Containers – City Business News

June 1, 2026 No Responses

Expert To Customs: Suspend Grimaldi’s Planned Sale of 2,500 Containers

By ebosele@hotmail.com Seasoned Maritime industry expert, on Monday in Lagos called on the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to immediately suspend the planned sale of more than 2,500 empty shipping containers reportedly being disposed of by Grimaldi Nigeria, pending a comprehensive...

May 22, 2023 No Responses

661 Containers Lost At Sea, Says World Shipping Council

The World Shipping Council (WSC) has released its annual report on containers lost at sea, revealing positive developments in container safety within the international liner shipping industry. City Business News report that the report covers the year 2022, sho...

January 30, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Exports 3,991Cocoa Beans Containers In 2021

Between January and December 2021, the Ondo/Ekiti Area command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) supervised the export of 3,991 containers of cocoa beans. The Area Controller, Comptroller Uche Ngozi, in a statement on Saturday explained that the developme...

December 20, 2021 No Responses

APM Terminals Apapa Handles 8.1m TEUs Of Containers

APM Terminals Apapa, handled more than 8.1 million Twenty Equivalent Units (TEUs) of containers in the past 15 years. A statement issued by Manager, Mr Steen Knudsen, explained that container volumes increased by an average of 23 per cent annually...

May 20, 2021 No Responses

IMO Unveils New Measures To Address Containers Lost At Sea

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has agreed to initiate new measures to detect and report containers lost at sea, which may enhance their positioning, tracking and recovery. The UN maritime body agreed to establ...

July 22, 2020 No Responses

Shippers‘ Council Partners NAICOM On Insurance Cover For Containers

The Nigeria Shippers Council (NSC) in partnership with the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) is to introduce insurance cover for containers as part of measure to reduce the cost of doing business at the nation’s seaports. Executive Secretary of NS...