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Two die in fire at Maersk yard in Mumbai

Explosion injures nine workers as blaze spreads to containers

Media reports differ on the number of casualties, but it's known that Deepak Ghag, an assistant technician working for for Maersk, was killed in the blast.

A fire broke out last Wednesday at a container freight station annex at AP Møller Maersk’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust [...]

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Maersk says offices inspected amid EU Commission investigation

Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk Group says European Commission investigators have made an unannounced inspection of its headquarters to establish whether the company has infringed competition rules in the liner shipping sector.

Copenhague-based Maersk said it is “fully” cooperating with the commission and that Tuesday’s raid “does not mean that the company has engaged in [...]

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Obama Pushes Transport Agenda

President Obama gave a strong push to a transportation infrastructure program that builds on the 2009 stimulus program to repair roads, re-engineer the rail system and “maintain a world-class logistics network.”

Obama made the remarks Friday as he proclaimed May 15-21 as National Transportation Week, and May 20 as National Defense Transportation Day.
 Although such [...]

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