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Big Ships to Foster Change at West Coast Ports

From the Journal of Commerce:

On March 16, 2012, Fabiola docked at the Port of Long Beach, breaking earlier records for the largest container ship at a U.S. port, and at any North American port. It is 1,200 feet long.

The March 16 arrival of the massive ship Fabiola at the Port of Long [...]

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Mexico’s secretary of economy: We deserve a seat at trade table

The following opinion piece was published in the Dallas Morning News on behalf of Bruno Ferrari García de Alba, Mexico’s secretary of economy:

Bruno Ferrari de Alba says the United States should take the lead to give Mexico a seat at the Trans-Pacific Partnership table.

While governments and the public have been concentrating on challenges [...]

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First of more than 200 anticipated cruise ships in 2012 arrives in Seattle

‘Each one of those ships means over $2 million for the local economy, and over 4,300 regional jobs during the cruise season,’ said Port Commission president Gael Tarleton in a statement.

On Saturday, the 2012 season’s first cruise ship arrived in the Port of Seattle’s Smith Cove Cruise Terminal. The Holland America Line’s MS [...]

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