Tag: Port
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Work-Slow Protest Causing Serious Delays at Port of Ngqura, South Africa
July 11: A labor dispute at the Port of Ngqura, South Africa is creating serious difficulties for some of the country’s largest exporters. Port workers allege that they have not […]
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Record Setting $10m USD Worth of Cocaine Seized at Baltimore Port
June 25: Authorities at the Port of Baltimore disrupted a record-setting shipment of 333 pounds of cocaine from Panama to Maryland in a container of beach chairs earlier this month. […]
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Calcium Hypochlorite Believed to Have Caused Major Fire on Container Ship at Laem Chabang Port in Thailand; Up to 200 Injured and 3 Piers Closed
UPDATE May 26: “Throughout night and day May 26 fire though under control, was still smoldering in some containers. Reportedly, 35 loaded containers were destroyed or damaged. Authorities prohibited to […]
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Beirut Port Temporarily Blocked By Protesters
April 30: Amid protests by several unions, worried that their pensions could be cut, retired military personnel briefly blocked access to Beirut’s port, the central bank and the Finance Ministry’s […]
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Trucker Strike Threat Stokes Brazil Shipper Fears
April 25: Shippers in Brazil are becoming increasingly nervous as truckers in the South American country contemplate another strike over a lack of enforcement of a state-mandated pricing table designed […]
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Hundreds Of Dockworkers Protest Against Driverless Trucks At Port Of LA
April 16: Hundreds of union dockworkers with the Port of Los Angeles turned out for a protest Tuesday morning against the use of automated trucks at one of its terminals. […]
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3,200 Pounds of Cocaine – worth $77 mn USD – Seized in Dried Fruit Container at Newark Port
Authorities at the Port of New York and New Jersey have seized about 3,200 pounds of cocaine in what authorities are calling the largest cocaine seizure at the port in […]
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UN talks on Hodeidah
Could political move stop attack? U.N. Yemen envoy in talks with Houthis to cede Hodeidah port: sources ADEN (Reuters) – The U.N. Yemen mediator is in talks with the Houthi […]
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Fighting at Red Sea port
Houthis fight back in Mokha. Yemen rebels mount resistance in key port city Yemeni rebels are putting up fierce resistance in a key Red Sea port city where they are […]
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Cyber incidents at US ports
Coast Guard concerned over malicious and non-malicious incidents. Coast Guard official: Cyber incidents with physical consequences impacting the maritime transportation system By Molly Bernhart Walker Cyber threats are real and […]