Four out of the six ships that had arrived at Lagos ports, according to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Thursday, were waiting to berth the petroleum commodity.
In addition, NPA said base oil was also being transported by other two ships.
According to NPA, 17 additional ships were delivering bulk butane gas, general cargo, petroleum, urea, palm oleum, sugar, coal, and gypsum at the ports.
They were also delivering bulk coal and butane gas.
Meanwhile, 23 other ships also laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected at the Lagos Port Complex from today January 19 to Feb. 1, 2023.
The NPA indicated that the ships contained general cargo, bulk gypsum, container, bulk urea, base oil, bulk sugar, frozen fish, petrol, trucks, bulk salt , bulk wheat, jet fuel and automobile gasoline.