11 ships to discharge petroleum products, other commodities, in Lagos

Eleven ships are presently discharging petroleum products and other commodities at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos, the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, said on Friday.

The NPA further explained that the ships were at the ports discharging buck wheat, petrol, empty containers, butane, bulk sugar, frozen fish and bulk gypsum.

Twenty-eight ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Lagos ports between December 9 and December 24.

The Ports Authority added that the ships would ferry into the country, bulk sugar, base oil, general cargoes, bulk gypsum, containers, aviation fuel, crude palm olein, steel products and petrol.

Twenty-one ships were expected in December 6 and 20 ships in December 9.

The document noted that six ships had arrived the ports, waiting to berth with bulk fertiliser and petrol.