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Commerce Department plans WASHINGTON, DC — Francisco Sánchez, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, will lead a historic trade mission to Baghdad, Iraq, in October. Sánchez will accompany representatives from 15 U.S. companies on the department’s first trade mission to Iraq since the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq. “The U.S.-Iraq bilateral relationship is entering a new phase of commercial engagement,” Under Secretary Sánchez said. “This trade mission will connect American and Iraqi companies in a partnership to rebuild the Iraqi economy. This mission will be economically and commercially beneficial to U.S. and Iraqi firms, and the citizens of Iraq.”
Port Angeles HarborWorks PORT ANGELES — The Port of Port Angeles reports that
Port Angeles HarborWorks has announced it is unable to
negotiate an agreement for the purchase and cleanup of
the former Rayonier Mill Site property. The dissolution
of HarborWorks will occur in the next thirty days in
keeping with the Charter Agreement. The port engaged with
the City of Port Angeles and formed HarborWorks in 2008
with two specific objectives:
Coast Guard teams
respond NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a report of 13 people in the water following an oil platform explosion in block 380 approximately 90 miles south of Vermillion Bay, La., at about 9:19 a.m. Watchstanders at the Eighth Coast Guard District command center received a report from a pilot aboard a Bristow helicopter at about 10:00 a.m., stating that 13 people were in the water near an oil platform on fire. All 13 people were wearing immersion suits. The 13 people in the water were picked up by the OSV Crystal Clear and taken to another platform. Coast Guard helicopters are being utilized to transport the rescued to Terrebonne General Hospital. Their conditions are unknown at this time.
Boeing predicts
expansion MONTREAL — Boeing forecasts that air carriers in North America will take delivery of about 7,200 new airplanes over the next 20 years at an investment of $700 billion. New airplane deliveries in Canada and the United States will be driven largely by the need to retire older, less fuel-efficient single-aisle airplanes and regional jets, as airlines replace them with new-generation, more fuel-efficient models. (For the purposes of the Boeing forecast, the North America market consists of the U.S. and Canada. Mexico is included in Boeing's forecast for Latin America.) Taking retirements of airplanes into account, the North America fleet will grow from 6,590 airplanes today to about 9,000 airplanes by 2029. Large airplanes (747-size and larger) will not see significant demand in North America, with only about 40 units (all freighters), or one percent of the total investment.
Alaska Airlines
become sponsor PORTLAND — The Major League Soccer (MLS) Portland Timbers and Alaska Airlines have announced that Alaska Airlines is the team's official airline. The multiyear deal is highlighted by the Alaska Airlines' logo prominently featured on the team's jerseys beginning with the Timbers' debut MLS season in March 2011. As part of the sponsorship, the airline will support the new Portland Timbers Community Fund, partnering with the team on several youth-based fitness and educational initiatives. Additionally, the airline will donate 25 game-day tickets to underprivileged Portland-area youth at every home game as part of the Timbers "Tickets for Kids" program. Alaska Airlines also will be the presenting sponsor for all MLS Timbers youth soccer camps. With the announcement, Alaska Airlines becomes the first airline jersey sponsor in the 15-year history of MLS. LETTER TO THE EDITOR: E-mail your thoughts and comments to the Editor about news and issues for publication in the newspaper. Give us your name, company and phone number. Phone number is not for publication. Just click this e-mail : dsnews@europa.com |
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