ESPO congratulates Aqaba Container Terminal (Jordan) for being certified through the EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS). Aqaba joined the EcoPorts’ network in 2013 and is PERS-certified for the third time,…
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More to come as Jordan increases LNG imports Amman, 19 August 2015 – As Jordan steps up its LNG imports, GAC was entrusted with handling the first gas carriers to offload at Aqaba. The country…
Unions representing workers along the oil supply chain in the Arab World have agreed strategies to work together more closely in order to increase workers’ power in Algeria and Iraq.…
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has contacted the government of Jordan over the arrests on Tuesday of around 150 trade unionists at the Aqaba Container Terminals facility run by…
Two hundred wheelchairs, 200 adult and paediatric walkers and 3, 000 school bags with student kits were included in the delivery to Gaza on 29 September of the third ITF…
The ITF today (Monday) delivered a first shipment of medical supplies to Gaza – where hundreds of civilians have been killed – and called for an immediate ceasefire there. The…
A first cargo of medical aid sent by the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and its member unions has arrived in Gaza. The supplies have been delivered to UNRWA (United…
As its first lorryload of medical supplies begins its journey to Gaza, the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation), again backed calls for an immediate ceasefire there. The ITF has organised…
On 28 March, ESPO was delighted to congratulate the ports of Piraeus, Bremen/Bremerhaven and Aqaba for achieving the Port Environmental Review System (PERS) certification. ESPO Secretary General, Isabelle Ryckbost handed…
The UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and Lloyd’s Register have jointly led a major regulatory workshop in Amman, Jordan for a range of representatives of that country’s nuclear industry. The…