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NEW YORK, Dec 27- Oil terminals in the New York Harbor are expected to operate through a dock workers strike scheduled for later this week, traders and sources close to port operations said on Thursday.
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The threat of imminent labor unrest at four U.S. Pacific Northwest ports was averted on Wednesday as the dockworkers union said its members would stay on the job despite "substandard" contract terms being imposed unilaterally by grain shippers.
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SEATTLE, Dec 26- The threat of imminent labor unrest at four U.S. The shipping companies declared a formal impasse in stalled contract talks with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union days after nearly 3,000 rank-and-file union members voted overwhelmingly to reject management's "last, best and final" offer.
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The International Longshoremen's Association, the union representing the dock workers, and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, the group of shippers and port operators, have been bargaining since March, but reportedly remain far from a deal covering cargo handling at 15 ports on the U.S.
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Dec 19- A final version of new U.S. economic sanctions against Iran would give the Obama administration more time to implement measures aimed at its energy, shipping and port sectors, but otherwise was little changed from an initial draft released last month.
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BRASILIA, Dec 6- Brazil's government launched a $26 billion port investment program on Thursday to reduce the high costs and notorious delays in shipping goods in and out of the major commodities exporter.
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A U.S. port workers union has accused APM Terminals, a port operator of A.P. Moller-Maersk, of spying on union representatives in Los Angeles by tapping their phones.
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COPENHAGEN, Dec 6- A U.S. port workers union has accused APM Terminals, a port operator of A.P. Moller-Maersk, of spying on union representatives in Los Angeles by tapping their phones.
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*Work stoppage cost Southern California an estimated $8 billion. LOS ANGELES, Dec 5- The largest U.S. cargo shipping complex resumed full operations on Wednesday after harbor clerks and management settled an eight-day strike that left two Southern California ports mostly idle, sapping the region's economy of an estimated $8 billion.
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*Work stoppage cost Southern California an estimated $8 billion. LOS ANGELES, Dec 5- The United States' largest cargo shipping complex was set to resume full operations on Wednesday after harbor clerks and management settled an eight-day strike that left the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach mostly idle, sapping the region's economy of an estimated $8 billion.
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*Labor dispute cost Southern California about $8 billion. LOS ANGELES, Dec 4- Striking harbor clerks reached a tentative deal with management at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Tuesday night, settling an eight-day labor clash that has idled most of America's biggest cargo-shipping complex.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 4- Striking harbor clerks reached a tentative deal with management at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Tuesday night, settling an eight-day labor clash that has idled most of America's biggest cargo-shipping complex.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 4- Striking harbor clerks reached a tentative contract deal with management at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Tuesday night, settling a week-old labor clash that has idled most of America's biggest cargo-shipping complex.
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*Work stoppage cost Southern California an estimated $8 billion. LOS ANGELES, Dec 5- The largest U.S. cargo shipping complex resumed full operations on Wednesday after harbor clerks and management settled an eight-day strike that left two Southern California ports mostly idle, sapping the region's economy of an estimated $8 billion.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 1- A strike by clerical workers at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach idled most of the busiest U.S. cargo shipping complex for a fifth day on Saturday as container-laden vessels waited to be unloaded and marathon contract talks stretched into the night.
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*Aims to close Turkey- Iran' gold for gas' loophole. WASHINGTON, Nov 30- The U.S. Senate on Friday resoundingly approved new sanctions on trade with Iran's energy, port, shipping and ship-building sectors, its latest effort to ratchet up economic pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 30- The U.S. Senate resoundingly approved new sanctions on trade with Iran's energy, port, shipping and ship-building sectors on Friday, its latest effort to ratchet up economic pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program. Senators voted 94-0 to make the new sanctions part of an annual defense policy bill.
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*Aims to close Turkey- Iran' gold for gas' loophole. WASHINGTON, Nov 30- The U.S. Senate on Friday resoundingly approved new sanctions on trade with Iran's energy, port, shipping and ship-building sectors, its latest effort to ratchet up economic pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 29- The U.S. Senate is set to consider a broader set of economic sanctions on Iran's energy, port, shipping and shipbuilding sectors, as lawmakers look for new ways to pressure Tehran to stop efforts to enrich uranium to levels that could be used in weapons.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 29- The U.S. Senate is set to consider a broader set of economic sanctions on Iran's energy, port, shipping and shipbuilding sectors, as lawmakers look for new ways to pressure Tehran to stop efforts to enrich uranium to levels that could be used in weapons.