Tag: transport

United Launch Alliance to build new ship for rocket transport

May 9—United Launch Alliance has entered into agreements for the construction of a ship that will transport rockets from Decatur to launch sites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana, and Bristol Harbor Group Inc. in Bristol, Rhode Island, will design, oversee […]

Safe transport of Rafah’s disabled, elderly still unclear

While the Israeli army is advancing into the southern Gaza Stip city of Rafah, it is still unclear how the most vulnerable people in the densely populated area can be brought to safety, the Red Cross says. “Questions such as how to safely transport the disabled, the elderly, and the sick, and where such a […]

Oviedo couple accused of using medical transport business to commit Medicaid fraud

The owners of a Central Florida medical transportation company are facing allegations that they fraudulently billed the Medicaid program for more than $275,000. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS According to court records filed in Seminole County, an investigation by the State Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit identified 50-year-old Debora Behnke and 37-year-old Suman […]

German transport sector misses climate target for third year

Germany’s transport sector has again fallen well short of its climate targets in 2023, the third year in a row, according to the independent Council of Experts on Climate Change that advises the government. Instead of the permitted 133 million tons of CO2 equivalents, the sector emitted 146 million tons of greenhouse gases last year, […]

2 juvenile detainees accused of escaping transport van, carjacking

Two young detainees allegedly broke out of a transport van and carjacked an SUV Thursday, investigators said. Around 1 p.m. Thursday, the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office was called to Highway 49 North near Roberta Road in Harrisburg. ALSO READ: Employee describes ‘chaos’ at juvenile detention facility in Cabarrus County They learned the Department of Public […]

Baltimore can use grant to boost cargo shipments, US transport department says

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday said it reached an agreement with Baltimore County to revise an $8.26 million grant agreement to enable Tradepoint Atlantic (TPA) to accommodate more cargo. Repurposing the funds will allow a boost in cargo to Sparrows Point at the Port of Baltimore, which is outside […]