18 ships unload cargo at Lagos ports as more arrivals loom

A total of 18 ships are discharging petroleum products and other commodities at Apapa Lekki and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Saturday.

NPA explained that the ships were discharging buck fertilizer, general cargo, bulk sugar, gasoline , bulk urea and condensate, bulk gypsum and containers.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 46 other ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive in Lagos ports between Saturday and Feb. 22.

NPA said that the expected ships would bring general cargoes, bulk urea, bulk wheat, empty containers, crude oil, rwa crude oil, bulk gypsum, trucks, bulk gas bulk pallets, containers of different goods, bulk salt and petrol.

It said seven ships had arrived at the ports and waiting to berth with bulk urea, crude oil, diesel, aviation fuel, crude oil, general cargo and petrol.

(NAN)