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

Thirty-one ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos from April 6 to April 24.

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 Wednesday in Lagos.

NPA explained that the expected ships contained buck wheat, empty containers, frozen fish, bulk sugar, general cargoes, containers, steel products, diesel and petrol.

The document noted that a ship had arrived the port, waiting to berth with aviation fuel.

NAN reports that 16 other ships are at the ports discharging general cargoes, wheat, ethanol, aviation fuel, crude palm oil, containers and petrol. (NAN)