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Africa Expansion Push for Maersk

The port of Badagry A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest shipping container line, is seeking to win contracts to build and upgrade ports in Nigeria and Kenya as the Danish company expands its African operations. Maersk is awaiting a final sign-off on a contract to help build a new port in Badagry in […]

Living the dream

 Behind these unassuming container doors lives a beautiful self sufficient home, located 35 miles West from Ottawa. The internet has gone crazy over these gorgeous photos of this recycled masterpiece.  The Canadian man bought three shipping containers for CAD3500 each.  He worked on the home for three months during 2012 for up to 14 hours […]

Hashish intercepted in Montreal

The Canadian Border Security Agency (CBSA) have uncovered 344kgs of hashish in an air cargo shipment from Lahore, Pakistan.  The contraband cargo was intercepted at Montreal-Trudeau Airport, destined for an address in Montreal. The eighteen cardboard boxes were manifested as containing shoe soles.  Instead officers discovered coffee inside the cartons containing a brown pasty substance.  […]

Cocaine filled pineapples

Eleven shipping containers full of pineapples have been seized by Spanish police after it was discovered that 200kgs of cocaine had been hidden inside the fruits. The bizarre shipment arrived in the southwestern port of Algeciras from an unnamed Central American port. “Among the thousands of fresh pineapples inside the containers, they found fruit that […]

International Mail drug seizure

Two men have been arrested in Sydney after they (allegedly) attempted to import four kilograms of methamphetamine into Australia via International Mail. The 46 year-old Chinese man along with a 34 year-old man from Lidcombe will face court after this joint operation between the Australian Customs and Border Protection Services (ACBPS) and the Australian Federal […]

Hong Kong sea and air improvements

HONG KONG’s container port will be able to handle ultra-large container vessels at all tides once dredging works to deepen the depth of the Kwai Tsing container basin and its approach channel from 15 metres to 17.5 metres are completed next year. This was disclosed by Hong Kong’s Secretary for Transport and Housing, Professor Anthony […]

AAT finds DDP purchaser of goods liable for duty

AAT (Administrative Appeals Tribunal) finds DDP (delivery duty paid) purchaser of goods liable for duty. In a decision handed down on 28 May 2015, the AAT ( Administrative Appeals Tribunal ) has found that the “purchaser” of goods on a DDP basis ( Delivered Duty Paid where the purchaser leaves all arrangements regarding shipping and […]

Maersk to the rescue .. again

Container vessels aren’t always hauling cargo.  Sometimes they are involved in rescues of migrants – and this is occurring more and more often in the Mediterranean Sea. This article has come directly from Maersk Line. Ten months after its previous rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea, Maersk Regensburg was at the centre of action again […]

Arsenal wins FA Cup 2015

We’re taking a break from our usual shipping news and posts on boss shipping container homes to share our excitement on the recent win by Arsenal against Aston Villa for the F.A. Cup! Arsenal wrapped up a record 12th FA Cup triumph by brushing aside Aston Villa 4-0 in a one-sided final at Wembley.  There […]