Twenty seven ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos from Nov. 24 to Dec.3, up from 22 ships listed on Wednesday.
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 on Thursday in Lagos.
NAN reports that nine of the expected 27 ships would berth with petrol, kerosene, diesel and aviation fuel.
NPA said that other expected ships contained buck wheat, bulk gypsum, general cargoes, base oil, bulk salt, soya bean, frozen fish, containers and petrol.
The document noted that three ships had arrived the ports, waiting to berth with bulk fertiliser and petrol.
Thirteen other ships are at the ports discharging general cargoes, empty containers, bulk sugar, bulk wheat, containers, empty containers, kerosene and petrol.
NAN
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