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Yemen parliament snubs UN over Hodeidah deal

The National 22 May 2019

Yemen’s Parliament on Wednesdayurged the government to halt negotiations with the UN until it reviews a “supposed” Houthi withdrawal from the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah ... “This will allow the UN to play a leading role in supporting the Yemen Red Sea ports in management and inspections at the ports.”....

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Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth to sail out of Forth on Thursday morning

Scotsman 22 May 2019

The 65,000-tonne shop has passed a rigorous dry dock inspection and is leaving her birthplace once again ... inspected and all sacrificial anodes were replaced ... The huge port and starboard anchors and cables were also laid out along the length of dock to allow them to be inspected....

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Yemen parliament urges government to stop communication with UN

The National 22 May 2019

Yemen’s parliament issued a statement on Wednesday urging the government to halt negotiations with the UN until it reviews a “supposed” Houthi withdraw from the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah ... “This will allow the UN to play a leading role in supporting the Yemen Red Sea ports in management and inspections at the ports.”....

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Hydrofoil cruise service likely by July end

Deccan Chronicle 21 May 2019

The much-anticipated high-speed hydrofoil cruise service connecting Kochi with Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode ports is all set to start operation in two months ... The services can be started once the Director General (DG) of Shipping inspects and gives final approval," said P.I. Sheik Pareeth, Ports director....

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HMS Queen Elizabeth sets sail after undergoing maintenance

Belfast Telegraph 21 May 2019

The 65,000-tonne warship has spent the last six weeks in dry dock at Rosyth, Scotland, where it was originally built, to undergo a hull inspection and routine maintenance ... “The huge port and starboard anchors and cables were also laid out along the length of dock to allow them to be inspected....

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Alaska ferry service may have to pay armed Canadian police

Seattle PI 20 May 2019

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska will pay armed Canadian police to provide protection to U.S ... Without armed police at inspections, the port faces closure, officials said ... agents ... U.S. personnel cannot carry firearms while doing passport and contraband checks in Prince Rupert, said Jerry McGee, customs service assistant area port director in Anchorage ... ....

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Benin, Togo, Ghana lead in efficient port services as Nigeria fails to embrace technology

Business Day Online 20 May 2019

While Nigeria continues to foot-drag in automating cargo clearing procedure at the ports through the adoption of single window clearing platform and use of scanners for cargo inspection, ......

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Billions at stake as Trump’s diversion of border resources puts the squeeze on business

The Dallas Morning News 19 May 2019

Inside his truck for a quick tour of the border port area, Bazan points to new warehouses under construction, along with a border safety inspection facility that will be operated by the state, plus new roadways and loops to get the products more quickly onto highways to connect to Dallas and Houston....

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Concessionaire: Funtua Dry Port Needs over $20m for Completion

This Day 17 May 2019

The Managing Director of Equatorial Marine Oil and Gas Company Limited, Mr Usman Iya-Abbas, disclosed this during the inspection of the port with the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) in Katsina. According to Iya-Abbas, the port was concessioned to the company since 2006 and has made remarkable progress in terms of development....

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Canadian soybean shipments are being held in Chinese ports for inspect

Agweb 17 May 2019

(Bloomberg) -- Canadian soybean shipments are being held in Chinese ports for inspections, signaling that tensions spurred by the arrest of a top Huawei executive last year are expanding beyond canola ... “It has come to our attention that there are strengthened inspection ......

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Trump To Propose New 'Filter' Merit-Based Immigration System

Kashmir Observer 17 May 2019

Trump's plan would keep legal immigration steady at 1.1 million people a year, but family-based immigration would account for only a third of that ... It would harden the border by building more of Trump's coveted southern border wall and improve inspections of goods and people at ports of entry to fight drug smuggling ... ....

photo: AP / Hani Mohammed

File - Shiite fighters, known as Houthis, pose for a photo as they secure a road, as people take part in a march, denouncing plans by the Arab coalition to attack Hodeidah, from Sanaa to the port city of Hodeidah, Yemen, Wednesday, Apr. 19, 2017.

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New Fighting In Hodeidah Breaks Yemen Ceasefire

WorldNews.com 16 May 2019

He said his mission had confirmed the Houthis “were fully compliant throughout the withdrawal and had been fully cooperative, and had now left these three ports.”Griffiths added the UN was ready to play a leading role in the Red Sea ports, including management and inspections of cargo....

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55 lbs. of meth seized from truck in Canada near Port Huron

Detroit news 16 May 2019

The truck got on the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron and entered Canada. Officials there referred the truck for a secondary inspection, the agency said ... During the inspection, officers also found two envelopes with U.S ... cramirez@detroitnews.com. Twitter ... .......