A surge in abandoned empty containers at Nigerian ports has been traced to the staggering cost of shipping them back to origin countries, a new report by the Sea Empowerment and Research Center (SEREC ...

Lagos — The Sea Empowerment and Research Center (SEREC) has raised the alarm over the presence of an estimated 100,000 abandoned empty containers scattered across Nigeria’s seaports. According to ...

Cargo volumes at the Mombasa port have surged far beyond projections, rising to 41.1 million tonnes in 2024, up from 36 million tonnes the previous year. [File, Standard] Mombasa port users are ...

Importers at the Port of Mombasa are staring at huge costs as shipping lines impose punitive demurrage charges due to delays in the repatriation of thousands of empty containers. Currently, the port ...

Empty container repositioning (ECR) is a critical aspect of modern supply chain management, addressing the challenge presented by trade imbalances and the resultant misallocation of container ...