1.   Ardrossan harbour, still small and geared more to handling cargo, had to cope with large-scale passenger traffic.

2.   Management say they expect cargoes to be handled normally pending any national decision by the Transport and General Workers Union.

3.   As New Orleans grew, handling cargo in what amounted to the center of its downtown became impossible.

4.   But with Australian trade unions declining to handle any cargo to or from Fiji during the hostage crisis, that industry has quickly sagged too.

5.   For example, it could be used as fill along deteriorated shorelines near existing wharfs, he said, creating new space for handling cargo.

6.   His injury left Barnett permanently unable to handle cargo.

7.   ILWU members load and unload ships and handle their cargo.

8.   It also handles general cargo such as canned foods, small kitchen appliances and clothes.

9.   Moreover, shipping lines must go to a trade association to get approval for even the most minor operational changes in the way they handle cargo at Japanese ports.

10.   The costs, U.S. shippers say, are out of line when compared to how Japanese cargo is handled at American ports.