Nigerian exporters are struggling to move cargo out of the country as disruptions to global shipping routes due to tensions in the Middle East have squeezed vessel availability and trapped billions of naira in delayed shipments.
Containers, mainly carrying agricultural goods and industrial products, have sat for weeks, and in some cases months, at terminals in Apapa and Tin Can Island ports as shipping lines cut sailings, reroute vessels or grapple with congestion cascading through global trade networks.
Nigeria handled 102,803 TEUs of ex
