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Hurricane Irma: Updates and Impacts

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A state of emergency was also declared across all 159 counties, prompting business closures and the suspension of all bus, rail, and road transportation for Monday, September 11. Humanitarian Efforts: Federal funding has been granted in order to reimburse Florida’s state government and local communities affected by the storm.

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IMO 2020 is Here. Are You Ready?

Supply Chain Game Changer

This regulation will see the largest reduction in the Sulphur content of the transportation fuel under taken at any time in the history. The cost of IMO 2020 non-compliance on government authorities. A vessel provides economies of scale to transport feedstock (crude or other feedstocks) or refined products to market.

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Doing Business in the United States

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Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and 11 uninhabited or sparsely inhabited territories, which are mostly small islands. Cargo transportation in the U.S. The government is stable and business laws are consistent. The last two states added were Alaska and Hawaii in 1959. million sq. km of area, 9.1