Cargo

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'Time is money' | Shipping agents help keep cargo coming
(Daily Press - Oct 5, 2008)

T he checklist to get a container ship into Hampton Roads is exhaustive.

www.dailypress.com/business/dp-porttab_agents_1005oct05,0,73...

'Security is issue No. 1' | Officers ensure cargo safe, legal
(Daily Press - Oct 5, 2008)

O n a sweltering day in June, a group of U.S. Customs and Border Protection workers in a small warehouse in Chesapeake surrounded their most recent seizure, a stolen jet-black Mercedes-Benz CL550 destined for Asia.

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Thieves hit 2 sites on NSU campus in Davie
(Miami Herald - Oct 5, 2008)

Thieves have been busy at a college campus in Davie. Someone entered a cargo trailer at a construction site at Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Ave., between 5 p.m. Sept. 12 and 7 a.m. Sept. 15 and stole a circular saw, an air compressor and an air impact wrench valued at a total of $415.

www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/cooper-davie-southwest/stor...

News from around the state: New rules reject sweeping ban
(Detroit Free Press - Oct 5, 2008)

Great Lakes freight haulers will continue sweeping residues of iron ore, coal, limestone and other cargo overboard under a new federal policy that rejects environmentalists' pleas to end the practice.

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Savings can pile up for home recycling
(Everett Herald - Oct 5, 2008)

Nickel Bros. is not the only company that moves Herculean cargo, but it does something unusual: It buys homes destined for the dump, moves them on its own dime and resells them.

www.heraldnet.com/article/20081005/NEWS01/710059940

LAX cargo traffic sees 16% drop
(Daily Breeze - Oct 5, 2008)

Air deliveries are down from last year's figures as shippers switch to lower-cost sea movement.

www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_10641795?source=rss

Under public's radar, cargo thieves keep on trucking
(Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Oct 5, 2008)

Organized gangs are methodically stealing billions of dollars' worth of goods from trucks and are rarely caught.

www.startribune.com/nation/30397454.html

Oregon barge maker updates design
(KHNL News 8 Honolulu - Oct 5, 2008)

COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon shipyard has unveiled the Kamakani, a 438-foot deck cargo barge. The Kamakani, which means "Heavenly Wind" in Hawaiian, will be used to transport building supplies, forest products and other materials to the island state.

www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=9124975

Giant jet to haul Colorado cargo from DIA
(Rocky Mountain News - Oct 4, 2008)

A Russian-made Antonov 124, one of the largest airplanes in the world, touched down in Denver on Friday and is set to leave today, loaded with technology developed by a Lakewood company.

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Cargo volume down at Kahului Harbor
(Honolulu Advertiser - Oct 4, 2008)

KAHULUI - The volume of cargo coming through Kahului Harbor is down sharply, although the total of interisland and overseas port calls has not changed much, The Maui News reported today.

www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081003/BREAKING01/81003...