No fewer than nine vessels have berthed at the Lekki, Tin-Can Island, and Apapa ports in Lagos State, awaiting clearance to discharge petroleum products including Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), aviation fuel, diesel, gasoline, and bulk fertiliser.

This was contained in the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, publication, Shipping Position, which provides updates on maritime activities across the country’s seaports.

According to the report, the vessels form part of a larger schedule of maritime traffic expected to arrive at the Apapa, Lekki, and Tin-Can Island ports between May 15 and May 22.

The NPA further disclosed that about 35 additional ships carrying various categories of cargo are projected to berth within the period under review.

The incoming vessels are laden with a wide range of commodities, including buckwheat, containerised goods, fresh fish, crude oil, bulk wheat, petrol, base oil, frozen fish, bitumen, bulk sugar, bulk gypsum, bulk salt, gasoline, diesel, and other general cargo.