Thirty-two ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods, are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos from November 17 to November 28.
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 Thursday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that nine of the expected 32 ships would berth with petrol, diesel and aviation fuel.
NPA said that the expected ships contained buck wheat, steel products, general cargoes, empty containers, crude palm olein, base oil, containers and petrol.
The document noted that six ships had arrived the ports, waiting to berth with bulk fertiliser, bulk sugar, diesel and petrol.
NAN reports that 11 other ships are at the ports discharging general cargoes, bulk wheat, containers, bulk gypsum, empty containers, aviation fuel, diesel, Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO) and petrol.