Twenty nine ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos from Feb. 8 to Feb. 25.

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 Monday in Lagos.

NPA explained that the expected ships contained buck wheat, bulk salt, soda ash, containers, ethanol, crude palm olein, petrol, kerosene and diesel.

The document noted that six other ships had arrived the ports, waiting to berth with petrol.

NAN reports that 14 other ships are at the ports discharging buck wheat, general cargoes, bulk rice, frozen fish, base oil and petrol. (NAN)