The container terminal is controlled by Hong Kong billionaire, and Asia's richest man, Li Ka-shing.

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The 10 EU monitors left the terminal and waited at the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom border crossing for calm to be restored, he said.

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Malcolm Kennedy, cabinet member for regeneration and transport for Labour controlled Liverpool City Council said the city had "to start now" on the temporary facility to secure the terminal's future.

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