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Month: February 2011

Nigeria to computerise seaports within four months

Nigerian Ports Authority is to computerise the activities of the nation’s sea pots between February and June, 2011. The collaboration between the Nigerian Government and the United States of America Trade and Development...

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Saint John Port, longshoremen agree on new contract

Local 273 of the International Longshoremen’s Association and the Port of Saint John Employers Association have agreed on a new four-year collective agreement. The agreement calls for a wage increase of 6.1 per cent for...

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California exports soared in 2010

In 2010, the state’s three principal seaports boosted their collective number of outbound loaded containers by 9.2 percent. The Port of Oakland actually lost ground, slipping by 1.3 percent. But the ports of Los Angeles and Long...

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Union leader Ronaldo Blear: ‘We feel ambushed’

[NOTE: The following excerpt is from an interview between Costa Rica’s Tico Times and Ronaldo Blear, the recently reelected leader of the SINTRAJAP dockworkers union. The ILWU Coast Longshore Division has supported the...

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