Cargo Tracking

Track Your Shipment

Send us your booking reference and we'll come back with the current status — vessel name, ETA, customs position, or delivery window — within 2 hours on business days.

⚡ Need a status faster?

WhatsApp our team on +44 7772 584753 with your booking reference. Replies typically within minutes during business hours.

What Tracking Updates Look Like

UK-Nigeria cargo travels as consolidated freight — your barrel, box, or pallet is grouped with other customers' goods inside a shared sea container or air freight pallet. Tracking on this corridor doesn't look like Royal Mail or DHL where every parcel is scanned every few hours. Instead you get milestone updates at each major handover.

🚢 Sea Cargo Milestones

  1. Booking confirmed
  2. Collected at UK address
  3. Received at UK consolidation hub
  4. Loaded onto vessel / departure
  5. At sea (18–25 days)
  6. Arrived Nigerian port
  7. Cleared customs
  8. Out for delivery / Delivered

✈️ Air Freight Milestones

  1. Booking confirmed
  2. Collected at UK address
  3. Received at UK air consolidation point
  4. Departed UK (flight number shareable)
  5. Arrived Lagos (MMA)
  6. Cleared customs
  7. Out for delivery / Delivered

📍 Self-track at sea: for sea cargo, once we share the vessel name and voyage number you can watch the ship's live position on MarineTraffic.com or VesselFinder.com — both free.

For the full breakdown of what each milestone means and what to do if you're worried about your shipment, see our complete tracking guide.

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