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Source: http://www.crisisgroup.org Smoke and flames are seen following what witnesses said were Israeli air strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 7, 2014. REUTERS Israel and Hamas are locked again in combat likely to yield – beyond tragic life and property loss – a return to a destructive status quo. he immediate triggers were the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli yeshiva students, for which Israel holds Hamas responsible, and the revenge torture and murder of a Palestinian teen by vigilante Israeli Jews. The nature and extent of Hamas’s involvement in the initial obscenity remains unclear, but the attack’s consequences are anything but .  Since Israel launched Operation Protective Edge on 8 July, 168 Palestinians have been killed (80 per cent civilians, a fifth of whom were children) and about 1,150 wounded. Some 1,000 rockets have been launched toward Israel, of which about 200 were intercepted by the Iron Dome defence system. Previous rounds ended...

Source: IMEC Capt. Rajesh Tandon, Managing Director of V-ships India, has been elected as Chairman of International Maritime Employers Council  (IMEC). The International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC) is the only international employers organisation dedicated to  maritime industrial relations. Established over fifty years ago, IMEC operates from offices in London, UK, and Manila in the  Philippines and represent over 180 shipping companies located all over the world. Its  members are individual shipping companies, both owners and managers, large and small, operating all types of ships  including dry bulk, container, cruise liners, livestock carriers, reefers and tankers.  Together they operate more than  9,700 vessels registered in more than 50 different countries and employ in excess of 210,000 seafarers. Starting his sailing career with Shipping Corporation of India in 1975, Capt. Tandon rose to the rank of Master in 1983....

Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/369038/economy/companies/ictsi-ends-deal-to-operate-port-in-tamil-nadu By DANESSA O. RIVERA, GMA News July 7, 2014: International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) of port magnate Enrique Razon has pulled the plug on a contract to  operate a container terminal in India, citing the deal as not beneficial for the company. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange Monday (July 7), ICTSI said subsidiaries ICTSI Ltd. and ICTS (India) Pte. Ltd.  have signed a termination agreement with L&T Shipbuilding Ltd. (LTSB) canceling ICTSI’s container port agreement to manage  and operate the Kattupalli Container Terminal (KCT) in Tamil Nadu, India . ICTSI will be reimbursed for the license fee it paid to operate the terminal. Kattupalli port is ICTSI's first port venture in Indian, with the contract with LTSB to operate facility signed in 2011. LTSB is a joint venture between Larsen & Toubro Limited (L...

Source: VOC Port   V.O.Chidambaranar Port Trust created a new record handling of Lime Stones on 20.06.2014. A quantity of 32,938 Tonnes of Lime Stones in bulk was unloaded in a Single Day from the gearless Vessel M.V. JAG ADITI at Berth No.IX using the Port’s New Harbour Mobile Cranes, thus surpassing the previous record of 25,323 Tonnes   of Lime Stones in bulk unloading from the vessel M.V. MASSALIA on 11.12.2012.  M/s. Seaport Logistics Private. Limited, were the Ship Agent and Stevedore for the vessel.           Shri S. Anantha Chandra Bose, Chairman, V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust, while thanking all the Stake holders, affirmed that two newly inducted 120 tonnes Capacity Harbour Mobile Cranes are capable of discharging 40,000 tonnes of bulk cargo per day.