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Sharjah Container Terminal records 400, 000 TEUs in 2014

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Sharjah Container Terminal (SCT) handled 400, 000 TEUs as annual throughput in 2014 which is the double digit volume growth of last year, calling for the celebration by Terminal Operator Gulftainer.

Iain Rawlinson, group commercial director of Gultainer, highlighted the professional approach of Gulftainer’s management along with consistently high productivity levels as a…

Kenyan dockers want to dedicate second container terminal for transshipment

KENYA: In order to boost transshipment, the Dock Workers Union of Kenya are demanding the second container terminal to be dedicated for transshipment, so that the output of the port of Mombasa will increase.

According to the union, Mombasa has the capacity to become a transshipment hub, positioning the port on the global map, which it said will will subsequently greatly contribute to the…