19 ships carrying various products expected at Lagos ports

By : NAN

Date: 13 July 2019 7:24pm WAT

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Singapore-flagged container ship Kota Singa is docked at the Apapa Port Complex in Lagos, Nigeria's economy hub, on April 8, 2019. - The Nigerian port is congested with hundreds of ships, idly queueing for days to offload containers with goods. Lagos port congestion is affecting port operations and creating a severe backlog at ports, causing carriers’ containers to be held in port for extra days, as well as creating several miles of truck traffic at roads that links to port gates. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it is expecting 19 ships to bring foods and other goods from July 13 to July 29, at the Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports in Lagos.

NPA in its daily publication ‘Shipping Position’ in Lagos on Saturday said that none of the vessels would bring petroleum products.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 19 ships are carrying general cargo, buckwheat, steel products and containers of different goods.

According to the NPA, 15 ships have arrived at the ports, waiting to berth with petrol, containers and buckwheat.

NPA said that another 19 ships were discharging buckwheat, bulk fertiliser, alcohol, general cargo, containers, butane, raw sugar, petrol, buck sugar, and empty containers.

19 ships carrying various products expected at Lagos ports

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