36 ships conveying petroleum product & food items to dock in Lagos ports

Lagos Sea Port

The Nigeria Port Authority has disclosed that thirty-six ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive in Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos from May 4 to May 29.
NPA said they are bringing into the country items such as buck wheat, bulk gypsum, bulk salt, general cargo, base oil, frozen fish, petrol and bulk corn.

According to the NPA, eight others carrying bulk fertilizer, aviation fuel and petrol had arrived the ports, waiting to berth.

About 20 other ships are also at the ports discharging empty containers, bulk wheat, frozen fish, bulk diesel, soya beans and aviation fuel.

Others are bulk corn, yellow maize, bulk gas, bulk fertilizer, bulk sugar, containers and petrol.

NPA in an earlier statement on Wednesday said four ships laden with petrol are waiting to berth in Lagos ports.

Seventeen others are discharging general cargoes, buck wheat, yellow maize, frozen fish, soya beans, diesel, empty containers, base oil and bulk gas.

It reported that two others would berth with aviation fuel and bulk fertiliser.

Thirty five laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods, are expected to arrive in Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos from May 3 to May 22.

The expected ships were carrying bulk wheat, containers, base oil, bulk corn, bulk sugar, general cargoes, bulk fertiliser, bulk gypsum, frozen fish and petrol