A scheme to tax a global shipping industry that emits as much CO2 as Germany to help poor countries cope with climate change impacts has gained a foothold at UN talks in Durban, negotiators and green groups said Thursday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A worker stands next to a shipping container area in Shanghai Yangshan port December 7, 2011. China's annual rate of export growth slowed in November versus October, vice commerce minister Chong Quan told reporters on Wednesday after ... [Full Article]
The world shipping industry could accept a global levy on carbon emissions from merchant ships under a deal that would also channel proceeds to poor countries, according to an announcement at the UN climate talks on Tuesday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Amazon began shipping the Kindle Fire on Monday as initial reviews were mixed for the touchscreen tablet computer seen as a potentially strong rival to Apple's market-leading iPad. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(AP) - Granddaughter and sole heiress of the late shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, Athina Onassis de Miranda, riding 'AD Welcome du Petit Vivier,' clears a jump at the Athina Onassis International Horse Show 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Pall bearers load shipping boxes that hold the caskets containing the remains of Frenchwomen Houria Moumni and Cassandre Bouvier, into a van outside a funeral home in Salta, where the bodies were prepared and dressed for repatriation to F... [Full Article]
(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A forklift operator works among shipping containers at the Port of Miami. The US economy grew at a dead-pace 0.4 percent in the first quarter and only 1.3 percent in the second quarter of 2011, the government said Friday in ... [Full Article]
(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A ship loaded with shipping containers prepares to leave at the Port of Miami in 2010. The US trade deficit unexpectedly widened sharply in May, topping $50 billion dollars for the first time since October 2008, official dat... [Full Article]
(AFP / HO / STX) - South Korean shipbuilding and shipping conglomerate the STX Group has signed an initial deal to build a $1 billion shipyard in Russia. The group has 18 shipyards in eight countries, including South Korea and China.(AFP / HO / STX/S... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A Libyan rebel fighter set up his weapon on shipping container at a territory won from forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi over the past several days on the outskirts of Zlitan near Misrata's western front line, June 12, 2011. REUTERS/Z... [Full Article]