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Heightened Security * India - Stalls cargo traffic
India’s busiest container port is now witnessing a container backlog of over 10,000 twenty- foot containers
New Delhi,India -Livemint, by P.R. Sanjai and P. Manoj -14 Sept 2007: -- Asharp step-up in security measures following a recent theft of containers has sharply slowed cargo clearances out of Jawaharlal Nehru (JN) Port, which handles at least 60% of all container traffic in India, and is raising concerns about a potential logjam just when Christmas and New Year orders are starting to pick up... The container backlog comes follows the tightening of procedures by customs authorities and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for screening trailers carrying cargo-laden containers after four such containers were reported stolen on 17 August...
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