25 Oct 2000
Tanker Shortage To Squeeze Northeast's Oil Supply
A shortage of U.S. oil tankers will cut sharply into Northeast heating oil and gasoline supplies next month and will add to upward price pressure to refined products through the winter…
25 Oct 2000
Mississippi Traffic Stalled
Barge traffic on the upper Mississippi River was slowed on Oct. 24 when a 600-foot section of the river was closed to remove 1,400 tons of rock that was dislodged from a barge, a river official said.
25 Oct 2000
HK, U.K. Sign Double Taxation Legislation
Hong Kong signed an agreement with Britain to avoid double taxation on shipping, exempting owners of Hong Kong ships from paying tax levied on cargo taken up in Britain, and vice versa.
25 Oct 2000
Divers Make First Hole In Kursk, Send Camera Inside
Divers trying to recover the remains of 118 sailors from the wreck of the Kursk submarine have cut the first man-sized hole in the vessel, a Russian navy spokesman said.
