Marine transportation industry
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 3, 2021 file photo, container cargo ships are seen docked in the Port of Los Angeles. More than 15 months into the coronavirus pandemic, tens of thousands of seafarers vital to the global shipping industry remain stranded at sea or in ports, unable to leave their ships or get to new assignments due to global travel restrictions. Friday, June 25, 2021 is International Seafarers Day, and ships around the world, from Los Angeles to Singapore to Rotterdam, planned to blare their horns in solidarity. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Merchant ship crews still stuck at sea amid pandemic

By Urooba Jamal And Ivana Bzganovic Jun. 25, 2021 01:22 PM EDT

Bus bail out championed by Collins to start giving aid

By Patrick Whittle Jun. 22, 2021 09:53 AM EDT
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A program to help the U.S.'s bus companies survive the coronavirus pandemic that was championed by a Maine senator is now accepting...

A motorcycle delivery driver is inoculated with China's Sinovac COVID-19 Vaccine at a drive-thru vaccination center in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The Philippine president has threatened to order the arrest of Filipinos who refuse COVID-19 vaccination and told them to leave the country for hard-hit countries like India and the United States if they would not cooperate with massive efforts to end the pandemic. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
The Latest: Guam launching COVID-19 vaccine tourism program

By The Associated Press Jun. 22, 2021 02:43 AM EDT

Protesters take part in a rally during a 24-hour labor strike, in Athens, Thursday, June 10, 2021. Widespread strikes in Greece brought public transport and other services to a halt Thursday, as the country's largest labor unions protested against employment reforms they argue will make flexible workplace changes introduced during the pandemic more permanent. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)
Greek unions strike, seek return to pre-pandemic work rules

Jun. 10, 2021 04:29 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo General Motors CEO Mary Barra speaks during the opening of their contract talks with the United Auto Workers in Detroit. Most of the women running the biggest U.S. companies saw their pay increase last year, 2020, even as the pandemic hammered the economy and many of their businesses. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Female CEOs saw ranks dwindle in 2020; median pay fell 2%

By Sarah Skidmore Sell May. 28, 2021 08:15 AM EDT

Amber Coole, left, a medical assistant with Peninsula Community Health Services, gives a person the first shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in the galley area of a Washington state ferry sailing from Bremerton, Wash. to Seattle. Tuesday was the first day of several dates that the vaccine would be offered to people on ferry sailings between the two cities. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
COVID vaccinations offered aboard Washington ferries

May. 25, 2021 06:00 PM EDT

Bike ferry to open on Memorial Day weekend

May. 23, 2021 10:47 AM EDT
The bike ferry carrying riders across a section of Lake Champlain between Colchester and South Hero will start running again on Memorial Day weekend. ...

As people watch, the CMA CGM Marco Polo, right, docks at the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal, as seen from Bayonne, N.J., Thursday, May 20, 2021. When the CMA CGM Marco Polo docks in New Jersey Thursday it will set a record for the largest container ship ever to visit the East Coast, a reflection both of the New York/New Jersey port system's multibillion-dollar efforts to accommodate larger ships and of the surging demand nationwide for products as COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Largest container ship hits East Coast as ports see surge

By David Porter May. 20, 2021 01:32 PM EDT

This photograph provided by Indian navy shows, one of the men rescued by the navy from the Arabian sea being brought for medical attention at naval air station INS Shikra in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. The Indian navy is working to rescue crew members from a sunken barge and a second cargo vessel that was adrift Tuesday off the coast of Mumbai after Cyclone Tauktae, struck the western coast. (Indian Navy via AP)
India scours sea after barge sinks, 2nd adrift after cyclone

By Sheikh Saaliq May. 18, 2021 02:24 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, May 2, 2021 file photo, patrons seated at outdoor tables at a restaurant converse and dine without masks, in Boston. Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday, May 17 that all remaining COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted in Massachusetts on Memorial Day weekend. Though face coverings will still be mandatory on public and private transportation systems - including rideshares, taxis, ferries, MBTA subways and busses, commuter rail and transportation stations, and in health care facilities and in other settings hosting vulnerable populations like congregate care settings. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
COVID-19 restrictions to be lifted May 29 in Massachusetts

By Steve Leblanc May. 17, 2021 12:17 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 29, 2020 file photo, a worker restocks chicken in the meat product section at a grocery store in Dallas. Rising prices for a variety of commodities are contributing to a jump in prices at the consumer level in 2021, with Americans paying more for meat, gasoline, items they keep in their homes and even the homes themselves. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Rising commodities costs hit Americans at home and on road

The Associated Press May. 12, 2021 01:36 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2016 file photo, sunset is over the Italian Islands of Procida and Ischia in the Bay of Naples, Italy. Italy on Friday will open a mass vaccination campaign on small, remote islands where numbers of residents and health care services are limited. The office of Italy’s virus czar said the campaign would initially target the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily and Isola Capraia off the Tuscan coast. Other remote areas on the mainland _ isolated villages in the Alps and Apennine mountains _ might be targeted with similar campaigns. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Italy set to vaccinate small island populations in one go

By Nicole Winfield May. 06, 2021 02:29 PM EDT

Members of the communist party-affiliated PAME wearing protective face masks hold red carnations, as they protest during a rally commemorating May Day, in Athens, Greece, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Demonstrators took part on a 24-hour strike against a new labour bill presented by the government protests. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
May Day rallies in Greece halt ferries, disrupt flights

May. 06, 2021 08:23 AM EDT

Gas prices are shown on a Exxon service station sign in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Commodities like plastic, paper, sugar and grains are all getting more expensive as demand outpaces supply. Companies are also paying more for shipping as fuel costs rise and ports experience longer delays because of congestion. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Companies sound alarm over commodity price hikes

By Damian J. Troise Apr. 29, 2021 09:10 AM EDT

In this photo provided by the San Policarpo Firestation, firemen and police push up a steel fence as they clear roads during rain caused by Typhoon Surigae in the municipality of San Policarpo, Eastern Samar, eastern Philippines on Sunday April 18, 2021. An approaching typhoon has left at least one person dead, another missing and prompted the evacuation of more than 100,000 people as a precaution in the eastern and central Philippines, although the unusual summer storm is not expected to blow into land, officials said Monday. (FO1 Marianne Jabinal/ San Policarpo Firestation via AP)
1 dead, 100,000 displaced as typhoon blows near Philippines

By Jim Gomez Apr. 19, 2021 05:28 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 03:24 PM EDT
Plattsburg Press Republican. April 1, 2021. Editorial: Be smart, patient a little longer People may have their...

Mainers 16 and up eligible for COVID-19 vaccine on April 7

Apr. 01, 2021 01:45 AM EDT
ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine is opening up eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines to all state residents age 16 or older in a few days. ...

This satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows the Ever Given cargo ship stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal Monday, March 29, 2021. Engineers on Monday "partially refloated" the colossal container ship that continues to block traffic through the Suez Canal, authorities said, without providing further details about when the vessel would be set free. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)
Suez Canal reopens after stuck cargo ship is freed

By Isabel Debre And Samy Magdy Mar. 29, 2021 11:17 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Mar. 26, 2021 03:35 PM EDT
Hearst Connecticut Media. March 24, 2021. Editorial: High costs for prison phone calls must end In another entry in...

This photo released by the Suez Canal Authority on Thursday, March 25, 2021, shows two tugboats next to the Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, after it become wedged across the Suez Canal and blocking traffic in the vital waterway from another vessel. An operation is underway to try to work free the ship, which further imperiled global shipping Thursday as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway idled waiting for the obstruction to clear. (Suez Canal Authority via AP)
Shipping losses mount from cargo vessel stuck in Suez Canal

By Jon Gambrell And Samy Magdy Mar. 24, 2021 11:03 PM EDT