Forty-seven ships containing petroleum products, foods, containers and other commodities are expected to arrive Lagos between December 15, 2014 and January 2, 2015.
The Nigerian Ports Authority stated this in its daily publication, the Shipping Position.
The publication was made available to newsmen in Lagos on Monday.
According to the document, 21 of the expected ships are to bring in containers, 11 to sail in with food items such as rice, buckwheat, frozen fish and bulk sugar.
It indicated that 10 ships would sail in with general cargo, four for petroleum products and one for vehicles.
The document added that 17 ships had arrived at the ports waiting to discharge their contents.
It indicated that 12 of the ships contained petrol, kerosene, base oil and crude palm oil, while five others had food items such as rice and bulk sugar.
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