Tag: Transportation and shipping
Supply bottlenecks leave ships stranded, businesses stymied
NEW YORK — A trade bottleneck born of the COVID-19 outbreak has U.S. businesses anxiously awaiting goods from Asia — while off the coast...
California officials appeal for Asian attorney general
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Elected officials from California's Asian and Pacific Islander communities urged Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday to appoint an attorney general of...
Port operator DP World sees 2020 profits drop 29% amid virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai-based port operator DP World announced Thursday its profits slid 29% in 2020 from the previous year to $846...
EXPLAINER: Will you need a ‘vaccine passport’ to travel?
Airlines and others in the travel industry are throwing their support behind so-called vaccine passports to boost pandemic-depressed travel, and authorities in Europe could...
Agents found no evidence of backdated ballots, report says
HARRISBURG, Pa. — U.S. Postal Service investigators did not find evidence of any backdated presidential election ballots in the post office in Erie, Pennsylvania,...
Buttigieg says Biden plan will usher new transportation era
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Thursday that an infrastructure plan expected soon from President Joe Biden will offer a “once in a...
Plane’s front landing gear collapses on takeoff in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Viva Aerobus airline said Thursday that the front landing gear on one of its passenger jets collapsed while the plane...
Jury convicts former NW Indiana mayor of bribery in retrial
HAMMOND, Ind. — A federal jury convicted a former northwestern Indiana mayor on a bribery charge Friday in his retrial on allegations he solicited...
N. Dakota House cools to bill seen as helping Hoeven’s bank
BISMARCK, N.D. — Republican North Dakota House leaders on Friday signaled a reluctance to fully support a proposal to would funnel $10 million to...
Critics say rail facility bailout would help Hoeven’s bank
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s Republican-led Legislature is considering giving $10 million to an intermodal rail facility, a move backers say will reduce shipping...