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Ships
By Aisha Cole
Lagos, June 29, 2017 (NAN) Eleven ships laden with various commodities, including petrol are at the Lagos ports waiting to berth, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Thursday.
The NPA said its daily “Shipping Position” made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, that three of the ships waiting to berth had petrol.
It said that eight other ships would berth with bulk coke, bulk gypsum, bulk corn, general cargo and bulk fertiliser.
NPA added that 33 other ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods were expected at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports between Thursday and July 10.
“The expected ships are carrying buck wheat, containers, general cargoes, diesel, bulk fertiliser, bulk sugar, frozen fish, container, crude palm olein and petrol,’’ it said.
It also said that 20 ships were currently at the ports discharging general cargoes, buck wheat, empty containers, base oil, bulk corn, frozen fish, diesel, bulk gypsum, steel products, bulk gas, petrol and container. (NAN)
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(Edited by Adeleye Ajayi/Maharazu Ahmed)