The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) announced that 43 ships loaded with petroleum products, food items, and other goods are expected at Lagos ports from March 31 to April 8.
This information was provided in NPA’s daily publication “Shipping Position,” released Tuesday in Lagos.
The authority said the ships would arrive at the Apapa, Tin Can Island, and Lekki Deep Sea ports.
It said that 19 of the expected ships would carry containers of different goods, and the other 24 would berth with bulk urea, bulk clinker, and base oil.
Others are bulk gypsum, soya beans, aviation fuel, fresh fish, diesel, fuel oil, petrol, gasoline, general cargoes and bulk sugar.
Meanwhile, NPA noted that 18 ships and tankers had arrived at the three ports, awaiting berthing with petroleum products, general cargo, bulk gas, bulk fertiliser, and containers.
It also stated that 21 ships are presently discharging various cargoes, including oil, fresh fish, general cargoes, petrol, crude oil, bulk urea, and containers of various goods, at Tincan, Apapa, and Lekki ports.