31.   Chinese ships registered in third countries may enter Taiwanese ports if they make a stop at a foreign port first, Transport Minister Tsay Jaw-yang said.

32.   Hundreds of vessels at foreign ports with a Greek destination, were also idled for the duration of the strike.

33.   Mineta said the Coast Guard should be allowed to conduct security checks of foreign ports.

34.   Nineteen of its ships are being held in foreign ports for unpaid debts, according to the Interfax news agency.

35.   Shippers are going to Yokohama, outside Tokyo, and to foreign ports like Pusan, South Korea, which has more than doubled its routes to Japan.

36.   Testifying before a House Transportation subcommittee, Mineta also called for allowing the Transportation Department to conduct security inspections of foreign ports.

37.   The containers, arriving from foreign ports, are loaded onto trucks or trains for delivery.

38.   The investigation will examine the circumstances at the time of the bombing and assess ways in which standard security precautions during visits to foreign ports can be improved.

39.   The Pentagon will review whether Navy ships in foreign ports should tighten security policies in light of the apparent terrorist bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen.

40.   The Navy is scaling down training programs, limiting the use of official vehicles and reducing vessel stopovers in foreign ports to save money.