The Lekki Deep Seaport Management on Friday announced that the Rimbaud became the first-ever transshipment vessel to berth at the port.
With its 270m length overall, 42.8m breadth, and a 6800 Taus capacity, the ship sailed from the Far East and berthed at the port at around 1 pm on Thursday evening.
The Nigerian Customs Agency boarded the vessel and completed the paperwork, verifying that the transshipment volume is 411 TEUs and it is destined for Cotonou on July 6th, 2023.
The tweet from the port management said, “Lekki Port is proud to actualize the objective of the Federal Ministry Of Transport, Nigeria and the Nigerian Ports Authority to bring transshipment volumes to Nigeria. We consider this to be the first of many more transshipment vessels that are set to berth at Lekki Port.”
“The Nigerian Customs Agency boarded the vessel and all paperwork was certified to be in order.
“The transshipment volume on the vessel is 411 TEUs and the eventual destination will be Cotonou on 6th July 2023.
“Lekki Port is proud to actualize the objective of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Nigeria and the Nigerian Ports Authority to bring transshipment volumes to Nigeria and this is the first of many more transshipment vessels to berth at Lekki Port,” the tweet added.
