Nine ships are waiting to discharge petroleum products and other goods at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos.
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated this in its daily publication – `Shipping Position’, – a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. According to the statement, six of the ships would discharge petrol, while three others would discharge containers, base oil and general cargoes.
The document stated that 24 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods were expected to arrive the ports from March 8 to March 20.
NPA explained that the expected ships contained buck wheat, bulk salt, empty containers, frozen fish, steel products, base oil, diesel, petrol, containers, petrol and Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK), bulk gypsum and aviation fuel, NAN reports that 17 other ships are at the ports discharging general cargoes, bulk charcoal, bulk sugar, bulk salt, aviation fuel, bulk gas and petrol.