Day: October 30, 2009

Columbia River channel project nears blasting phase

Oct 30, 2009

A contractor from Chico, Calif., will begin dynamiting solid rock in the Warrior Rock stretch of the Columbia just upstream of the Lewis River. The channel-deepening project … has involved cutting the shipping lane 3 feet...

Neptune Orient Has Longest Losing Streak in 8 Months

Oct 30, 2009

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd., Asia’s third-largest container line, completed its longest losing run in almost eight months in Singapore trading after predicting “significant losses” through at least the first half of 2010....