Cristobal closes Port of New Orleans terminals

Port of New Orleans terminals were closed Monday after Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana, on Sunday evening.

Although the storm had been downgraded to a tropical depression and moved east on Monday, terminals were closed “given the continued heavy rainfall and uncertainty of rain and wind conditions,” said Renee Aragon Dolese, Port NOLA’s director of marketing and communications.

She said Port NOLA expected normal business operations at the New Orleans Terminal and...

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US labour union president charged with accepting bribes

The president of a New Jersey local of the International Longshoreman’s Association, the union that covers dockworkers on the US east and Gulf coasts, has been arrested for bribery. Glenn Blicht faces 20 years in prison, according to this report from CNBC, if he is found guilty of demanding and receiving some $150,000 in bribes over a 10-year period. It is alleged that Mr Blicht demanded cash from an unnamed …

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