Nigeria’s and West Africa’s largest multipurpose roll-on-roll-off (RORO) terminal, the Port Terminal Multipurpose Limited (PTML),…
Tag: Container
Container volumes drop at Port of Rotterdam
The Port of Rotterdam has handled 10.2 million TEUs in the first nine months of…
Collision between container, passenger trains kills 17 in Bangladesh
At least 17 passengers died and nearly a hundred were injured as a container train…
Police seizes 60kg of cocaine from container at Piraeus port
More than 60 kilogrammes of cocaine found in a container at the port of Piraeus…
Hapag-Lloyd hikes shipping charges to Nigeria by $100 per container
German container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd has announced a new General Rate Increase (GRI) of $100…
Motor boy trapped under 40ft container rescued in Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Thursday rescued a motor boy…
U.S. container imports tumble after 2022 record levels
Import cargo volume at the United States’ major container ports is recovering from a nearly…
Container ro-ro ships now hard to find — Alphaliner
Container roll-on-roll-off (ro-ro) ships, which carry containers, vehicles and other rolling cargos at the…
Shipping-container seals standardised
The International Organisation for Standardisation recently released a standard for international container transportation proposed by…
Container volume at Ningbo-Zhoushan port exceeds 3m TEU in Jan
The world’s third busiest port, Ningbo-Zhoushan port maintained strong volume growth in the Chinese New…
PHOTOS: Container crushes nine bus passengers to death in Lagos
No fewer than nine passengers have been reportedly crushed to death as a 20ft laden…
Major Chinese ports container volume up 2%
Container volume at eight major Chinese ports increased 2% year-on-year in late November buoyed by…