Lagos Ports Expect 87 Ships

About 87 ships laden with various items are expected to sail into the Lagos ports between yesterday and June 29.

This was contained in the shipping position made available to newsmen on Monday in Lagos by the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA).

The NPA, however, said that the shipping position was subject to change anytime.

It said that the ships were expected to berth at the 5 Stars Terminal, APM Terminal, Ports and Terminal Multiservice Ltd. and Tin-Can Island Container Terminal Ltd.

The document said that two of the 87 ships would come in with kerosene while three others would carry petrol.

Ten ships are coming with vehicles while four others are with bulk cement.

NPA said that the two ships carrying kerosene would berth on June 8 and 10.

The report also indicated that five of the ships would carry bulk wheat, four with diesel while 59 others would carry general cargoes, ethanol, containers, soda ash, bulk rice, fish and base oil.