Cruise passengers airlifted from ship off Florida coast ahead of Hurricane Milton’s wrath
Dramatic footage has captured sick passengers being evacuated from the luxury liner in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean as the cruise ship ran aground several miles off the coast of Florida as it awaited Hurricane Milton. The Sun Princess was forced to turn around before entering Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, ahead of […]
Hurricane Milton ‘Not Just an Event About the West Coast of Florida’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) held another press conference Tuesday afternoon, saying there was “still a lot of uncertainty” about where the eye of Hurricane Milton would land. warned that “this is not just about Hurricane Milton.” It will affect the East Coast as well as the West Coast of Florida. The governor said the […]
Threat to Florida's west coast increased with Hurricane Milton
Milton strengthened from a tropical storm to a hurricane on Sunday, increasing the threat to Florida's west coast, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). “While it is too early to determine the exact scale and location of the greatest impacts, parts of the west coast of the Florida peninsula are at increased risk of […]
Port strike grinds coffee shipments to a halt at East and Gulf Coast ports
John DeCicco Jr., CEO of DeCicco & Sons, details the impact of the longshoremen's strike on his company as it prepares for fruit shortages. The strike currently in progress is Unionized longshoremen The unloading of imported coffee has been suspended at Eastern and Gulf ports, tightening supplies for coffee drinkers in the United States, the […]
Biden Confuses Israeli Strikes in Yemen with East Coast Port Strike
President Joe Biden on Sunday confused Israel's offensive against the Houthis in Yemen with the ongoing attack on East Coast ports. After returning from a weekend in Rehoboth Beach, a reporter asked him, “Do you have any comments to make about the strikes in Yemen, Mr. President?” “I've talked to both sides. They have to […]
Port strike: West Coast port CEO confident facility can handle increased capacity
Greg Dowd, CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation, speaks on “The Bottom Line” about the impact a port strike could have on various industries and the economy. The CEO of the Port of Long Beach is confident Southern California will be able to handle the increase in cargo caused by the longshoremen's strike at […]
Dockworkers go on strike at East and Gulf Coast ports
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross responded to shippers making counteroffers to the ILA on Craman Countdown. Longshoremen who formed a union Strikes were held early Tuesday at 36 ports on the Eastern and Gulf Coasts as negotiations over new contracts with groups representing port employers stalled. The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), which represents […]
Port strike: Can West Coast ports absorb East and Gulf Coast import volumes?
Gene Seroka, Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles, discusses the key issue of the impending Kabuto Port Strike: Coast to Coast. potential strike Unionized longshoremen It could begin Tuesday at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, raising questions about whether West Coast ports are viable alternative destinations for offloading cargo. The International Longshoremen's […]
Major East Coast ports expected to see disruptions due to strike
Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, discusses important issues surrounding the impending port strike on Kabuto: Coast to Coast. Thirty ports along the East Coast and Gulf Coast face the possibility of work stoppages as new contracts between port employers and longshoremen expire. Tens of thousands of longshoremen could walk off […]
Florida sailor, Earl Barcome, and dog rescued by US Coast Guard from sailboat he was living on
A Florida sailor said he told his dog “Today is not the day to die” when his dream boat started sinking and was rescued in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday after being hit by Hurricane Helen. Earl Barkham and his 10-year-old golden retriever, Gunn, lived in a 36-foot sailboat named Selkie for a year […]