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20-783: Tin Can Island Port (TCIP) is located in Apapa , the port for the city of Lagos . Tin Can Island Port is seven kilometers due west of the center of Lagos across Lagos Harbor. Tin Can Island Port was begun in 1976 and opened in 1977. In 1991, the Nigerian Ports Authority became responsible for operating the port. The Roro Terminal was designated as part of the new Tin Can Island Port in 1977. Tin Can Island merged with Roro port in 2006 when private terminal operators, Port and Terminal Multiservices Ltd. (PTML) took over

40-504: A basic tool , consisting of any device creating a partially or fully enclosed space that can be used to contain, store, and transport objects or materials. Humans have used containers for at least 100,000 years, and possibly for millions of years. The first containers were probably invented for storing food , allowing early humans to preserve more of their food for a longer time, to carry it more easily, and also to protect it from other animals. The development of food storage containers

60-436: A container go beyond just providing shock and moisture protection for the contents. A well-designed container will also exhibit ease of use, that is, it is easy for the worker to open or close, to insert or extract the contents, and to handle the container in shipment. In addition, a good container will have convenient and legible labeling locations, a shape that is conducive to efficient stacking and storing, and easy recycling at

80-415: A facility for packing grain. The terminal, which employs around 700 people, has undergone significant infrastructural development. It is also directly connected to major highways and industrial centres. The terminal covers 60 hectares, including a 25-hectare container yard. The total length of the berths is 770 metres with a longitudinal depth of 13 metres. The annual storage capacity is around 20,000 TEU and

100-670: A length of 700 metres and a water depth of 4.5 metres. It also offers 24-hour pilotage services and a fast turnaround time for vessels. The security of the port is ensured by regular patrols by the Marine Police and the Nigerian Navy at the anchorages, oil jetties and buoys. The main storage terminal has one of the largest grain silos with a capacity of 28,000 tonnes. The grain terminal handles wheat , corn , malt and barley and transports 4,000 tonnes of grain daily. It can accommodate ships weighing around 30,000 tonnes and has

120-664: Is a Local Government Area in Lagos , located to the west of Lagos Island . Apapa contains a number of ports and terminals operated by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), including the major port of Lagos State and Lagos Port Complex (LPC) . Federal Government In its legislation , the NPA itself does not refer to any port called "Port of Apapa", rather it refers to the "Port of Lagos", " Port of Port Harcourt " and "Port of Calabar". The region of Apapa lies near

140-503: Is also a grain bagging facility on-site. The port covers 79 hectares of land on Tin Can Island and provides bunkering and ship repair services for vessels with a maximum weight of 35,000 DWT. Fresh water is available at all berths through underground wells drilled to a water depth of 250 metres. In 2006, the Tin Can Island Port Complex was created by merging the former RORO Port and Tin Can Island Port. Its capacity

160-485: The Royal Navy . For transportation of goods on a larger scale, larger containers remained a problem, as customs officials inspecting imports had to deal with a lack of standardization in this field, and because predominantly wooden containers in use well into the twentieth century were prone to leaking or breaking. The standardized steel shipping container was developed in the 1950s, and quickly became ubiquitous for

180-965: The 16th Century was found in Apapa in 1907 and is now kept at the British Museum . In 1950, the development of an industrial and housing estate covering 1000 acres began. The estate was completed in 1957/1958 and it flourished along with the expansion of the Apapa Wharf. The estate once accounted for a large number of industrial and construction workers in Lagos. Prisons of the Nigerian Prisons Service include: The district provides housing for various levels of housing needs from executive requirements to average families including single occupation and multiple storied accommodation. There are several schools. The German School Lagos

200-487: The Phoenicians and produced many extant examples of fine glass bottles, mostly relatively small. By the beginning of the eighteenth century, sizes for retail containers such as glass bottles had become standardized for their markets. In 1810, Frenchman Philippe de Girard came to London and used British merchant Peter Durand as an agent to patent his own idea for a process for making tin cans . The canning concept

220-654: The container port is the Tin Can Island Port , which has ro-ro facilities. It also houses some refineries like the Bua Group. It also has commercial offices of many shipping , clearing and transportation companies. Other notable buildings include the Folawiyo Towers. Apapa houses the headquarters of the Nigerian newspaper Thisday . An important bronze hoard of jewellery dating from

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240-544: The development of new materials and new means of manufacture. Early glass bottles were produced by the Phoenicians ; specimens of Phoenician translucent and transparent glass bottles have been found in Cyprus and Rhodes generally varying in length from three to six inches. These Phoenician examples from the first millennium BC were thought to have been used to contain perfume . The Romans learned glass-making from

260-477: The large-scale transportation of commercial goods. Towards the end of the Twentieth century, the introduction of computer-aided design made it possible to design highly specialized containers and container arrangements, and also to make form-fitting labels for containers of unusual shapes. A number of considerations go into the design of modern containers: The product characteristics that create utility for

280-534: The mouth of Lagos lagoon , and contains ports and terminals for various commodities such as containers and bulk cargo , houses, offices and a small old disused railway station (Apapa North). It is the site of a major container terminal which was owned and operated by the Federal Government of Nigeria until March 2005, and now is operated by the Danish firm A. P. Moller-Maersk Group . Adjacent to

300-703: The terminal has been designed to handle 650,000 TEU annually. Fully functional port equipment facilitates port operations. The Tin Can Container Terminal has 8 mobile cranes, 15 rubber-tyred gantry cranes, 14 reach stackers, 6 empties handlers, 4 forklifts and 45-yard trailers. The terminal has 250 reefer connections and also offers container stowage and de-stowage services. See also: List of schools in Lagos See also: List of hospitals in Lagos See also: List of festivals in Lagos See also: Architecture of Lagos Apapa Apapa

320-507: The terminals. Since then, PTML has made efforts to redevelop the terminals. Tin Can Island Port is the second busiest Port in Nigeria after Apapa Port . The storage capacity of the silos is 28,000 metric tonnes of grain which is transported by Fleetwood Transportation. The terminal handles wheat, maize and malt and can take delivery of about 4000 metric tonnes of grain daily. The port facilities can handle ships of about 30,000 tonnes. There

340-570: Was "of immense importance to the evolving human populations", and "was a totally innovative behavior" not seen in other primates. The earliest containers were probably objects found in nature such as hollow gourds , of which primitive examples have been found in cultures such as those of the Tharu people , and native Hawaiian people. These were followed by woven baskets , carved wood , and pottery . Containers thereafter continued to develop along with related advances in human technology , and with

360-485: Was based on experimental food preservation work in glass containers the year before by the French inventor Nicholas Appert . Durand did not pursue food canning, but, in 1812, sold his patent to two Englishmen, Bryan Donkin and John Hall , who refined the process and product, and set up the world's first commercial canning factory on Southwark Park Road, London. By 1813 they were producing their first tin canned goods for

380-590: Was formerly located in Apapa. Social and recreational facilities are provided by private and public organizations including a boat club located on Apapa Creek. Apapa contains a number of ports and terminals operated by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), including the major port of Lagos State and Lagos Port Complex (LPC) . Federal Government See also: List of schools in Lagos See also: List of hospitals in Lagos See also: List of festivals in Lagos See also: Architecture of Lagos Containers A container can also be considered as

400-407: Was further increased with the opening of the new container terminal. Tin Can Island Port handles various types of cargo including liquid bulk, dry cargo, containerised cargo, RORO and breakbulk at its 12 berths with a length of 1,358 metres and a longitudinal depth of 7 to 11 metres, which can accommodate vessels with a maximum length of 260 metres. The Kiri Kiri Lighter Terminal has two berths with

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