Tag: ports
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7 Suspected Jihadists Arrested, Reportedly Planning Attacks Against Sites Including Casablanca Port and Offshore
October 28: An Islamic State cell broken up last week planned to attack Casablanca and its port, but a Syrian militant who assisted the group remains at large, the head […]
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39 People Found Dead in Refrigerated Truck That Came From Zeebrugge, Belgium Through Purfleet port in England
UPDATE October 28: The below article previously reported that the 39 people found dead were Chinese nationals. Police have now stated that they are still working on confirming identities, and […]
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Port Otago Workers Set to Strike From Sat Aug 31 in New Zealand
August 23: More than 250 front line workers at Port Otago have issued strike notice including an overtime ban which will take effect from next Saturday. It is set to […]
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Hundreds of Kilos of Cocaine Intercepted in Two Seizures at Port of Rotterdam; 5 Suspects Arrested
August 9 & 12: This weekend two containers with hundreds of kilos of cocaine were intercepted in the port of Rotterdam. Five men have been arrested. The narcotics have a street […]
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Tunisian Authorities Seize 2,300 Narcotic Pills in La Goulette
August 01: Authorities in La Goulette port in Tunis arrested two Algerian nationals and seized 2,300 smuggled pills of various narcotics, reported national media. The two were reportedly involved in […]
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3,000 Containers Stuck at Karachi Container Terminal Following 2-Day Strike
August 02: Around 3,000 containers are stuck at Karachi International Containers Terminal (KICT), following workers” two-day strike (Tuesday & Wednesday), putting excessive financial burden of detention charges on the trade. […]
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Western Canadian Port Deal Should Ease Automation
August 06: Terminal operators and longshoremen in Vancouver and Prince Rupert are preparing for the arrival of automation in the coming decade, and believe they have fashioned an agreement that […]
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Proposed July 15 Strike at Port Silos in Constanta, Romania Averted
July 15: The union representing workers at ADM’s North Star Shipping grain silos in Romania’s Black sea port of Constanta said on Monday an indefinite strike scheduled to start on […]
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National Strikes at Australian Port Likely to Cause Disruptions
July 09: Stevedores started national strikes at DP World terminals across Australia on Monday, July 8, 2019. Around 1,800 stevedores walked off the job for 48 hours at the Brisbane […]
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Two-Day Port Strike Cost Nigeria N100BN; NPA Apologizes
July 09: The Nigerian Ports Authority NPA has apologized to importers, exporters and other port users for their losses, following a two-day strike embarked upon on the 3rd of July, […]
