Twenty ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos from March 13 to March 21.
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated this in its publication – `Shipping Position’, – a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.
NAN reports that five of the expected ships would berth with petrol.
NPA said that the remaining 15 ships contained buck wheat, general cargoes, bulk sugar, steel products, gypsum, base oil, crude palm olein, frozen fish, bulk corn, empty containers and containers laden with goods.
The document noted that nine ships had arrived the ports, waiting to berth with bulk fertiliser, crude palm olein and petrol.
NAN reports that 19 other ships are at the ports discharging empty containers, bulk wheat, containers, steel products, bulk fertiliser, gypsum, soya bean, bulk sugar, containers, soda ash, aviation fuel, diesel and petrol. (NAN)
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