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Shipping: new ports chief Mahmoud Bouziri seeks legal resolution for Maersk, his former employer

The port of Radès, Tunis. © ZOUBEIR SOUISSI/Reuters

The new head of Tunisia's ports and merchant navy, Mahmoud Bouziri, who used to work for Maersk, hopes to sort out legal problems over Radès port concessions facing the Danish giant's subsidiary, Star Container. [...]

Published on 18/05/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Al Badr
Alexandre Cour
Anouar Maarouf
Ben Ayed
Cotunav
Elyes Fakhfakh
Ennahda
Fethi Jebnouni
Hayet Laouani
Hichem Ben Ahmed
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Mahmoud Bouziri
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Rached Ghannouchi
Radhouane Ayara
Ruben Moratinos
Sami Battikh
Star Container

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Foued Othman docks at port authority with shipload of problems to unload

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Tunisia's Foreign Affairs Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui.

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MP Yassine Ayari and tax authority hound Maersk

As it tries to hold on to its Radès port concessions, the largest shipping company Maersk is feeling the heat from the local authorities.

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View of containers at a loading terminal in the port of Radès in Tunis.

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Prime Minister of Tunisia Elyes Fakhfakh.

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Ennahda and UGTT battle it out for control of Radès Port and unionist cash

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View of containers at a loading terminal in the port of Rades in Tunis.

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OMMP, STAM, COTUNAV: Ennahda makes grab for port sector

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