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Trump bans cruise ships departing from the US from travelling to Cuba

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The Trump administration on Tuesday ended the most popular forms of US travel to Cuba, banning cruise ships and a heavily used category of educational travel in an attempt to cut off cash to the island’s communist government. “We will communicate to our guests and travel partners as additional information becomes available.”

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Home Stretch

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The expanded Canal will permit super-sized Post-Panamax container vessels to travel directly to the East and Gulf Coasts of the U.S. The big ports of Virginia, Baltimore and Miami already are at that depth. for the first time. Savannah is deepening its harbor to 47 feet from 42 feet, and aims to complete the project in 2018.

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Location Focus: Florida – Rebounded And Ready

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Located on the Gulf of Mexico in Southwest Florida, Cape Coral is the largest city between Tampa and Miami. To travel from Vancouver to our mine in Patagonia—a three-hour flight south of Santiago, Chile—it would take almost a full 40 hours to get there,” he says. From Miami, we can make the trip in only 15 hours, even with a layover.”.

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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These ports are reminding cross-country destinations that they can still get containers to them faster over land than it will take the big ships traveling through the Canal to reach East and Gulf Coast Ports. MIAMI: A GLOBAL LOGISTICS HUB. It is the fourth busiest East Coast port for container traffic with 1.51 Photo: NJ.com.).

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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The expanded Canal will permit super-sized Post-Panamax container vessels to travel directly to the East and Gulf Coasts of the U.S. The big ports of Virginia, Baltimore and Miami already are at that depth. Now—fingers crossed—the word from Panama is that the expanded Canal is “96 percent complete.” for the first time.

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Locations For The Food Processing Industry: The Food Puzzle

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Their primary customers include nationwide grocers and other vendors, and the greenhouse environment greatly reduces the carbon footprint and “food miles” produce travels to reach consumers. These growing environments allow Golden Fresh Farms to provide higher crop yields compared to traditional, field-grown products. Bob Evans Farms, LLC.