Malta Freeport at Marsaxlokk has commenced expansion works on its Terminal 2 in an investment of over US$110 million.
The North Quay will be stretched from 267 metres to 770 metres and the West Quay from 195 metres to 313 metres, according to DynaLiners’ report.
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Prompt action was taken by the authorities after a “water soluble” liquid was spilt from a container ship at the Freeport, reports Times Malta.
What happened?A Freeport spokeswoman said that the incident happened when a container was ruptured during the loading process.
She added that the Freeport took immediate action to address the spillage.
Was it a hazardous cargo?The contents of the container were water-soluble and no material inside that could be classified as hazardous cargo.
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Malta Freeport Terminals welcomed the first ever LNG-powered container ship to visit Malta during the course of the vessel’s maiden voyage from Asia to Rotterdam. Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi, whose portfolio includes the Freeport Authority visited this ship to mark this special event.
The mv Containerships Polar, operated by a subsidiary of leading shipping line CMA CGM, discharged over 560 containers during its call to Malta. Containerships Polar is the second in a series of four LNG-fuelled...
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Malta Freeport Terminals welcomed the first ever LNG-powered container ship to visit Malta during the course of the vessel’s maiden voyage from Asia to Rotterdam. Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi, whose portfolio includes the Freeport Authority visited this ship to mark this special event.
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The mv Containerships Polar, operated by a subsidiary of leading shipping line CMA CGM, discharged over 560 containers during its call to Malta. Containerships Polar is the...
Malta’s customs seized 24 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a container, with a street value of 2.7 million euros (3 million U.S. dollars), the Customs Department said on Tuesday, April 9, in a statement.
A total of 20 packets of cocaine were found in a reefer container at the Malta Freeport after several were scanned by the Customs Container Monitoring Unit.
The container was transshipping in Malta from South America, en-route to Tirana, Albania.
Read more on Xinhua.
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