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SAN DIEGO - Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on Wednesday said it was an honor to name the last of 14 Lewis and Clark-class cargo ships after the late farm worker activist Cesar Chavez - pointing out that the vessels recognize American pioneers and visionaries who changed the country and the world for the better.
Mabus also praised the mostly Latino workforce attending Wednesday's ceremony at the San Diego shipyard where the boat is being built, saying "because of what you do, you make our Navy stronger and our America more secure.
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- United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. F/V Alice Amanda, With Its Fishing Gear, Furniture, Appurtenances, Stores and Cargo, Vessel Documentation Number 943737, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. F/V Alice Amanda, With Its Fishing Gear, Furniture, Appurtenances, Stores and Cargo, Vessel Documentation Number 943737, Defendant-Appellee., 987 F.2d 1078 (4th Cir. 1993)
Waverley Lee Berkley, III, Jett, Berkley, Furr & Padgett, Norfolk, VA, argued, for defendant-appellant.
Jacques B. Gelin, Environment and Natural Res...
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The crew of a U.S.-flagged ship battled pirates and regained control of the vessel hours after it was boarded by gunmen off the Somali coast Wednesday, but the American captain remained a hostage, U.S. officials and crew members said.
Earlier, U.S. defense officials had said they were weighing "all options" to free the cargo ship, which had at least 20 Americans aboard.
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In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart B), notice is hereby given of the actions on special permits applications in (January to November 2011). The mode of transportation involved are identified by a number in the ``Nature of Application'' portion of the table below as follows: 1--Motor vehicle, 2--Rail freight, 3--Cargo vessel, 4--Cargo aircraft only, 5-- Passenger-carrying aircraft. Application numbers prefixed by the letters EE represent applications for Emergency Special Permits. It should be noted that some of the sections cited were those in effect at the time certain special permits were issued.
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In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given of the actions on special permits applications in (February to March 2012). The mode of transportation involved are identified by a number in the ``Nature of Application'' portion of the table below as follows: 1--Motor vehicle, 2--Rail freight, 3--Cargo vessel, 4--Cargo aircraft only, 5--Passenger-carrying aircraft. Application numbers prefixed by the letters EE represent applications for Emergency Special Permits. It should be noted that some of the sections cited were those in effect at the time certain special permits were issued.
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In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given of the actions on special permits applications in (November to January 2012). The mode of transportation involved are identified by a number in the ``Nature of Application'' portion of the table below as follows: 1--Motor vehicle, 2--Rail freight, 3--Cargo vessel, 4--Cargo aircraft only, 5--Passenger-carrying aircraft. Application numbers prefixed by the letters EE represent applications for Emergency Special Permits. It should be noted that some of the sections cited were those in effect at the time certain special permits were issued.
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This is the fourth part of Janet Landfried's series on her recent trip to French Polynesia on the cargo-passenger vessel Aranui 3.
On the island of Fatu Hiva, the southernmost of the Marquesas, we were taken to watch a demonstration of the creation of tapa or bark cloth.