Lagos ports to receive 31 ships laden with petroleum products, food items

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 March 12 to March 27.

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) made the announcement in its publication, `Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday.

A total of 14 out of the 31 ships expected would sail in with petrol.

The NPA said that the remaining 17 ships contained buck wheat, steel products, bulk fertiliser, bulk sugar, diesel, and containers laden with some other goods.

The document indicated that six ships had already arrived the ports waiting to berth with containers, bulk fertiliser and petrol.