The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 22 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods have arrived the Lagos Port Complex and waiting to berth.
The NPA made this known in its publication, `Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday.
According to it, the ships are carrying containers, general cargo and petrol.
The publication said that 20 ships were expected at the ports with fuel, containers, general cargo, frozen fish, bulk wheat, base oil and bulk sugar.
It added that the ships were expected between Wednesday and Feb. 22.
The organisation also said that 18 other ships were at the ports discharging general cargo, containers, bulk wheat, bulk sugar, base oil butane gas and frozen fish.