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Month: August 2013

Dock worker dies falling from ship in Bangladesh

Our condolences go out to Mr. Hossain’s family, friends and colleagues. An injury to one is an injury to all. A dock worker died from a head injury after falling from a ship at the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port on...

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Fed up truckers stage blockade at Port of Oakland

August 19: Truckers shut down a major terminal at the Port of Oakland and blocked access to several more Monday to protest repeated logjams that have left them trapped in their big rigs for up to six hours while waiting to pick...

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End run threatens ports in Northwest

A bevy of major shippers are finding a way to outflank the federal government’s Harbor Maintenance Tax, threatening thousands of jobs in the Puget Sound area and the lower Columbia River. The strategy: Go north. Bypass the ports...

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