Container shipping service from China to Nigeria
How much does it cost to ship a container from o China to Nigeria
The price to ship a container from China to Nigeria is between $2000 to $4000 depends if you need to ship a 20ft container or a 40ft container, the schedule and Pick up address or supplier facility, to then chose ocean transport to Nigeria depending of the port of destination, if Lagos port or port Harcourt port, or Onne port, or any other container port in Nigeria. Please request a detailed rate clicking the following link for rate request:
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Container shipping rates from China to Nigeria
These are examples of the cheapest rates for 20 foot and 40 foot containers (FCL-Full container load), loading containers with boxes, furniture, medical equipment, face masks, respirators, ventilators, construction materials, panels, sun panels, clothing, electronics, cars, motorcycles, bikes, toys, agricultural stuff and personal effects for shipping from China to Nigeria.
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How much does it cost to ship a container from Nigeria to China
These are examples of the cheapest freight rates for containers FCL from the port of Lagos Nigeria.
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Shipping from China to Port of Tin-Can-Island-Lagos-Nigeria
The container terminal and roll on roll off terminal Tin Can Island Port (TCIP) is located in the zone of Apapa in the country of Nigeria located in the West Africa Coast, Its the major port used for the city of Lagos. Tin Can Island Port is about seven kilometers due west of the center of the city of Lagos across Lagos Harbor in Nigeria West Coast of Africa.
The port terminal of Tin Can Island in Nigeria was created in the 1980’s and opened for international containers ships in the 1990’s. In 91’s the Nigerian Ports Authority became the responsible for operating the port terminal as a very important geographic zone for imports in containers to Nigeria from China for all kind of commodities as commercial cargo, furniture, medical equipment’s, heavy equipment, construction materials, clothing, electronics, and fertilizes. Then for cars, and vehicles imports there is a Roro (Roll on roll off) Terminal in Nigeria that was designated as part of the new Tin Can Island Port in 1977, Nigeria is one of the major importer of goods from China in West Africa. Tin Can Island merged with Ro-ro port and container port in 2006 with a private terminal operators, Port and Terminal Multiservices Ltd. (PTML) took over the terminals. Since then, PTML has made efforts to redevelop the terminals.
Tin Can Island Port is the one of busiest Port in Nigeria for imports from China.
Tin Can island port in Lagos it’s the most popular terminal of exchange for cargo from China to Africa, as containers with commercial commodities, and oil products from Asia and Europe, and with the rest of the world as a exporters because to the good connections in West Africa, infrastructure, and smooth process for imports and exports for commodities from and to Africa.
Location of Lagos Nigeria’s container port
Location of Tin Can Island
Address: Tin can island, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa. [mappress mapid=”1″]
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Container Shipping departures from China and arrivals to Nigeria
Vessel departures from Shanghai, Shenzhen, Ningbo-Zhoushan, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Tianjin, Xiamen, Dalian, Hong Kong to Nigeria.
Schedule departures from China to destination port to Tin Can Island Lagos Nigeria.
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Estimated transit time to ship a container from China to Nigeria
Estimated shipping transit time from Shanghai, Shenzhen, Ningbo-Zhoushan, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Tianjin, Xiamen, Dalian, Hong Kong to Nigeria.
Estimated transit time from USA to Lagos Nigeria.
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Shortest transit time from China to Nigeria
One of the shortest transit time to ship a container to Nigeria is the route from Shenzhen container terminal using CMA CGM container service, with an average of 30 days of transit. The next shortest route is with MSC from Guangzhou as a port of loading with an average of 35 days to reach Nigeria.
Longest transit time from China to Nigeria
The slowest transit time to ship a container from China to Nigeria is the route Shanghai to Onne, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, with an estimated average transit time between 35 to 37 days of transit port to port. The next longest route is Qingdao to Lagos, with an average of 37 to 40 days of transit time.
Top 5 most popular routes for shipping containers from China to port of Lagos Nigeria.
At BR LOGISTICS CHINA, we offer you a professional international shipping services from China to Nigeria, as loading cars in to containers, motorcycles, boats, personal effects, commercial cargo, furniture, food, agriculture equipment, construction equipment, clothing, medical equipment, export docs, inland transport, and international transport for the routes for sending containers to Lagos Nigeria from all the Chinese’s ports. Here are the top 5 routes from China to the port of Lagos in Nigeria as a destination:
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Alternatives types of shipping freights from China to Nigeria.
There are a lot of alternative offers to send cargo to Nigeria. Another options are: LCL (Less than a container load), Roll on Roll off for vehicles, Train transport, AIR Cargo, Curriers like FedEx, DHL, UPS etc.
What is better FCL or Shared Container LCL from China’s ocean freights to Nigeria?
Shipping commercial or personal cargo from China to Nigeria as electronics, lighting, machines, furniture, clothing, food, cars, boats, motorcycles, jet ski, motor homes, auto parts, personal effects, etc, the first step to ship to Nigeria is to assess your shipping volume and weight, then contact your forwarder or exporter company in China. Then your forwarder will recommend you whether you need a is full container or another option is a shared container or a groupage (a less-than-container load, or LCL shipping). Contact BR LOGISTICS CHINA for more information for shipping recommendations and rates.
Types of Shipping services from China to Nigeria
Container shipping
At BR LOGISTICS CHINA we offer full container load and less than a container load to Nigeria, as 20ft containers, 40ft container loaded with vehicles, and shared container to ship from China to Lagos Nigeria.
Roll on Roll off service
At BR LOGISTICS CHINA we offer another option to ship to Nigeria using our good service of RO-RO for vehicles, cars, heavy equipment’s, boats, from China to West Africa.
Air Cargo
At BR LOGISTICS CHINA we offer air transport to Lagos Airport from all the airports in China, this option is not cheap to ship heavy cargo but is the faster one to Nigeria with 2 or 3 days of transit time.
Recommended trusted and reliable shipping companies in China to Nigeria
Here we have the examples of the most trusted and reliable international shipping companies from China to Nigeria as ranked by Alphaliner, which provides data online by tracking the capacity of containerships and vessels based on twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). We have also provided the companies profile for each steam shipping line (Shipping company) with containers services, LCL services, and air cargo services.
Containers shipping companies in China with service to Nigeria
MAERSK LINE CHINA:
As a one of the leading container shipping comanies in China (including Hong Kong), Maersk have connected Chinese businesses to the world for nearly a century. They are present at 36 ports, and provide a very good service for Shipping from China to Nigeria.
Office Beijing China:
Shipping company in Beijing, China
Address 17/F, Tower B, Landgent Center,
No. 24 Middle – East Third Ring Road,
Chao Yang District, 100022, Beijing, China.
P.R.China Telephone +86 532 80951000 Opening hours Mon-Fri 08:00-17:00
MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY SA (MSC CHINA)
Mediterranean Shipping Company is a privately owned and global provider of shipping and logistics solutions, with specialization in container shipping services from China to Nigeria . With their fleet of more than 500 containers shipping vessels and with a capacity of approximately 2 to 3 million TEU, MSC facilitates an international trade between China’s majors ports to Tin can Island Lagos, and Apapa’s ports in Nigeria.
The company offers routes around all China and delivers 20ft containers and 40ft dry cargo containers as well as reefer cargo. MSC also offers intermodal transportation services that include door to door China to Nigeria, factory to consumer, and a combination of transport solutions to fulfill their delivery obligations to Nigeria.
MSC office in China:
Shipping company in Shanghai, China
Located in: China Shipping Building Parking Lot
Address: China, Shanghai, Pudong, Pudong Ave, 1号中国船舶大厦5层
CHINA COSCO SHIPPING LINE
Cosco China is an Ocean Shipping Company from China with a (COSCO Group of shipping companies) this is a government-owned shipping company and logistics supplier company of the People’s Republic of China. COSCO’s subsidiaries is a part of COSCO Shipping Co Ltd, OOCL, Shanghai Pan Asia Shipping, and New Golden Sea and Coheung.
The COSCO Shipping Group owns more than 360 dry bulk vessels and 10,000 ships for containers transport. The COSCO vessels stops at more than a 1000 containers ports around the world, with also a direct service to Nigeria and all West Africa. The company is the largest dry bulk carrier and container liner carrier in China and one of the most prominent dry bulk shipping operators in the world.
Shenzhen-China-Asia’s Office:
COSCON SOUTH CHINA
53/F, Shenzhen International Chamber of Commerce Tower, inter-junction of Yitian Road, Shenzhen, China.
Tel: +86-755-88286666
Air Cargo shipping companies in China with service to Nigeria
Below there are the Air Freight Companies in China from the list below and contact information to ship via air cargo from China to Nigeria
Cargolux Airlines in China
If you are planning on using this airline to Ship cargo from China to Nigeria, then you can locate it in Hong Kong office:
GHA- Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminal Limited
6/F, North Office Block, Super Terminal 1, Hong Kong Intl Airport,
Hong Kong, China
Air China Cargo
Air China was founded in the year 1988, the airline has its headquarters in Beijing, China. Air Cargo China has a fleet of 405 planes, and regular service to ship cargo from China to the major airport in Nigeria.
Office address:
JingXin Mansion ,A-2,Dong San Huan Bei Road,Chaoyang District,Beijing, 100027, P.R. China
Tel: +0086-95583
Lufthansa Airlines
Lufthansa airlines is operating from the year of 1955 and have a total of 280 fleets that you can choose to ship your cargo from China to Nigeria.
China’s office:
Lufthansa Airlines in Shanghai, China Address: 3rd floor Passenger Departure Hall, Terminal 2. 3, 2
Tel: +86 021 6834 5588
Express shipping from China to Nigeria
If you need an express shipping from China to Nigeria, you have the following Currier companies options: FedEx, UPS, DHL, China post.
These methods of shipping are similar to air shipment but faster and expensive.