By Aisha Cole
Lagos – Twenty ships are discharging petroleum products and other commodities at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Friday.
NPA explained that the ships were discharging buck wheat, general cargo, petrol, containers, seamless/steel, ballast,bulk sugar, bulk sulphur, corn and fertiliser.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 38 other ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive in Lagos ports between Friday and Augt. 25.
NPA said that the expected ships would bring general cargoes, bulk fertiliser, buck wheat, empty container, frozen fish, cruse palmolein, base oil, bilk maize, containers, bulk sugar and petrol.
It said 12 ships had arrived at the ports and waiting to berth with bulk fertiliser, buck corn and petrol.