Anxiety Over Imminent Fuel Scarcity Averted as Five Petrol Ships Arrives in Lagos

 

In its publication, 'Shipping Position', a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated that five ships loaded with petrol has arrived Lagos ports, waiting to discharge the commodity. 

 

The document noted that 33 other ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos from February 19 to March 9. 

 

NPA explained that the expected ships contained buck wheat, bulk salt, bulk sugar, bulk coal, general cargoes, vehicles, containers, Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes, gypsum, petrol, kerosene and Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK). Sixteen other ships are at the ports discharging general cargoes, soda ash, bulk rice, containers, steel products, diesel and petrol.