29 Ships laden with petroleum products, foods expected in Lagos

Twenty-nine ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos from Jan. 21 to Feb. 5.

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.

NPA stated that the expected ships contained general cargoes, buck wheat, containers, bulk sugar, steel products, bulk charcoal, bulk gas, diesel, petrol and base oil.

The document noted that nine ships had arrived the ports, waiting to berth with petroleum products and frozen fish.

16 other ships are at the ports discharging buck wheat, general cargoes, bulk charcoal, bulk rice and petrol.