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Coast Guard Sets Port Condition WHISKEY for Seaports in the USVI and Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — Coast Guard Captain of the Port San Juan set Port Condition WHISKEY, Wednesday, for all seaports in the U.S. Virgins Islands and Puerto Rico due to Tropical…

John McCarthy October 19, 2023

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‘Help’: Colombia Rescues Sailor Adrift In Caribbean For 24 Days

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Colombian navy rescued a man from Dominica who says he survived 24 days adrift in the Caribbean on a sailboat by eating ketchup, garlic powder…

John McCarthy January 19, 2023

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Senator Francis Heyliger Voices Concern Over Crowley’s Departure

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Senator Alma Francis Heyliger on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, expressed heightened concern when learning of the suspension of services by Crowley Shipping to the Leeward Islands and…

John McCarthy December 12, 2021

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COVID-19 Drops Maritime Freight Figures In Latin America and the Caribbean

SANTIAGO — Maritime freight loaded and discharged in Latin America and the Caribbean is estimated to have fallen by 3.4 percent between 2019 and 2020, according to UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime…

John McCarthy November 18, 2021

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ALL SOULS LOST: No Response As Divers Knock On Capsized Oil Ship Hull

PORT FOURCHON, La. — Families anxiously awaited news of the 12 people missing from a capsized oil industry vessel Thursday while divers searching for survivors knocked on the ship’s hull…

VI Free Press April 16, 2021