LAGOS – Six ships laden with 198,055 tonnes of petrol have arrived Lagos ports, waiting to discharge.
This is contained in a document – Shipping Position – made available to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).
According to the document, six other ships are to discharge kerosene, base oil and diesel.
It said that eight more ships sailed into the ports with food items such as rice, bulk sugar and general cargo.
`Shipping Position’ also indicated that 54 ships would be expected at the ports from Dec. 11 to Jan. 2.
The document said that 22 of the expected ships would sail into Lagos ports with containers, adding that food items including frozen fish, rice, bulk sugar, bulk salt and buckwheat would arrive in 19 ships.
It added that six other ships would bring in general cargo, while six others would arrive with base oil, aviation fuel, kerosene and petrol.
A ship will sail into the ports with vehicles, according to the document. (NAN