Tag: United Kingdom
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HMS Kent Returns Home from Strait of Hormuz in Middle East
December 16: The British Type 23 frigate HMS Kent has returned to Portsmouth following the end of a four-month deployment to the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East. During […]
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Felixstowe: Strike Dates Set for UK’s Busiest Container Port
December 19: Workers at the UK’s busiest container port will take strike action for two days after Christmas in a dispute over outsourcing, after earlier this month announcing a strike […]
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Felixstowe Port Engineers Prepare to Strike as Union Responds to Outsourcing Plans
December 12: Engineering workers at Felixstowe docks are set to go out on strike in a row over plans to outsource their jobs. More than 110 engineers, who are employed […]
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Strikes Announced at Port of Sheerness, England Throughout Jan-March 2020 Over Pay Dispute
December 05: Drivers waiting for new 2020 Volkswagen Group models could get their cars later than hoped after workers voted to walk out. Unite union members at logistics firm GB […]
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£10m Of Cocaine Concealed Amongst Frozen Fish Seized From Vehicle Entering Newhaven Port By Ferry
November 23: A huge haul of cocaine worth about £10m has been found concealed in a load of frozen fish in a refrigerated van. The vehicle was searched by Border […]
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25 Stowaways Found Aboard Ferry From Vulcaanhaven to Felixstowe
November 19: Police in the Netherlands say 25 stowaways have been found on a ferry bound for the UK. The stowaways were discovered in a refrigerated container on-board the ship […]
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UK Lowers Security Level for Its Ships in Strait of Hormuz
November 07: Britain lowered its security risk level for UK-flagged ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, more than a month after one of its tankers was finally […]
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US-Led Coalition Launches Operation Sentinel to Protect Gulf Waters
November 07: A US-led naval coalition officially launched operations in Bahrain on Thursday to protect shipping in the troubled waters of the Gulf, following a string of attacks that Washington and its allies […]
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European Maritime Cyber Resilience Forum
The European Maritime Cyber Resilience Forum on October 31 aims to help build an understanding of maritime cyber resilience, and specifically about: What specifically do we need to be most scared about? […]
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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 […]
