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Air force to help fight piracy in West Africa The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in the fight against crime in the nation’s coastal waters, reports African Cargo News. Another airline fined for cargo price fixing A Canadian court fined LATAM Airlines the equivalent of R10 million after the carrier admitted taking part in an air cargo price-fixing cartel, Canada’s Competition Bureau said. Top 10 container ports 2013 Containerisation International has just published a comprehensive guide to the world’s Top 100 container ports. This supplies not only the latest figures for the ports (up to end 2012) but also a broad summary of the ports’ activity in that year, and key data for each one. Larger ships through Panama Canal could be too big for US ports How will Panama Canal expansion impact shipping and port networks across the Americas? Chicken producer reiterates need for import protection South Africa’s largest poultry producer, Rainbow Chicken, has issued a statement to reiterate the industry’s need for protection from imports after it recorded a 94 percent slump in profit.