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23 ships discharge petroleum products, others at Lagos port

Another 21 ships are expected to arrive the Lagos Port from February 24 to March 5, according to the Nigerian Ports Authority.

• February 24, 2023
Ships at Lagos port used to illustrate the story.
Ships at Lagos port [ Photo Credit: The Guardian Nigeria]

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday said that 23 ships had arrived the Lagos Port Complex and were discharging petrol and other items.

It listed the other items being discharged as general cargo, container, bulk urea, bulk gypsum, soya bean meal, bulk fertilizer, bulk wheat, bulk sugar, palm oleum, truck, bulk salt and butane gas.

The authority said that 21 other ships were expected to arrive the port from February 24 to March 5.

It said that the ships were carrying frozen fish, containers, bulk sugar, bulk wheat, sulphur, automobile gasoline and petrol.

It indicated that two other ships had arrived the port and were waiting to berth with jet fuel, automobile gasoline and petrol.

(NAN)

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