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Month: May 2011

Cosco, Hanjin Add Prince Rupert Services

Canada’s West Coast port of Prince Rupert will add two new weekly trans-Pacific services in May, one by China Ocean Shipping Co. and the other by Hanjin Shipping. That will bring to four the number of weekly calls at...

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Turkey to Build Its Own ‘Panama Canal’

Turkey will build a new strait connecting the Black Sea with the Marmara Sea to reduce traffic in the Bosporus, one of the world’s busiest and most dangerous shipping lanes, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. The...

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Everett port loads first log ship in 4 years

The Korea-bound ship, the Port Phillip, provided jobs for six days for about 35 people, said Ken Hudson of Local 32 of the International Longshoremen’s and Warehouseman’s Union. Hudson said working logs is more...

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Terror Suspect Sought Container Bomb Attack

An al Qaeda operative and one-time New York City travel agent sought to use his expertise in shipping to smuggle biological and nuclear weapons into the United States in ocean containers, according to leaked documents disclosed...

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Australia’s new waterfront battle

POAGS, a supplier of stevedoring logistics and port management services, said awarding the claim by the Maritime Union of Australia would increase its labour costs by 80 per cent over three years. Chris Corrigan, the former...

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