Eleven ships are discharging petroleum products and other commodities at the 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, crude palmlein, general cargo, petrol, containers, bulk gas, diplomatic call and aviation fuel.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 35 other ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are also expected to arrive in Lagos ports between June 9 and June 23.
NPA said that the expected ships would bring base oil, general cargo, bulk fertiliser, buck wheat, empty containers, bulk gas, bulk coke, diesel, containers, bulk sugar and petrol.
It said that seven ships had arrived at the ports and were waiting to berth with bulk fertiliser, bulk corn buck wheat and petrol.