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The Nigerian Ports Authority has disclosed that seven ships would dock with crude oil on Friday, November 1, 2024, at the Lagos ports.
The NPA disclosed this in its Daily Shipping Position, saying seven of the nine expected vessels would discharge diesel, crude oil, bulk urea, petrol, and aviation fuel.
“The remaining two vessels will berth with containers carrying different goods.
“The nine expected vessels will berth at Sifax, ENL Consortium Terminals, and Apapa Bulk Terminal, among other terminals in Lagos,” it said.
According to the NPA, about two vessels were waiting to discharge items at Apapa and Tin Can Island ports with bulk and aviation fuel, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports
The posts regulator said three vessels were discharging cargo and petrol containers at Lekki Deep Seaport in Lagos.
The development comes as the refinery and petroleum marketers are entangled in a brawl over product lifting from the facility.
The refinery announced this on Thursday, October 31, 2024, as members of the Independent Petroleum Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) asked the facility to release its petrol price.
On Wednesday, October 30, 2024, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) president, Abubakar Maigandi, said his members had been to the refinery but could not lift petrol.
The IPMAN boss reacted to a statement by the Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, that his facility has about 500 million litres of petrol, which the marketers and the NNPC have not purchased.
Punch reports that the national president of PEROAN, Billy Gillis-Harry, agreed with the IPMAN boss, saying that petrol marketers had approached the mega refinery for a deal to lift products but have not received any answers.
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