Five ships laden with petrol are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos from April 12 to April 20 to improve the supply of the commodity in the country.
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 Tuesday in Lagos.
The document indicated that 25 other ships containing food items and other goods were being expected at the ports from April 12 to April 27.
NPA explained that the expected ships contained buck wheat, soda ash, bulk gypsum, steel products, bulk sugar, general cargoes, diesel and containers.
The document noted that four ships had arrived, waiting to berth with aviation fuel and petrol.
NAN reports that 15 other ships are at the ports discharging general cargoes, bulk gas, diesel, frozen fish, aviation fuel and petrol.
