NPA ANNOUNCES BERTHING OF 32 SHIPS AT LAGOS PORTS

By: Fasasi Hammad
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has announced that at least 32 vessels carrying petroleum products, food items, and other cargoes are expected to arrive at Lagos ports between January 12 and January 30.
According to the NPA’s Daily Shipping Position released on Monday, the arrivals will be distributed across Apapa Port, Tin-Can Island Port, and Lekki Deep Sea Port.
The authority stated that the incoming vessels will transport a variety of consignments, including crude oil, aviation fuel, refined petroleum products, bulk bitumen, containers, general cargo, bulk urea, condensate, and gasoline.
The NPA further disclosed that 10 ships and tankers have already arrived and are currently awaiting berthing, carrying diesel, crude oil, bulk wheat, petrol, fresh fish, raw oil, containers, and bulk salt.
Additionally, 31 vessels are presently offloading cargoes across the three ports, with items such as bulk fertilizer, general merchandise, wheat, salt, diesel, soya beans, bulk urea, liquefied gas, petrol, fresh fish, and containerized goods.
The authority noted that port operations continue to run smoothly, with ongoing efforts to ensure the efficient handling and movement of cargoes across all terminals.
