Tag: united states
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Port Truck Drivers Who Haul Boron From Rio Tinto Mines to Port of Los Angeles Continue Strike
September 12: Port truck drivers employed by NFI Industries’ California Cartage Express (CCX) subsidiary, who claim the company illegally classifies them as “independent contractors,” walked off the job early Monday […]
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Lebanon Hopes U.S. Will Resume Mediation in Border Disputes with Israel
September 10: Lebanon’s president said he hopes the United States will resume mediation efforts to resolve a land and sea border dispute with Israel, after the man who had been […]
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US Destroyer Docks at Beirut Port For First Time in 30 Years
September 15: The USS RAMAGE docked at Beirut Port on Saturday, marking the first time that an American vessel has docked in Lebanon in over 30 years. The US Embassy tweeted that […]
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NFI/California Cartage Express Drivers on Strike; Picket Lines at Port of Los Angeles
September 09: Drivers demanding an end to unfair and illegal discrimination for aspiring to form a union at their company; picket lines to extend from Port of Los Angeles to […]
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Hurricane Dorian Washes Up Bricks of Cocaine On Florida Beaches
September 04: As Hurricane Dorian churns off the coast of Florida, hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cocaine have washed up on Florida’s shoreline. More than a dozen bricks […]
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Coast Guard Sweep Brings Approx. $38.5 Million of Cocaine to Port of LA
September 03: The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter “Ward” brought in a hefty illegal drug haul on its first counter-smuggling patrol in the eastern Pacific. Multiple drug interceptions were discovered and […]
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Iran to Free Seven Crew Members of Seized British Tanker
September 04: Iran has said it will free seven crew members of a British-flagged tanker seized in the Strait of Hormuz in July, as the country’s president gave Europe a […]
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Port of Long Beach Secures $4.8 Million Security Grant
September 03: The Port of Long Beach, the second-busiest seaport in the US, will receive a grant of $4,777,500 from the US Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, to […]
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China Rejects U.S. Warship’s Visit Amid Trade War Tensions
August 28: China has denied an American warship permission to visit a Chinese port, the United States Navy said on Wednesday, an apparent reflection of flaring trade and military tensions […]
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Pentagon Launches Maritime Security Effort Amid De-Escalation with Iran
August 29: Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters Aug. 28 he’s not ready to say that recent US-Iran tensions have subsided, but that the Pentagon is holding out hope for […]