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Port of Prince Rupert agrees next stage of terminal expansion with DP World

Splash24/7 24 Jun 2018

The Port of Prince Rupert in northern British Columbia, Canada, has agreed with UAE-based DP World on a plan for developing Phase 2B of expansion work on the port’s Fairview Container Terminal....

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Parking study sees weekday demand growing in Portland

Lewiston Sun Journal 24 Jun 2018

The $25,000 report, with $15,000 paid by Portland Downtown and $10,000 by the city, studied parking in seven zones in the Arts District, Old Port and along the eastern waterfront ... Measured by an “effective parking capacity” of 90 percent of spaces in garages and ... At the same time, on-street parking is over capacity on Saturday afternoons....

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Inland port: Dillon goes back to its roots as hub for transportation

The Times & Democrat 24 Jun 2018

This year the town is going back to its roots of being a transportation hub, as Dillon opened the state’s second inland port, Inland Port Dillon. Cargo is making its way from the coast to Inland Port Dillon via train. For inland ports, a train operates as the ship of the land. Whereas the Port of Charleston receives freight via ship in the harbor, Inland Port Dillon is serviced by CSX Transportation, a freight rail....

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High demand, bad management exhaust national grid

The News International 24 Jun 2018

Despite increase in power generation capacity by about 10,000 megawatt during last five years, high demand and bad management of available resources have led to increase in outages in hot weather across the country in the last month or so.As per official assessment, the biggest key constraint in the national grid has been the absence of any contingency capacity in the system, despite major jump on the power generation side....

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New Surveillance Cameras Come Up In City

Kashmir Observer 24 Jun 2018

He said that the Installation of CCTV cameras will help police to identify those who carry out attacks ... “To give a boost to these efforts, an allocation of Rs 500 crore has been made for High Security CapaCity Building over a period of three years. The money will be spent on technical upgradation, including extensive installation of CCTV cameras,” the government’s economic survey report 2016 says. (KNS) ....

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Debate over migrants divides EU; mini-summit seeks solutions

Akron Beacon Journal 24 Jun 2018

BRUSSELS ... The arrival of more than 1 million people in 2015, most fleeing wars in Syria and Iraq, exposed glaring deficiencies in EU migrant reception capacities and asylum laws. It has fueled tensions among EU nations and anti-migrant parties have won votes in Europe by fomenting public fears of foreigners ... Lifeline said a merchant vessel, the Alexander Maersk, had another 113 migrants and was also waiting for a port to receive them ... ....

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Migrants seeking asylum wait on bridge as debate rages

The Brownsville Herald 24 Jun 2018

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told a reporter during a June 18 news conference it was incorrect to say people were turned away from ports of entry ... The organization first heard about port of entry “turnbacks” six to eight weeks ago in El Paso ... states outside of ports of entry are criminally charged, and their children are placed in Department of Health and Human Services facilities....

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Shell says sales slipped after major supply chain safety overhaul

The News International 24 Jun 2018

Following the incident, Shell had agreed to pay a fine of about Rs257 million in compensation on the orders of the regulator.“The decision was tough but no business is above the safety of human life and as a result Shell’s market share fell to 11 percent from 18 percent,” Cheema said speaking at a ceremony here.The event was held ......

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Electricity crisis and its solution

The News International 24 Jun 2018

According to Wapda, Pakistan has the capacity for producing 1000,00MW electricity through hydropower projects ... China has the capacity of 114,000MW of wind energy. The capacity of its solar energy plants is 28,000MW.Germany has less than 50% of total area in comparison with Pakistan’s ... According to an American research institution, NREL, Pakistan has immense capacity for producing wind and solar energy....

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Brevard County Fire Rescue: Lightning Strike Causes Fire to Residential Structure in Port St. John

Space Coast Daily 24 Jun 2018

all the occupants of the home made it out safely. A lightning strike caused a fire to a residential structure in Port St. John Saturday afternoon about 4.30 p.m ... (BCFR image). BREVARD COUNTY • PORT ST. JOHN, FLORIDA – A lightning strike caused a fire to a residential structure in Port St ... A lightning strike caused a fire to a residential structure in Port St ... (BCFR image). Related Story . ... ....

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After first year, oil industry praises Dakota Access Pipeline

The Bismarck Tribune 24 Jun 2018

Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren in a recent radio interview said the pipeline is already running near its capacity of 570,000 barrels of crude oil per day. He also said it has been providing the Bakken with a competitive edge over the Permian — for now anyway — as that play faces constrained pipeline capacity similar to what the Bakken experienced before Dakota Access....

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Ministers discuss winning media war in fight for Yemen’s legitimacy

Arabnews 24 Jun 2018

... of the Yemeni people and its legitimate government in resisting the enemy.” Al-Awwad pointed out that the coalition’s support has not been limited to military operations, but has extended to other economic, security, relief and service aspects, infrastructure development projects, paving roads, rehabilitating ports and increasing their capacity....

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Fighting moves closer to centre of Yemen's main port city

Yahoo Daily News 24 Jun 2018

ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis deployed additional forces in the main port city of Hodeidah on Sunday as a Saudi-led military coalition moved closer to the city centre in the largest offensive of the war, raising U.N ... Fierce clashes broke out after midnight near Hodeidah University, around 3 km (1.9 miles) west of the city centre, on the coastal road linking the airport to the port, added the resident, who requested anonymity....

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