The Manatee County Port Authority has approved a $2.1 million bid for dredging work for a new, 1,584-foot berth at Port Manatee as part of a $150 million, 10-year port expansion to accommodate container shipping. ...more

June 30, 2009

A move to arrest a prominent opposition leader sent thousands of anti-government protesters into the streets of the country's second-largest city Friday, accusing President Hugo Chavez of launching a new attack against his critics. ...more

March 20, 2009

These are indeed difficult times. Floridians are losing their jobs, consumer consumption is at very low levels, global trade volumes are declining and Florida is facing a significant budget deficit. Yet this is also a time of opportunity for us as a state to create jobs now and position our economy for the future. ...more

March 15, 2009

World trade more or less quadrupled from 1982 to 2008. Most economists either did not foresee the universal array of economic calamity which dramatically manifested itself in the fourth quarter of 2008 or chose to remain mum. ...more

March 6, 2009

The Coast Guard will begin enforcement today of a federal security identification badge and background program at Tampa, St. Petersburg and Manatee seaports to allow workers unescorted access to 68 port facilities. ...more

January 13, 2009

The Coast Guard will begin enforcement Tuesday of a federal security identification badge and background program at Tampa, St. Petersburg and Manatee seaports to allow workers unescorted access to 68 port facilities. ...more

January 12, 2009

The Port of Tampa along with nine other U.S. seaports accounted for 83 percent of the American cruise industry's passenger traffic last year, the Cruise Lines International Association, a trade group in Fort Lauderdale, said in a new report. ...more

October 22, 2008

Carnival Cruise Lines, which sails out of the Port of Tampa and four other Florida seaports, said it will raise ticket prices by an undisclosed amount but eliminate fuel surcharges for 2010 cruises. ...more

October 14, 2008

President Bush sent American troops to Georgia on Wednesday to oversee a "vigorous and ongoing" humanitarian mission, in a direct challenge to Russia's display of military dominance over the region. ...more

August 14, 2008

A Department of Homeland Security program to strengthen port security has gaps that terrorists could exploit to smuggle weapons of mass destruction in cargo containers, congressional investigators have found. ...more

May 27, 2008