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Gas tax hike would hurt truckers, Md. economy
With the stunning end to Maryland's General Assembly, many have opined of the need to raise the gas tax in the anticipated special session ("Baltimore gets stranded," April 17). Supporters state that the "business community" overwhelmingly favors such...Tags: Port of Baltimore, Highway Transportation, Business, Transportation, Commuting
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Tuesday
WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and a high around 51 degrees. The low temperature is expected to be around 38 degrees tonight.
TRAFFIC
Here are today's morning traffic issues.
OCCUPY BALTIMORE
Follow Justin Fenton on Twitter to...Tags: Baltimore County, Inner Harbor, FedEx Corporation, Maryland State Police, Luke Scott
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FedEx predicts busiest shipping day in its history
On a day expected to be the busiest in FedEx's 40-year history, Diane Maleski got to work extra early — at 4:30 a.m. That was long before the first trucks arrived from the airport bearing parcels that would be piled onto conveyor belts, sorted by...Tags: Mail Order Industry, Consumers, E-Commerce Industry, Christmas, Religious Festivals
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Baltimore vs. Norfolk: A tale of two ports
It was just one headline among many of its kind in The Baltimore Sun during the 1980s and 1990s: "Baltimore loses round to Va."
The 1995 article noted that the shipping giant Maersk Lines was ending its service between South America and the port of...Tags: Bob McDonnell, Railway Transportation, Concerts, Regional Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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U.S. trade imbalance stretches ability to store cargo in Baltimore, other ports
Sun StaffFor executives like Tom Matte, the huge U.S. trade imbalance presents a constant shell game. A senior manager for an international auto handler, Matte must find storage space for hundreds of Hondas arriving in the bellies of hulking cargo ships from...Tags: China, Passenger Cars, Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Japan, General Motors Corp.
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A new chief at port's helm
Sun StaffState officials promised a new era of cooperation in announcing the appointment yesterday of F. Brooks Royster III as director of the port of Baltimore, but the longtime maritime industry executive comes into the job mindful of the messy public spat...Tags: Jim White, Dundalk, Trips and Vacations, Port of Miami, Cruise Line Ports
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Ehrlich objects to port deal
Sun reportersGov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said yesterday that he was concerned that a state-owned company in the United Arab Emirates could gain control of some operations at the port of Baltimore - the highest-ranking Maryland official to weigh in on what has ballooned...Tags: Key West, Cruise Line Ports, Regional Authority, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Scrutiny of foreign deals urged
Sun ReporterPresident Bush is coming under growing pressure to toughen the government's scrutiny of future transactions, as the furor continues over an Arab firm's purchase of some U.S. port operations, including in Baltimore. Lawmakers in both parties are advancing...Tags: Patty Murray, Prosecution, Andrew Lewis, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, George Mason
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Full speed ahead
SunSpot StaffHurt by the geographic reality of its position far from the open ocean, the Port of Baltimore has struggled for years to keep the ships coming. But a series of recent deals promise better times ahead. James J. White, executive director of the Maryland...Tags: Dundalk, Automotive Equipment, Cruise Line Ports, Inner Harbor, Shipbuilding
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One world, linked by containers
Los Angeles TimesWhen striking dockworkers paralyzed West Coast ports in 1971, President Nixon waited three months to force them back to work. But with cargo ships backed up from San Diego to Seattle, few expect President Bush to take anywhere near that long to step in...Tags: Richard Nixon, Consumers, Japan, Alan Greenspan, Furniture
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New deals point way for a changing port
Sun StaffIf there was one moment last year that characterized the gradual transformation of Baltimore's port, it probably came in late June. That's when local longshoremen agreed to amended work rules that shipping line Wallenius Wilhelmsen demanded as part of its...Tags: Locust Point, Passenger Cars, Dundalk, Ford Motor Co., UPM-Kymmene Corporation
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COLUMN-Asia rice market playing chicken: Clyde Russell
Reuters--Clyde Russell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.-- By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia, May 29 (Reuters) - There's something quite curious afoot in Asia's rice markets with prices near a seven-month high even as...Tags: Yingluck Shinawatra, Consumers, Bangkok (Thailand), Vietnam, Thailand
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