23 ships laden with petroleum products, food items to arrive ports

Chika Ebuzor 06:49 - 12 April 2016

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A cargo ship is seen crossing through the New Suez Canal, Ismailia, Egypt, July 29, 2015. (This picture is for illustrative purposes.)

NPA explained that the expected ships contained buck wheat, containers, bulk sugar, general cargoes, bulk gypsum, steel products, diesel and petrol.

Twenty three ships laden with petroleum products and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos from April 11 to April 26.

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) on Monday in Lagos.

The document noted that two ships had arrived the ports, waiting to berth with petrol and aviation fuel.

NAN reports that 14 other ships are at the ports discharging general cargoes, containers, frozen fish, bulk gas, containers, aviation fuel, diesel and petrol.