June 06, 2026
This is the first time that the terminal alone handled 5,700 TEUs
The shipping minister touches on fallback options
The issue resurfaces after the interim government backed away from signing a deal with UAE-based DP World in February in the face of a workers’ movement
Detention comes a day after port strike over NCT lease to DP World was suspended
The government says the deal is not going to happen during its tenure
The interim government’s announcement that it will not sign a deal with UAE-based DP World fails to quell the protesting workers
Port authority scraps housing allotments after employees defy transfer orders
Only a political government can sign such an agreement, he says
