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Rotterdam Port To Create Five New Buffer Parking Sites for Waiting During Post-Brexit Customs Checks
The Port of Rotterdam Authority, the Municipality of Rotterdam, the Municipality of Vlaardingen and highways authority Rijkswaterstaat, are creating five new buffer parking sites. Trucks will be able to wait […]
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Dublin Port Seeks to Take Back Leased Land Post-Brexit For Border Checks
The Dublin Port Company (DPC) has told the Commercial Court it fears a standstill of truck traffic in the immediate aftermath of Brexit if its plans to take back land […]
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Work to Rule Protests Continue, Impacting French Ports
Work-to-rule protests by customs officials continue to cause disruptions to passenger and freight transport between France and the UK, and travel chaos at airports and Eurostar services, while union representatives […]
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Possible U-Turn on Sudanese Port Privatization Plan, Amid Port Worker Strikes
Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has said that a deal to transfer Port Sudan’s container terminal to International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) is being reviewed following a protest strike by […]
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Kenya, Somalia to ‘Work Towards Peace’ in Maritime Border Dispute
Kenya and Somalia agreed Wednesday “to work towards peace” in a spat over an oil- and gas-rich region of the Indian Ocean, said the office of Ethiopia’s prime minister, who […]
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Nationwide Strike Impacts Algerian Ports
Large parts of Algeria were brought to a standstill on Sunday as tens of thousands of workers joined the start of a five-day general strike to demand an end to […]
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Pirates Kidnap Three Romanian Sailors in Togo
Pirates attacked a ship with 21 Romanian sailors aboard approximately 3 nautical miles south of the port of Lome in Togo and kidnapped three of the sailors. Romanian authorities have activated […]
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185 kg of Cocaine Seized in Istanbul Amid Banana Shipment From Ecuador
Turkish narcotics police seized 185 kilograms (408 pounds) of cocaine Monday in an anti-narcotics operation in Istanbul, an official said. Acting on a tipoff, Istanbul Security Directorate’s narcotics units seized […]
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Israeli PM States Navy Could Act Against Iranian Oil Smuggling
Israel’s navy could take action against Iranian oil smuggling, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, urging world powers to foil any effort by Tehran to evade U.S. sanctions. The […]
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Customs Officers at Calais and Dunkirk Port Strike Over Brexit
French customs officials warned of lengthy delays at the port of Calais on Tuesday as their work-to-rule strike snarled traffic for a second day, leading to queues of trucks several […]
