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An APM Terminals executive said that GPS would allow its Apapa terminal to be ‘pedestrian free’ and should become operational early next year.
APM Terminals Apapa Limited is [finalizing plans to introduce] a satellite-based Global Positioning System (GPS) for containers at its terminal.
Dallas Hampton, managing director, APM Terminals Apapa, said the new GPS, the first of its kind in the world, would aid multi-level container inspection facility for physical examination of containers by Customs operatives.
“Manual systems cannot achieve much more than 90 percent accuracy,” he said. “The GPS system will also enable the use of further technologies such as NAVIS Prime Route and Expert Decking which are advanced real time IT systems that can improve terminal yard efficiency. These systems combined will enable the terminal to have complete pedestrian free yards,” he said.
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India general strike, AITUC workers, February 2013. The worker who was killed was reportedly an officer in the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC).
In a tragic start to the two-day strike called by trade unions across the country on 20 and 21 February, a Haryana Roadways employee was killed in Ambala.
An IBN-Live report says a Haryana Roadways employee was killed in Ambala at the roadways depot when he was crushed by a bus following a confusion called over the trade union strike.
Central trade unions called for two-day mega strike as their talks with the government failed to reach a conclusion.
The unions have demanded concrete measures for containing inflation, steps for employment generation, universal social security, and making the minimum wage to Rs 10,000 per month along with daily allowance.
The IBN-Live report said that AITUC General Secretary Gurudas Dasgupta, condemning the death, said the strike would continue despite such a heinous attack.
The strike has been called jointly by the BMS, Indian Trade Union Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All...
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