Nigeria’s main Lagos ports are scheduled to receive 15 vessels carrying fuel products, food items and other commercial cargoes between Friday and Wednesday, signalling continued freight activity through Apapa and Tin Can Island.
The Nigerian Ports Authority said in its shipping schedule issued on Friday that seven of the expected ships are container vessels transporting assorted merchandise.
The remaining eight vessels are due to deliver a mix of bulk wheat, bulk salt, general cargo, trucks, diesel base oil and aviation fuel.
Port operations
- Five vessels, including tankers, had already reached Apapa and Tin Can Island but were waiting for berths. Their consignments include containers, transformers, petrol and other general goods.
- At the time of the shipping update, 16 ships were unloading at the two Lagos ports.
- The cargoes being discharged included bulk wheat, base oil, bulk fertiliser, trucks, general merchandise, fresh fish, containers, bulk sugar, steel products and petrol.
