Why are conservatives suddenly up in arms about the Jones Act? Because, they claim, it’s a labor-inspired rule that’s obstructing aid to a Gulf Coast being ravaged by the BP oil spill. This is, as it happens,...
Read MoreA comprehensive look at Washington’s ports as an engine for economic development is the subject of a legislative study committee when it meets in Tacoma on July 9. The Legislative Committee on Economic Development and...
Read MoreTwenty-four foreign vessels are already working in the Gulf, according to Clark Stevens, a spokesman for the Homeland Security Department, in a phone interview. Coast Guard Rear Admiral James A. Watson, the federal on-scene...
Read MoreMaersk Chief Executive Nils Andersen told reporters in Singapore that Maersk will also keep adding to container box levels this year and the next to address the global shortage in the industry. “It will come back to...
Read MoreOn June 25 Tony León, Secretary-General of Venezuela’s National Workers Union of the Ministry of People’s Power for Energy and Petroleum, met with U.S. workers and union leaders during the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit. León...
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