Twenty-three ships laden with fuel, soya beans, wheat arrive Nigeria
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 23 ships have discharged bulk wheat, general cargo, container, bulk gypsum, butane gas, bulk fertiliser, and fuel, at the Lagos ports.
It listed other imported products to include soya beans, automobile gasoline, and jet fuel.
On Monday, the NPA further disclosed that it expected 20 other ships laden with petroleum products, food items, and other goods from August 23 to September 4.
The agency added that the ships would berth at the Lagos ports complex.
It indicated that the ships contained general cargo, bulk malt, bulk sugar, container, bulk gypsum, bulk soya bean, bulk wheat, bulk coal, and frozen fish.
“Meanwhile, seven more ships are waiting to berth with general cargo, base oil, and petrol,” it stated.
A few days ago, the NPA had announced that 16 ships laden with petroleum products, food items, and other goods were expected at the Lagos ports from August 13 to August 28.
The NPA stated that the ships also contained general cargo, bulk malt, bulk sugar, container, trucks, bulk gypsum, bulk soya bean, bulk wheat, and frozen fish. It also stated that 25 ships were already discharging wheat, general cargo, container, bulk salt, butane gas, bulk fertiliser, trucks, frozen fish, fuel, and sugar.
(NAN)
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