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By Mike Wackett
Regular AIS reports received from the Loksys Trakalok tracking device show that the ship carrying the charity container of urgently needed medical supplies and equipment for a hospital in Ghana is on its way to its destination port of Tema, just a day later than scheduled.
Via a combination of GPS and AIS reports the ACL 40ft container on the Grimaldi vessel Grande Buenos Aires left Tilbury Docks at 4pm on 16 January, arriving at Antwerp 8am the following day and ...
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steven ingels
January 29, 2014 at 3:44 pmHaving Lagos and Contonu in the rotation will add a few more days to the eta as well.
Mike Wackett
January 29, 2014 at 6:01 pmHi Steven,
Fingers crossed she seems to running just a day late at the moment on the advertised eta: not bad considering the adverse weather conditions in north Europe and the Bay of Biscay.
Like the previous shipments this charity cargo will get to its destination; unfortunately this is not the case with many donations to Africa.
Thanks for your interest.
Mike