Five ships laden with petrol and diesel are waiting to berth in Lagos ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Wednesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the document noted that three other ships would berth with crude palm olein and bulk fertiliser.
Thirty one ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are, however, expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos from Feb. 1 to Feb. 25.
NPA said that the expected ships contained buck wheat, containers, base oil, steel products, bulk salt, general cargoes, frozen fish, empty containers and petrol.
NAN reports that 14 other ships are at the ports discharging general cargoes, buck wheat, empty containers, bulk fertiliser, bulk gas, frozen fish and soya bean.