24 ships laden with petroleum products, food items, to arrive Lagos

Twenty four ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos from March 7 to March 20.

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.

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) and bulk gypsum.


The document noted that nine ships had arrived the ports, waiting to berth with petrol, base oil, containers and general cargoes.

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.

 (NAN)