8 ships laden with petroleum products to discharge in Lagos ports

Eight ships are waiting to discharge petroleum products at the various oil terminals within the Lagos ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said.

The NPA said this in its daily document, “Shipping Position'', made available to newsmen on Monday in Lagos.

The document indicated that five of the ships would discharge petrol; two would discharge aviation fuel, while one would discharge diesel.

The document reported that 92 ships carrying different cargoes would sail into the ports between Dec.10 and Dec. 30.

It also said 10 of the expected ships would arrive with petroleum products.

The document indicated that 16 ships would sail in with new vehicles while two would sail with used vehicles

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the other ships will bring in containers of rice, fish, bulk salt, sugar, general cargoes, bulk wheat, steel products, bulk malt, gypsum, base oil and petroleum products.

The statement said  22 ships are presently discharging containers of bulk wheat, general cargo, rice, palm oil and petroleum products.