Thirty five ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos from April 4 to April 26.
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 Monday in Lagos.
NPA explained that the expected ships contained buck wheat, empty containers, bulk salt, bulk sugar, frozen fish, general cargoes, ethanol, containers, crude palm olein, steel products, diesel and petrol.
The document noted that four ships had arrived the ports, waiting to berth with petrol and aviation fuel.
NAN reports that 15 other ships are at the ports discharging general cargoes, wheat, Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO), containers, bulk coal and petrol.