Packaging & Shipping
Packaging that keeps sesame seed dry, clean and sound for weeks at sea, and shipping that gets it to your port on schedule — from Lagos to Asia, Turkey, Europe and the Gulf.
Choose the Format That Fits Your Receiving Facility
Bagged for conventional warehouses and processors, or bulk for crushers with pneumatic or tipping discharge — we pack to suit the destination.
50 kg PP Woven Bags
The export standard for sesame: new, clean polypropylene woven bags, 50 kg net, machine-stitched and printed with your marks. Approx. 380–400 bags per 20' container.
25 kg Bags & Liners
25 kg PP or multi-wall paper bags with food-grade PE inner liners for food-grade, Sortex and hulled sesame — standard for Japanese, Korean and EU buyers.
Bulk in Flexi-Liner
Loose seed loaded into a food-grade liner fitted inside a 20' container — maximum payload and minimum handling for crushers equipped to receive bulk.
Kraft Lining, Desiccant & Marking
Every bagged container is lined with kraft paper and fitted with desiccant; bags are printed with grade, lot, origin and your contract marks.
Why New Bags, and When to Use Liners
Sesame seed is small enough to sift through a damaged weave and oily enough to pick up odours and contamination from used bags. We use only new PP bags with a clean, tight weave. For food-grade and premium shipments we add a food-grade PE liner: it protects against moisture pick-up and cross-contamination and is expected by most Japanese, Korean and EU buyers.
- New PP woven bags, 50 kg or 25 kg net, check-weighed at bagging
- Food-grade PE liners for white, Sortex and hulled grades
- Machine stitching with clean closure
- Printed marks: origin, grade, lot, net weight, contract reference
How Much Sesame Fits in a Container?
Sesame is dense, so containers reach weight limits before they fill. Indicative loading guidance below — exact bag counts and tonnage are confirmed on the pro-forma invoice.
| Container | Packaging | Indicative net weight | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20' GP | 50 kg PP bags, loose stowed | Approx. 19 – 20 tonnes (380 – 400 bags) | The standard unit for sesame; limited by weight, not volume |
| 20' GP | 25 kg lined bags | Approx. 18 – 20 tonnes | Food-grade, Sortex and hulled grades |
| 20' GP | Bulk in flexi-liner | Approx. 21 – 22 tonnes | Requires bulk discharge facility at destination |
| 40' HC | Bags | Approx. 25 – 26 tonnes | Rarely used — road and port weight limits cap payload |
Loading plans account for destination road weight limits and verified gross mass (VGM) requirements. Ask us for a loading estimate for your specific packing and port.
From Lagos to Your Port
We load at Apapa and Tin Can Island in Lagos, with access to Lekki Deep Sea Port. Seed is trucked from our northern sourcing areas to our Lagos warehouse for final cleaning, bagging and inspection. Through our freight-forwarding partners we book space with the major container lines serving West Africa, arrange haulage and customs clearance, and supervise stuffing and sealing.
Quote FOB Lagos if you prefer to use your own forwarder, or CFR/CIF if you would like us to deliver to your discharge port. For CIF shipments, marine cargo insurance is arranged for your benefit.
East Asia
Qingdao, Tianjin, Shanghai, Tokyo, Yokohama, Busan — typically 5–7 weeks transit
Turkey & Middle East
Mersin, Istanbul, Haifa, Jebel Ali, Jeddah — typically 3–5 weeks
Europe
Rotterdam, Hamburg, Gdansk, Piraeus, Felixstowe — typically 2–4 weeks
South & South-East Asia
Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Ho Chi Minh, Singapore — typically 4–6 weeks
Transit times are indicative, vary by carrier and routing, and exclude time at origin for cleaning, testing and documentation.
Trade Terms We Work With
FOB Lagos
We deliver the loaded, cleared container on board at Lagos. You arrange ocean freight and insurance with your forwarder. Our standard basis.
CFR
We pay ocean freight to your named port. Risk passes on board at Lagos; you arrange insurance.
CIF
As CFR, plus marine cargo insurance arranged by us for your benefit to the destination port.
FCA / EXW
For buyers whose nominated forwarder takes control at our warehouse or at the Lagos terminal.
Request a Packing & Freight Quotation
Tell us your preferred packing, tonnage and destination port and we will quote FOB Lagos and CIF side by side.