There’s a bipartisan move afoot in the Senate to target a container shipping sector dominated by foreign-based carriers. The measure would draw new restrictions around how carriers may coordinate operations in alliances and would prohibit shipping lines from “unreasonably” declining exports. It would also limit the ability of carriers to impose added fees on container handling.
The CDC has announced new guidance for the cruise industry and will give cruise lines until Feb. 18 to decide whether they want to opt in or not. The new COVID program comes nearly a month after the agency's Conditional Sailing Order – which outlined numerous health and safety protocols – expired on Jan. 15.
The majority of states with the lowest life expectancies in 2019 were in the South. Mississippi had the country's lowest life expectancy, at 74.4 years, significantly below the national average of 78.8. Louisiana, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Ohio were also all below the national average.
