Word: transport
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...process also carries the risk of worker safety in transport and use of radioactive materials...
...support the coalition. But the far left and the far right oppose the plan, and Mapam, a tiny leftist party, has threatened to pull its six members out of the Labor alignment if the unity government is formed. But the majority of Knesset members probably agreed with outgoing Transport Minister Haim Corfu, who noted, "Labor and Likud are not getting together because they want to, but because of the difficult reality posed by the economy...
...carriers could meet. Representatives from about 50 domestic and 15 international carriers last week began a six-day session in Crystal City, Va., outside Washington, to work out new flight schedules. Ordinarily highly competitive, the officials pledged cooperation. Said Dan Henkin, a vice president of the Air Transport Association: "There is a strong desire to work something out and a driving force for speed." The unofficial deadline is Sept. 19, when the fall edition of the Official Airline Guide goes to press...
...contributed four mine-searching vessels, which have wooden hulls to reduce the risk of setting off magnetic mines. France has sent four minesweepers and two support ships to the region. The U.S. dispatched four Sea Stallion helicopters and a contingent of about 200 men aboard the Shreveport, an amphibious transport vessel that entered the Gulf of Suez at midweek. The Shreveport joined the U.S. oceanographic ship the Harkness, where 15 mine-warfare experts were already at work. Later the U.S. sent three helicopters to Saudi Arabia at the Saudis' request. Italian vessels were due in the area this week...
Locked into its no-win war with Iraq for almost four years, Iran has been either unable or unwilling to launch a land offensive that has been expected since March. Iraq, deprived of its export facilities in the gulf, has been unable to transport enough oil over its remaining outlet via Turkey to meet its quotas under the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Work is expected to begin soon on two pipeline projects, including one that would cut across Jordan to the port of Aqaba, and another that would join with Saudi Arabia's petroline and carry Iraqi...