ABSTRACT:

Paper examined the recent trends in inter-seaport competition in Nigeria using the net tonnage figure of shipping that used the using the country's major sea is between 1987 and 1996. A hierarchy of port significance emerged with Apapa r:>ort in the lead and Calabar on the trail Although this was normaf. the decline of the port Harcourt port and tile upward movernent of Warri port was deserved.