• Lateef Adedoyin Lawal
• Chinyeaka Nwokodi Nwoloziri
• Elias Eleyi
• Ebere Nwabueze

This paper examines the container trade growth of privatized seaports in Nigeria maritime industry. It obtained time series data covering a period of twelve years (2008-2019) on the performance of container cargo throughput of Nigerian ports measured in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) through a secondary source of data collected online. The arithmetic progression model (APM), and trend analysis were the statistical tools used to analyze the collected data on the study. Microsoft Excel and SPSS version 22 were computer based software used in data presentation and analysis. Three hypotheses were postulated to answer the research questions and the study found that there is significant increase in the trend line of container throughput in Nigerian ports industry; there is significant growth in the pattern of container shipments in Nigerian ports industry and there is significant growth in future forecast of container shipments in Nigerian port industry. The study attributed this growth to innovations in port industry adopted by the terminal operators in the port privatization era of Nigeria ports. The study recommends that governments as well as terminal operators should continue to adopt new innovations in knowledge and technology to enable the port industry meet the growing needs/wants of ever increasing Nigeria population.

Assessment, container-trade, privatized-seaports, terminal-operations

"Assessment of container trade growth of privatized seaports and improved terminal operations in Nigeria maritime industry", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 10, page no.b615-b635, October-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2110167.pdf

"Assessment of container trade growth of privatized seaports and improved terminal operations in Nigeria maritime industry", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 10, page no. ppb615-b635, October-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2110167.pdf