May 26, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Shipping

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Big Miami-To-Cuba Service Stops

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 04.08.2013 | Miami

MIAMI -- It was two weeks before Christmas, and Robinson Perez had bundles of gifts ready for his family in Cuba: A giant plastic Barbie doll and stuf...

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Tanker Turns off Engine and Drifts for 280 Miles to Save Fuel

James Burgess | Posted 04.04.2013 | Green

Read More: Fuel, Fuel Costs, Fuel Prices, Shipping, Tanker, Green News

As a student, did you ever put your car into neutral when on a hill and coast along under the power of gravity in order to save those precious few dro...

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Check This 'Ship' Out: The 9 Kinds of Sitcom Relationship that Make You Feel Even Lonelier

Hulu.com | Posted 04.15.2013 | Comedy

Read More: Television, Lists, Sitcoms, New Girl, Nick and Jess, The Office, Tv, Jim and Pam, Shipping, Comedy, Sitcom Couples, Best Sitcom Couples, Video, Comedy News

There was never any REAL doubt that Leslie and Ben from Parks and Recreation would end up ecstatically engaged and planning a wedding catered by a waffle place.

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For Sale: 1970s-Era Igloo Hotel, 200 Miles From Nowhere, Alaska

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 04.07.2013 | Weird News

Read More: Weird News, Lifestyle, Igloo, Arts, Green Building, Environment, Travel, Alaska, Weird Photos & Videos, Shipping, Arctic, Ecotourism, Culture, Weird News News

In a well-traversed but often overlooked corner of the Alaska Highway system sits an irregular structure. As the years cross over its craggy skull, br...

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Crisis Averted

Reuters | Posted 12.27.2012 | Business

Read More: Dockworkers Union Strike, Dock Workers Union, Reuters, Labor Negotiations, Labor-Strike, Dockworkers Strike, Pacific Northwest Ports, Shipping, Business News

* Grain shippers declare impasse in stalled contract talks * Companies move to unilaterally impose terms of "final" offer * Dockworkers union sa...

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Top 25 Online Retail's 10 Slowest Shippers

The Huffington Post | Drew Guarini | Posted 12.17.2012 | Home

Read More: Walmart, Jcpenney, Holiday Shopping, Online Retail, Money, Staples, Stellaservice, Officemax, Target, Online Shopping, Shipping, Zappos, Home News

Still procrastinating your holiday shopping? The good news: Monday is Free Shipping Day, which means tons of online retailers are offering end-of-year...

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Arctic Shipping Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen

Richard Steiner | Posted 02.11.2013 | Green

Read More: Oil Spill, Climate Change, Pacific Ocean, Oceans, Shipping, Arctic, Arctic Sea Ice, Oil Tankers, Green News

In reducing the overall risk of Arctic and Aleutian shipping, the glass is still perhaps one-quarter full, three-quarters empty. The system is far from secure.

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Thanks To Internet, More Packages Will Be Flying Around This Holiday Season

AP | SAMANTHA BOMKAMP | Posted 12.22.2012 | Home

Read More: Fedex, Video, Holiday Shopping, Gift Guides Canada, Holiday Shipping, E-Tailers, Online Shopping, Ap, Shipping, E-Commerce, US Postal Service, Home News

NEW YORK (AP) — FedEx expects to ship a record number of packages during the holidays, thanks to shoppers' growing fondness for buying online. ...

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Terrible Economy Forcing FedEx To Cut Thousands Of Jobs

AP | SAMANTHA BOMKAMP | Posted 12.10.2012 | Business

Read More: Fedex, Video, Fedex Cost Cuts, Global Economy, Federal Express, Fedex Earnings, Economic Crisis, Business News, Fedex Cost Cutting, Shipping, Business News

NEW YORK -- FedEx Corp., the world's second-largest package delivery company, on Wednesday detailed its plan to boost profit by $1.7 billion annually ...

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The PMSC Silver Lining in the Indian Ocean Cloud

David Isenberg | Posted 11.14.2012 | Business

Read More: Private Military Security Contractors, Maritime, Piracy, Indian Ocean, Shipping, Business News

As the saying goes, there is a silver lining in every cloud. So, if you happen to be in the vicinity of the Horn of Africa that lining means that the ...

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OneMorePallet's Shipping Solution: 'Useless Empty Space Into Revenue'

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Van Brussel | Posted 09.03.2012 | Small Business

To help small businesses thrive in a struggling economy, Bill Cunningham found an opportunity not by cutting corners but by using them, specifically t...

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After Almost 300 Years, Global Economy Sinks Shipping Firm

Reuters | Jonathan Saul | Posted 08.09.2012 | Business

Read More: Shipping Cargo, Video, Shipping Containers, Global Economy, Shipping-Industry, Business News, Stephenson Clarke Shipping, Shipping, Business News

LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Britain's oldest shipping firm, Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd, has gone into liquidation after nearly 300 years of trading,...

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Farmers Call For Help Amid Drought: 'We Want The Real Bill'

Reuters | Sam Nelson and Charles Abbott | Posted 07.31.2012 | Business

Read More: Video, Mississippi River, Charles Grassley, Soybean, John Boehner, Midwest Drought 2012, Corn, Barges, Agriculture Committee, Drought Economy, Shipping, Business News

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The severe drought in the U.S. Midwest wreaked more havoc across the country on Thursday, forcing barges on the Mississ...

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Small Businesses Cope With Rising Gas Prices

AP | By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG | Posted 02.24.2012 | Small Business

Read More: Small Business Gas Prices, Fuel, Small-Business-Shipping, Gas Prices, High Gas Prices, Video, Small Business, Gas, Small Business Fuel Efficiency, Small Business News and Trends, Gps, Shipping, Small Business News

NEW YORK -- As any driver knows, rising gas prices can put a dent in a household budget. For small business owners, it can hurt – or even wipe o...

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Long Beach Port Finalizing $4.6B Shipping Lease

AP | Posted 03.20.2012 | Los Angeles

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Port of Long Beach, the nation's second-largest cargo container facility, reached a tentative $4.6 billion, 40-year lea...

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11 Things That Will Be More Expensive In 2012

Posted 12.29.2011 | Fifty

Read More: Dealnews, Postal Service, Tap Water, Expenses, Food Prices, Expensive-Airfare, Airfare, Shipping, US Postal Service, Digital Cameras, 2012, Fifty News

With 2012 just around the corner, we are planning resolutions and bracing for change. However, our pocketbooks will also need readjusting in preparati...

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UPS, FedEx See Boost In Holiday Shipping, Indicating Pickup In Shopping

AP | By BRUCE SCHREINER | Posted 12.22.2011 | Business

Read More: Fedex, Holiday Shopping, Ups, Louisville International Airport, Video, Ups Worldport, Christmas, Online Shopping, Shipping, Parcels, UPS Airlines, Business News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Tiera Washington's workload doubled during the holiday rush at UPS' largest air hub, where seemingly endless streams of packages ar...

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Business Owners Brace For Massive USPS Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 12.09.2011 | Small Business

"Grandma may soon have to get in the car and drive 100 miles for her medicine," worried Bill Snodgrass, the owner of a USave Pharmacy in a small Nebra...

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Coal Battle In Pacific Northwest Has Global Fallout

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 11.23.2011 | Green

Read More: Video, Powder River Basin, Carbon Emissions, Oil Spill, Coal Dust, Exports, Bellingham WA, Gateway Pacific Terminal, Climate Change, Pollution, Coal, Herring, China, Shipping, Green News

BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- The flyer and I landed in Matt Krogh's Bellingham office on the same October afternoon. I had stopped by to hear why he thought b...

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'Green News Report' - October 4, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.04.2011 | Green

Read More: Epa, Nigeria, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Belt Movement, Green News Report, Pollution, Solar Decathlon, Coal, Radiation, Engineering, Military, Radioactivity, Oil Spill, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Lobbying, Nuclear Energy, Environmentalism, Shell Oil, Texas, Energy Efficiency, Koch Brothers, Dept of Energy, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Koch Industries, Sustainability, Logging, Natural Gas, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, China, Salmon, Navajo Nation, Shipping, Forests, Salmonella, Factory Farming, Mining, Uranium, James Hansen, Tuvalu, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Koch Indu...

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Piracy Costs Global Shipping Trade Billions

AP | By NIRMALA GEORGE | Posted 12.03.2011 | Business

Read More: Video, Piracy, United Nations, Somali Pirates, Business News, Piracy Global Shipping, Indian Ocean, Shipping, Global Shipping Trade, Business News

NEW DELHI -- Piracy is costing the global shipping trade more than $9 billion a year, according to Indian ship owners, who on Monday demanded that the...

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The Lifecycle of a T-shirt

Mattias Wallander | Posted 08.30.2011 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Clothing, Garment Industry, Cotton, Environment, Green News, Environmentalism, Supply Chain, Green Living, Textiles, Pollution, Air Pollution, Shipping, Green News

Do you ever stop and think about what the impact of a t-shirt is on the planet? You'd probably be surprised to learn what's involved in the lifecycle of just one t-shirt.

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Dangerous Drivers, Dangerous Good, Disastrous Results

The Canadian Press | Posted 08.26.2011 | Home

Read More: Drunk Driving, Dangerous Cargo, Dangerous Goods, Trucking, Shipping, Home News

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- OTTAWA - Truckers hauling explosive or flammable loads have killed and badly injured people after getting drunk or stoned behin...

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Warming Arctic: Open Seas, Abandoned Lands

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 08.20.2011 | Green

Read More: Sustainability, Alaska, Sustainable Food, Arctic, Shipping, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News

Visualize the summer of 2050, and you might see an Alaskan Arctic bustling with maritime activity. Commercial ships from Japan and the United States ...

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