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IMO initiates new measures to address containers lost at sea

May 20, 2021
Ships & Ports

  The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has agreed to initiate new measures…

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Reps condemn stoppage of containers on highways by Customs

April 6, 2021
Shulammite 'Foyeku

  The House of Representative Committee on Customs & Excise has condemned the continuous interception of…

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750,000 containers moved from Lagos ports by barge in 2020

March 4, 2021
Shulammite 'Foyeku

  About 750,000 containers were moved from the Lagos ports by barge in 2020. Cargo movement by…

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Maersk Eindhoven loses 260 containers in rough weather

February 20, 2021
Ships & Ports

  A Maersk Line containership has lost about 260 containers overboard while en route from China…

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MSC ship loses containers in the Pacific

February 3, 2021
Ships & Ports

  An MSC containership has become the latest giant boxship to lose containers overboard in the…

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SON destroys seven containers of gas cylinders, tyres in Lagos

January 26, 2021
Ships & Ports

  The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has destroyed seven containers of substandard Liquified Petroleum Gas…

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Maersk Essen loses 750 containers overboard

January 21, 2021
Ships & Ports

  A Maersk operated containership en route to Los Angeles, California has lost some 750 containers…

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Containers fall off ‘Ever Liberal’ in rough seas

January 4, 2021
Ships & Ports

  Strong winds and rough seas caused dozens of containers on a Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine Corp.…

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Gridlock: Manufacturers, traders groan as 500,000 containers are trapped at Tin Can Port

December 24, 2020
Shulammite 'Foyeku

  There is no end in sight to the perennial gridlock on the access road leading…

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Senators hijack Customs’ function, detain 500 containers at ports

November 6, 2020
Shulammite 'Foyeku

  No fewer than 500 containers laden with various cargoes are currently stranded at the Lagos…

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Ship loses several containers in rough seas

November 5, 2020
Ships & Ports

  Several containers have fallen overboard from a Panama-flagged containership in bad weather off the US…

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Customs seizes 16 containers of tramadol, other prohibited items worth N229m

October 28, 2020
Shulammite 'Foyeku

  The Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it seized…