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Pirates who seized an Emirati-owned freighter travelling in the Gulf of Aden have released the ship after Somali traders confirmed they had chartered the vehicle. The ship Al-Meezan was freed without a ransom payment five days after it was captured. “The ship was released without conditions and no ransom was paid,” said Ali Mahmoud Siad, [...]
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Fourth in our series on ‘The True Cost of Exporting’ is the cost of export documentation, a necessary expense that can be eased by knowing what’s required. Here are some ways to tighten up on export documentation. Organising the right documentation and paperwork makes the export process simpler, smoother and cheaper. When it comes to [...]
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Ian Murray busts the myth that ports are just congested infrastructure points falling by the wayside. At lunch recently, a friend of mine who was once in exporting said to me: “What’s going on at our ports, all I read about is more and more delays, more and more trucks, isn’t it time the government [...]
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