Information Guide
CMA CGM NIGERIA: an expert in meeting your shipping needs
CMA CGM Nigeria meets its customers’ needs by offering them reliable and custom made solutions. The CMA CGM Group offers high-quality solutions at every stage of the transport chain, from our Nigerian ports.
Our Routing Finder will offer suggestions for indirect ports of call or our local sales team will be glad to assist you.
Customer Service
Our team of experts are available to advise you, answer your questions and assist with rates and bookings.
To get more information concerning Offices & Contacts please follow this link: Offices & Contacts
Export information guide
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CMA CGM NIGERIA Export procedures
You will find below all the information you need regarding export procedures with CMA CGM. You will then know how to request for quotation (SQ), place a booking, submit your shipping instructions, check your draft BLs and amend them.
QUOTATION
In line with CMA CGM’s strategy to quickly develop our e-commerce penetration, we have a pricing module called “My Prices” which allows customers to:
1. Get access to all negotiated rates online at any time from any device (smartphones, tablets, PC).
2. Receive an instant quotation for any port.
3. Place booking online directly from the result page.
4. Selection of price components to consider (ocean freight, freight surcharges, export charges - prepaid, import charges - collect);
5. New element in result line, price and transit time.
6. Link to routing result page.
7. Direct link from charges details to local charges section of local websites and D&D tariff (pdf) of POL and POD countries
This feature is accessible to all CMA CGM's website registered customers, from the navigation menu “Routes & Pricing” > “My Prices”. CMA CGM gives its customers the ability to quickly and easily check online, their negotiated ocean freight offers linked to their quotations and contracts, as well as surcharges that might be applicable.
You can also request freight rate from Sales team to have access to Special Quotation reference (SQ). This mandatory for online bookings on CMA-CGM E-business portal.
BOOKING REQUEST
Request are to be placed on CMA CGM E-business portal. Your hassle-free online booking solution tool, a virtual repository of your bookings and providing real-time status
updates/alerts.
SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS
Shipping instructions is to be submitted via CMA CGM Website SI Request.
VERIFIED GROSS MASS(VGM)
The Shipper is responsible to weigh container with either Method 1 or Method 2 and proceed to submit VGM to CMA CGM via online VGM Declaration
B/L DRAFT CHECKING
B/L Draft will be published online via the website. BL draft follow-up email can be sent to
If help required, kindly contact our teams: E-commerce, Booking Desk
CMA CGM NIGERIA: Custom Export Prohibition List
Please find below Customs Export Prohibition List in Nigeria.
- 1 Maize
- 2 Timber (rough or sawn)
- 3 Raw hides and skin (including Wet Blue and all unfinished leather) HS Codes 4101.2000.00 – 4108.9200.00
- 4 Scrap Metals
- 5 Unprocessed rubber latex and rubber lumps
- 6 Artifacts and Antiquities
- 7 Wildlife animals classified as endangered species and their products (e.g. Crocodile, Elephant, Lizard, Eagle, Monkey, Zebra, Lion etc.)
- 8 All goods imported
