34 ships laden with petroleum products, food items to arrive Lagos ports

THIRTY-FOUR ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports in Lagos between Monday and April 27.

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated this in its publication, `Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday.

NAN reports that 15 of the expected 34 ships would sail in with petrol.

NPA said that the remaining 19 ships contained bulk wheat, bulk sugar, bulk frozen fish, ethanol, bulk fertiliser, general cargo and containers laden with goods.

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The document indicated that 10 ships had arrived the ports and waiting to berth with bulk fertiliser and petrol.