The document stated that 40 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods were being expected in Apapa, Lekki and Tin-Can Island ports from March 11 to March 16.

The NPA added that the expected ships contain buck wheat, bitumen, empty containers, fresh fish, crude oil, bulk wheat, petrol, bulk clinker, bulk urea, aviation fuel, general cargo and containers of different goods.

Twenty other ships are at the ports discharging containers, petrol,  bulk wheats, bulk sugar,  bulk salt, bulk gypsum  aviation fuel and  bulk urea .