The importers involved in shipping the cargo have also been fined$1m over the incident involving the 2,078-teu Marivia (built 2001) at Tin-Can Island.
The boxes, allegedly containing electronic waste, were ordered to be taken back to the UK.
Minister of environment, Hadiza Mailafia, directed the country’s marineauthority and ports authority to enforce the fine against the vessel's owner, Marivia Schiffahrts. It is managed by Dauelsberg of Bremen.
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