President Bush is facing political pressure to block a deal that would give a United Arab Emirates-based company management of six major U.S. seaports.
For decades, drilling for oil and natural gas off of much of the U.S. coastline has been off limits. But this year, with Congress facing high energy prices and a fresh lobbying push from oil companies and their supporters, even drilling opponents acknowledge that they may lose their fight to keep ba
Activity at the Port of New Orleans has reached 100 percent of pre-Hurricane Katrina levels, Port President and CEO Gary LaGrange said during his annual state of the port address at the World Trade Center.
As the Cayman Islands sets out to welcome one of the world
Searchers have discovered the wreck of a Panamanian freighter that sank last week off southeastern China. However, no additional survivors have been found among the 28 sailors still missing.
Echoing sentiments of a growing number of community associations opposed to the construction of a liquefied natural gas plant at Sparrows Point, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger said yesterday that he thought the proposed project was wrong for the area.
As the Volvo Ocean Race heads south, and the lead is extended by ABN AMRO ONE, with the second Dutch boat, ABN AMRO TWO following, the main action in the fleet is between Ericsson Racing Team and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Port of Napier said “difficult sea conditions” forced the cruise ship Statendam – with about 1200 passengers on board – to cut short its visit to the port earlier today.
The Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (VINASHIN), STX company of the RoK and Danish Man B&W Diesel Ltd signed a cooperation agreement in Ha Noi on Feb. 20 on building a 25,000-horsepower diesel plant in northern Hai Phong port city.
Over the past six hours ABN AMROs ONE and TWO have worked north slightly
The Dubai firm that won Bush administration backing to run six U.S. ports has at least two ties to the White House.
Oil prices rose by more than $1 in London on Monday following sabotage attacks on oil production and distribution facilities in Nigeria.
Militants holding nine foreign hostages in southern Nigeria said they attacked another oil facility Monday and blew up a military vessel in violence that has cut about 20 percent of crude production in Africa’s oil giant.
The Bush administration gave control of six crucial ports to a Sept. 11-linked Arab nation after a flimsy investigation and with weak guarantees the company in charge can stop Osama bin Laden from infiltrating, the House homeland security chairman said.
