Six ships laden with petrol and diesel have arrived Lagos ports waiting to berth, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated this in its daily publication – ‘Shipping Position’- made available to newsmen on Monday in Lagos.

The NPA said in the document that 28 other ships were expected to arrive the ports between July 27 and August 7.

It explained that the expected ships contained: bulk rice, frozen fish, bulk wheat, soda ash, containers, steel products, general cargo, bulk gypsum, diesel, base oil, petrol and bulk gas.

The document stated that 12 other ships were discharging bulk wheat, general cargo, containers, bulk rice, bulk sugar, petrol and aviation fuel.