Panama Canal Expansion Raises Expectations in Houston
From his office window, Ricky Kunz, the Port of Houston Authority’s vice president for origination, watched the action unfold. As workers drove Volkswagens off one vessel onto a dock, a neighboring ship was loaded with cargo, destined for the Far East. Freighters that dock at one of the world’s busiest ports cannot afford to leave empty.
The port is overseeing $3 billion in updates to its berths and cranes and other facilities, many of which are being completed in anticipation of the 2014 debut of the expanded Panama Canal.
Local officials agree that the canal’s expansion will ...
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raffaele cafagna
A new report by the Pew Center on the States finds that more than 1.8 million dead people are currently registered to vote,and 24 million registrations are either invalid or inaccurate.
AN IDEA? “The squeeky wheel gets the oil” Everyone reading this should send an email to the Secretary of State with a CC to the State Attorney General demanding that the voter registration list be investigated for fraudulently listed deceased persons. Next, send a letter to the editor of your local newspaper challanging local and Stte officials to investigate. THIS IS PEOPLE POWER use it and do something instead of waiting for someone else to do it.
ONLY U.S. CITIZENS CAN VOTE ; Voting dead people is one of the major reasons why photo id is required to vote. I know this is going to be a hardship for democrat voters because it will be more difficult for dead voters to vote. Maybe it will be more difficult for democrats to steal elections. And why is it always democrats that have these voter problems?
Jerry Lobdill
Will this expansion accommodate supertankers or LNG ships?
Sheridan Phillips via Texas Tribune on Facebook
This needs a story on rising sea levels with global warming. Look at the projections...being considered? Naw, just profits. The wrong profit activity. Outdated thinking.