Passengers aboard a Royal Caribbean and two Carnival ocean liners fell ill with a stomach virus last week, forcing delays while the companies worked to disinfect the ships before returning to sea.

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By Boulard, Garry The Port of New Orleans enters the second quarter with a challenge: steel imports are off dramatically with the end of the downward spiral nowhere in sight. "The problem is the weakness of the dollar," said Port spokesman Chris Bonura.

By Anonymous Port of New Orleans officials are seeking $250 million in state money for construction of the second phase of the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal.

By Ina Paiva Cordle, The Miami Herald Feb. 4--It's a Friday afternoon at Port Everglades and dockworkers are busy off-loading containers from a huge CCNI cargo ship that has just arrived from South America. Trucks are lined up to deliver and pick up freight.