary below.

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Database overview

Shipping companies in Nigeria — database overview

Distributions across all 187 shipping companies in Nigeria — registry-sourced from CAC and refreshed daily.

Company size (by employee band)

1–9
10%
10–49
81%
50–199
6%
200+
2%

Sub-sector breakdown (NACE)

Inland freight water transport83%
Inland passenger water transport8%
Sea and coastal freight water transport7%
Sea and coastal passenger water transport2%

Regional distribution

Revenue (USD)

Less than $100K
2%
$100K – $1M
98%
$1M – $10M
0%
$10M – $100M
0%
$100M+
0%

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These distributions are computed from the full Nigerian shipping companies database, not the sample above.

Data coverage

What data is available on shipping companies in Nigeria

Nigeria business database

Firmographics

Legal name, registered address, NACE sub-sector, legal form, founding year and website. Every record is keyed to its RC Number — the stable CAC identifier that survives name changes and rebrands, making it the most reliable CRM deduplication key for Nigeria data.

Points of interest

Each company is geocoded to GPS coordinates covering its registered seat and operating locations across Nigeria, with a precision level on every point — useful for territory planning and proximity targeting.

Tax IDs

Records carry the RC Number and, where applicable, the VAT registration number, with a flag for when the two coincide. These are the cleanest match keys for enriching lists and cross-referencing against the national tax authority and your CRM.

Group structure

InfobelPRO resolves the corporate hierarchy — parent, subsidiaries and the size of the worldwide corporate family — so sales and compliance teams can see who controls an entity before engaging or onboarding it.

Financials

Annual revenue in local currency, EUR and USD, employee headcount and founding year, with multi-year history where filed. Figures are sourced from CAC filings and carry an Actual-or-Modeled reliability flag.

Data dictionary

Every attribute in the Nigerian shipping companies dataset

The full field catalogue behind each record. Contact data (email, phone, executives) is part of the licensed dataset but is never displayed on this page.

Identity

companyName: Registered legal name.
businessName: Trading / commercial name where it differs from the legal name.
tradeName: Additional registered trade name.
nationalID: RC Number — the official CAC company identifier.
nationalIDIsVat: Flag indicating whether the national ID doubles as the VAT number.

Location

addressStreet: Registered street address.
postCode: Postal code.
city: City / locality.
province: Region / province / county.
country: Country (ISO).
longitude / latitude: Geocoded coordinates of the location.
geoLevel: Precision level of the geocode.

Web

website: Primary corporate URL.
webDomain: Normalised root domain.
websiteStatusFlag: Live / dead / redirect status from the last crawl.
websiteCrawlDate: Date the website was last checked.

Activity

altInternationalCode01–06: Up to six NACE Rev. 2 activity codes plus labels.
internationalCode: US SIC code.
localCode: National activity code.
infobelCode: Proprietary Infobel activity code.

Size

employeesHere: Headcount at this location.
employeesTotal: Total headcount across the entity (with Actual / Modeled flag).

Financials

salesVolume: Annual revenue in local currency.
salesVolumeEuros: Annual revenue converted to EUR.
salesVolumeDollars: Annual revenue converted to USD — shown in the table.
currency: Reporting currency.
yearStarted: Year the company was founded.
financialHistory: Multi-year revenue history where filed.

Status & legal

statusCodeName: HQ, branch or single-location indicator.
legalStatusCodeDescription: Legal form (e.g. limited company / corporation).

Group structure

familyMembers: Number of entities in the worldwide corporate family.
subsidiaryIndicator: Whether the entity is a subsidiary.
parentLinkage: Link to the parent company.
domesticLinkage / globalLinkage: Domestic and global ownership links.
hierarchyCode: Position within the corporate hierarchy.

Source comparison

CAC vs InfobelPRO

CAC gives you legal registration data. InfobelPRO adds the commercial intelligence sales, marketing and compliance teams actually need.

Attribute	CACFree official registry	InfobelPRO
RC Number	Yes	Yes — on 99.9% of records
Legal name & registered address	Yes	Yes
Company status (HQ / branch)	Yes	Yes — daily sync
NACE sub-sector classification	Yes	Yes — up to 6 codes
Annual revenue (local / EUR / USD)	Filings only	Yes — multi-currency
Employee count	No	Yes
Decision-maker contacts	No	Yes — licensed
Geocoded coordinates	No	Yes
Corporate group structure	Filings only	Yes — full hierarchy
API access	No	Yes — REST API
Bulk export (CSV / JSON / Parquet)	No	Yes
Update frequency	Periodic (filings)	Daily sync

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

By the revenue shown in the directory above, the largest shipping companies in Nigeria include WEST AFRICAN OILFIELDS SERVICES LIMITED ($40M), DAUDEEN FREIGHT FORWARDING CO. LIMITED ($12M) and LAGOS FREE ZONE COMPANY ($11M). Sort the Revenue column or filter by sub-sector, size and region to explore the full ranking.

InfobelPRO lists 187 shipping companies registered in Nigeria, classified under NACE 50, sourced from CAC. The directory covers all registered entities in scope, not a sampled subset.

Shipping companies in Nigeria are classified under NACE 50 — 4 sub-sector codes appear in this segment. Each record can carry up to six NACE Rev. 2 activity codes, plus a US SIC code and the national activity code.

Core firmographics come directly from CAC and are refreshed daily — new incorporations, address changes and status updates flow through within 24 hours of publication. Revenue and employee figures track annual report filings and carry an Actual-or-Modeled reliability flag.

Yes. InfobelPRO combines registry-sourced firmographics with licensed contact data, processed under GDPR Article 6(1)(f) — legitimate interest. Individual opt-outs are honoured and compliance documentation is available on request.

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See all company directories in Nigeria, explore the full Nigeria business database In the US classification, related SIC codes include SIC 4481 — Deep Sea Transportation of Passengers, Except by Ferry, SIC 4412 — Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight and SIC 4482 — Ferries. The closest NAICS industry is NAICS 48311 — Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation, or see how Nigeria fits into the wider Africa business database.