Thirty-five ships carrying petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive at the Apapa and Tin Can Island ports in Lagos from Thursday to May 6.
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) in Lagos on Thursday.
NAN reports that a total of 11 of the expected 35 ships will sail in with petrol.
NPA said the remaining 24 ships contained bulk wheat, bulk sugar, bulk, frozen fish, base oil, bulk gypsum, steel products, diesel, empty containers, bulk fertiliser, general cargo and containers loaded with goods.
The document indicated that 18 ships had arrived at the ports waiting to berth with bulk fertiliser, ethanol and petrol.