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Licensed clearing agents · Nigeria

Your container, cleared. While the demurrage clock never starts.

Twenty years clearing cargo through Tincan, Apapa and Port Harcourt — customs, inspections, PAAR and every agency between your vessel and your warehouse, handled by one team with its own warehouse at the end of the road.

⚓ Tincan · Apapa · Port Harcourt (Onne) 📅 20+ years at the ports 🏭 Own warehousing at KM 29 Lekki-Epe ⏱️ Quotes answered the same working day

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📄Docs & PAAR

🧾Duty assessed

🛃Customs release

🔍Inspections

🏗️Terminal & gate-out

🚚Trucked to you

✓On your shelf

Everything between the vessel and your warehouse

🛃Customs clearance

Duty computation, PAAR, examinations and release — argued by people customs officers know by name.

🔍Cargo inspection

We attend every examination so discrepancies get resolved at the quay, not by letter three weeks later.

📦Container storage

Cleared but not ready to receive it? Containers stage at our facility instead of racking terminal rent.

🏭Warehousing

Strip the container into KM 29 pallet storage and even sell stock while it’s stored.

What clearing a container actually costs — the honest anatomy

No agent controls the duty — anyone who says otherwise is pricing a surprise. Here is every line that makes up your landed cost, so the quote you get reads like a bill you understand.

1 Container size

20ft or 40ft — size moves terminal handling and trucking, not just duty.

2 Cargo type

Hazardous goods (chemicals and the like) carry extra safety charges and inspections.

3 Port location

Tincan, Apapa and Onne each price terminal services differently.

4 Customs duty

Usually the single largest line — set by HS code and CIF value, not by the agent.

5 PAAR & valuation

Getting the Pre-Arrival Assessment Report right first time avoids costly re-assessment.

6 Shipping & terminal

Shipping-line fees and terminal handling, itemised so you can see them.

7 NAFDAC / SONCAP

Regulated goods pay agency charges — and stall without the right certificates.

8 Demurrage & rent

Every day past free time bleeds money. Speed of clearance is the saving.

9 Licence & logistics

Clearing-licence use, then trucking from the gate to your warehouse door.

📐 Quick reference: a 20ft container = 1 TEU · a 40ft container = 2 TEU. Duty follows the cargo’s HS code and value — not the box size.

Build your clearing quote in four taps

Answer four questions and the clearing desk gets everything it needs to price your container — same working day, itemised.

1 · Which port?

2 · Container size?

3 · What’s inside?

4 · Where is it now?

Ready to price.

Send this to the clearing desk Or use the contact form

⏰ Container already stuck at the port?

Every day past free time is demurrage you never get back. Send the container number and the hold-up — missing PAAR, NAFDAC query, SONCAP gap, valuation dispute — and the desk takes over today. Paperwork gaps route straight to the NAFDAC and SONCAP desks in the same building.

🆘 Start a port rescue

Why importers hand us the keys

🎯One team, vessel to shelf

Clearing, freight, warehousing and trucking under one roof — no hand-offs, no finger-pointing between vendors.

📅20 years at these quays

Tincan, Apapa, Port Harcourt and partner ports across West Africa — we know which queue moves and which officer signs what.

🧾Itemised, competitive rates

Every charge named — duty, terminal, agency, trucking — so you compare like for like and never pay for a mystery line.

Clearing questions, answered

How long does customs clearance take in Nigeria?

With documents right first time — PAAR issued, Form M consistent, certificates in hand — days, not weeks. Most delays are paperwork delays, which is why we start on your documents before the vessel berths.

What drives the cost of clearing a container?

Duty is normally the biggest line, set by the cargo’s HS code and value. Around it sit terminal and shipping-line charges, agency fees for regulated goods, trucking — and demurrage if clearance drags. The anatomy above names all nine.

Do you handle NAFDAC- and SONCAP-regulated goods?

Yes — and if the registration itself is missing, the NAFDAC and SONCAP desks in our building take it end to end, so the product clears next time without drama.

Which ports do you cover?

Tincan Island, Apapa and Port Harcourt (Onne) day in, day out — plus partner coverage at other African ports for multi-country programmes.

Can you store the container after clearing?

Yes. Containers can stage with us, or be stripped into pallet positions at KM 29 Lekki-Epe Expressway — where stock can even be listed and sold while it’s stored.

The vessel is coming either way. Clear it without the drama.

Send your cargo details and get an itemised clearing quote the same working day — from the team whose warehouse is at the end of the port road.

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