LIST OF SHIPPING COMPANIES OPERATING IN WESTERN PORTSkl
- Maersk Line
- Pacific International Line Limited (PIL)
- MOL Shipping Line
- Lagos and Niger Shipping Agency Limited (LANSAL)
- Blue Funnel
- Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC or Comet)
- Alraine, Crossmarine, Transcorp, Nile Dutch, Wasa Delmas
- CMA CGM Delmas (SDV)
THE MODE OF OPERATION OF SHIPPING COMPANIES
The operational modes of all the shipping companies are very similar. When a ship arrives at an approved port at its final destination, the shipping company that owns the ship prepares the shipping manifest of the arrived ship and sends it to the customs’ manifest report seat of the Customs’ Area Command the ship is assigned to.
A shipping Manifest is a list of all the goods on board an arrived ship compiled by shipping companies, indicating whether they are containerized or not containerized, stating the container numbers of all the containerized goods, the description of the items, their quantities, the names and addresses of the shippers, the names and addresses of the importers, the Form ‘M’ numbers opened for the items, the Bills of Laden numbers raised for the goods and other relevant information.
The shipping manifest is therefore a comprehensive descriptive list of every item onboard an arrival ship at an approved port compiled by shipping companies.
This shipping manifest prepared on both prints and in computer diskettes are submitted to Customs Manifest report seat at the C.P.C of the Customs Area Command the ship is assigned. Once the manifest is received and approved by the customs of the command, it becomes the official working document to which references are made by both customs and agents and any other interest persons or groups.
The shipping manifests of ship assigned to Apapa Area Command and its controlled bonded terminals are submitted to the manifest report seat at the Commands C.P.C, the same is applicable to all other commands.