Inch by Inch, Great Lakes Shrink, and Cargo Carriers Face Losses
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As water levels in the Great Lakes fall, ships that ferry bulk materials across them must lighten their loads, adding millions to shipping companiesâ operating costs.
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NEW YORK -- As larger US airlines suffer growing losses, low-cost carriers, previously thought to be invincible, are not far behind, industry experts say, due to soaring jet fuel prices, low air fares, and more competition.
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By Vivian Austin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 1--GAUTIER -- George Cargo said his departure would not stall building permits and code enforcement done by the Gautier Planning Department.  "The whole department is in good shape," Carbo said Wednesday, his last day on the job.
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The busy shipping lanes in and out of Boston Harbor will be narrowed and shifted northward Sunday in a bid to lower the risk of rare right whales being killed by ships.
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By John Weiss, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun.
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By Howard W. French  Where as many 10,000 fishing boats once docked, today only a few bob in a long, serpentine harbor here still flecked with wrecks. All along the shoreline, families that only recently made a rich living from the sea stare glumly at reminders of their loss.
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An environmental coalition is calling for a halt on international ships entering the U.S. Great Lakes.
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Dubai Ports World warned yesterday that its deal to sell off major port operations in six US cities may fall apart if the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey does not drop demands for a multimillion-dollar payment.
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Retailers gearing up for their annual sales push are being forced to wait - thanks to a backup of cargo ships, railroads and truck lines.
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Salvage teams fear for three stranded ships, with warnings of more bad weather across the country
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The cap of floating sea ice on the Arctic Ocean this year shrank more than one million square miles below the average minimum area reached in recent decades.
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The Coast Guard lowered a salvage team to a freighter that broke in two pieces when it ran aground off Alaskaâs coast, seen as a key step toward cleaning up a destructive, oily mess stretching for miles.
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Water levels in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, although constantly in flux, are showing a steady decrease, experts say.  Lake levels can rise or drop as much as 6 feet in only a matter of years.
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ At the Golden Gate, the sea is rising.  In the Sierra Nevada, the snowpack is shrinking.  These developments, attributable to a warming climate, threaten one of California's most indispensable resources: water.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ With barge and crane, workers Monday started offloading 2,000 metric tons of bauxite in hopes of lightening and freeing the Clipper Lasco, a 645-foot freighter grounded off Fort Lauderdale. "It's just like taking sand and dumping it in a bucket," U.S. Coast Guard Lt.
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The news seems to get worse by the day for the carriers.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska A salvage team has reached a wrecked freighter in the Bering Sea off Alaska&#39;s coast. For days, the Coast Guard has been trying to get people on the ship, which has broken in two and is oozing oil, diesel fuel and soybeans.