Lagos – Fourteen ships are waiting to discharge petroleum products and containers at Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos.
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated this in its daily publication – `Shipping Position’, – made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos.
The document indicated that 10 of the ships were waiting to berth with petrol, while other would berth with containers, bulk gas, base oil, aviation fuel.
It stated that 29 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods were expected to arrive the ports from Jan. 5 to Jan. 18, 2016.
NPA stated that the expected ships contained general cargoes, buck wheat, containers, fresh fish, bulk fertiliser, bulk sugar, ethanol, steel products and petrol.
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NAN reports that 20 other ships are at the ports discharging buck wheat, general cargoes, bulk fertiliser, bulk sugar, bulk rice, bulk sugar, bulk gypsum containers and petrol. (NAN)