Lekki port receives first transhipment vessel

The management of Lekki Deep Seaport has announced the arrival of Rimbaud, the first transhipment vessel to call at the container terminal of the deep seaport.

A statement by the port said that the vessel owned by CMA CGM shipping company, arrived at the terminal on Thursday.

The statement added that the vessel came with cargo from two of the largest container shipping lines in the world, CMA CGM and Maersk.

According to the statement, the vessel was carrying 411 twenty-foot equivalent units of transhipment cargo and had a nominal container handling capacity of 6,900 TEUs.

The statement read in part, “The vessel, which arrived at approximately 1.00 pm on Thursday, June 29, 2023, contains cargo from two of the largest container shipping lines in the world, CMA CGM and Maersk. The service originated from the Far East, passing through Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Nansha, TanjungPelpas, and Singapore to Kribi, Cameroun, before finally arriving at Lekki Port this afternoon.”