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By Carlena Knight Carlena.knight@antiguaobserver.com Plans to transform the country’s port into a global shipping hub are presently underway. Port Manager Darwin Telemaque said discussions are taking place with experts from Jamaica - which houses the only global seaport in the Caricom area – in a bid to set up…
EVER SINCE serious concerns were raised at a parliamentary committee hearing last Wednesday about shipping containers being scanned at ports, there has been a string of confusing disclosures on the topic by various entities. All of it suggests there are far too many ports of call when it comes to responsibility for the efficient management
THE CUSTOMS and Excise Division is warning of scammers impersonating its officers, particularly through unsolicited calls, letters and online messages.
THE CUSTOMS and Excise Division's Marine Interdiction Unit has reported the seizure of illegal cigarettes and a "large quantity of various types of premium alcohol," which it estimated have a combined street value of $3 million.
The Port of Port of Spain says its fixed-container scanner is fully operational. In a newspaper advertisement in the daily newspapers on Sunday, the Port said it was the only seaport in TT with a fully operational fixed-container scanner. It said the scanner, a $25 million Nuctech Linea Accelerator X-ray scanner and detection system, was