Word: transport
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...British Transport Secretary John MacGregor called the prevalence of substandard vessels an "international disgrace" -- a statement corroborated, oddly enough, by the oil industry. A report by Shell Petroleum indicated that 20% of the world's oil fleet was suitable only for "the scrapyard." At the moment, the world's seaways are becoming scrap-yards. Even as politicians debated what to do, the Maersk Navigator, a Danish supertanker that collided with a ship near Sumatra two weeks ago, was still burning -- and still spewing...
...from the acting Pentagon inspector general, which recommends disciplinary measures against a cluster of Air Force generals and civilian procurement specialists. The report accuses several Pentagon officials of advancing McDonnell Douglas Corp. $500 million in 1990 to see the aerospace giant through troubles associated with the C-17 military transport plane. The report urges disciplinary action for three generals and two civilians alleged to be involved in the scandal. McDonnell Douglas and the Air Force dismissed the more than 100-page report as old news, but the inspector general's recommendation for disciplinary and possibly criminal sanctions was a startling...
Hundreds of boats -- some still unfinished -- that were reportedly being readied to transport thousands of refugees to the U.S. after Jan. 20 stood idle at docks all over the island last week as Haitians tried to figure out what to do. A barricade of 17 U.S. Coast Guard cutters and five Navy ships offshore has temporarily halted the threatened exodus inspired by Clinton's campaign promise to ease asylum rules. When Haitians took his election victory as a guarantee of Uncle Sam's embrace and began to build more boats, Clinton quickly announced he would follow Bush's policy...
...small amount of liquid phosphorous-32, a radioactive isotope of the element, leaked from a transport cart on route to a protective waste room. A researcher discovered traces of the radioactive isotope while conducting daily standard safety procedures...
...service also includes three shuttle vans that transport Harvard affilitates who have physical disabilities and are unable to safely use the buses, Tempesta says...