- The federal government said 26 ships will be arriving in Lagos ports this September
- The Nigerian Ports Authority said the ships are laden with petroleum products, foods among many other items
- 10 ship laden with fertilizer, bulk maize, steel products, diesel and petrol are already in the ports waiting to berth
Twenty six ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos from September 7 to September 23.
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 Thursday in Lagos.
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NPA said that the ships contained buck wheat, bulk corn, bulk sugar, base oil, empty container, bulk maize, frozen fish, bulk salt, petrol and containers laden with goods.
NAN reports that 10 ships arrived the ports waiting to berth with bulk fertiliser, bulk maize, steel products, diesel and petrol.
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NAN reports that 22 other ships are currently at the ports discharging bulk wheat, bulk corn, bulk fertilizer, general cargo, bulk gypsum, bulk sugar, frozen fish, petrol, buthane and crude palm olein.
NAIJ.com earlier reported that 18 ships were expected to land in Lagos Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports.
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The ship, the federal government said was expected to convey bulk wheat, gypsum, diesel, base oil among many other items.
Also, the Nigerian Ports Authority said another 20 ships were at port discharging empty containers of several items.
Source: NAN
You can watch this NAIJ.com video of market survey in Lagos:
Source: Naij.com
ROSY CREST
Thursday 7 September 2017