Maersk container vessel
21 Jan 2024
Lekki Port has successfully berthed Maersk Edirne, a 13,092 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEUs) largest container ship to ever berth in Nigeria till date. The container vessel, which docked at Lekki Port at about 14.42 hours on Sunday, January 21, 2024, is one of 13 large container vessels which form the new CMA CGM WAX service…
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