Thirty two ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Wednesday.
NPA explained that the expected ships would arrive from July 27 to Aug. 13.
It said that the expected ships contained buck wheat, bulk sugar,general cargoes, containers, base oil, steel products, soya beans, bulk fertiliser, bulk salt, aviation fuel and petrol.
NPA also explained that 38 ships were expected on July 25, while 32 ships were expected on July 26.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the document noted that nine ships had arrived the ports, waiting to berth with petrol, bulk gas and kerosene.
NAN reports that 17 ships are at the ports discharging general cargoes, empty containers, buck wheat, fertiliser, diesel, bulk gypsum, bulk sugar, empty containers, bulk gas, containers and petrol.(NAN)