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Michele Moore, a 20-year North Port resident and North Port University program participant, looking over details at one city department during a session.

North Port University program helps citizens understand city operations

Understanding the ins and outs of city government is the outcome for those attending the eight-week North Port University program.North Port residents and business owners can participate in the third session of the program, which gets started at 6 p.m. Thursdays beginning Aug. 7.

Diver Dan Burdeno photographed these staghorn coral in February about 2,500 feet from the Port Everglades channel. Environmentalists worry a survey of coral that could be damaged by a dredging project overlooked these colonies.

Faulty Corps ‘Fact’ Sheet On Port Everglades Dredge Drawing Fire

In advance of a $374 million dredging project at Port Everglades, the U.S. Corps of Engineers published a fact sheet last month to help the public...

Goran Larsson, a cargo ship inspector, poses next to the Transport Workers' Union flag at the Malmo port on Nov. 7. Dockworkers are refusing to load or unload Teslas at this port and all others across the country.

Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad boycott move

Thousands of Swedish workers are rallying behind 120 Tesla mechanics. The workers are boycotting Teslas until the company signs a contract. Even postal workers may stop delivering mail.

Crunching the Numbers for the Brave's New North Port Spring Training Complex

The Atlanta Braves are bringing their spring training operation to North Port, with an estimated $80 million facility. North Port City commissioners last…

Crews work to move the cargo ship Dali in Baltimore, Monday, May 20, 2024. The vessel on March 26 struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse and resulting in the death of six people.

Ship that caused deadly Baltimore span collapse moves back to port

The container ship that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was refloated Monday and has begun slowly moving back to port.The Dali has remained at the collapse site since it lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s supporting columns on March 26, killing six construction workers and snarling traffic into Baltimore Harbor.

Coronavirus Update: Cruise Ships Are Sitting Empty At U.S. Ports

NPR's health policy and national correspondents update on the latest coronavirus news.

Automation has become a hot-button issue at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The shipping industry is pushing for more automation of the work loading and unloading ships. But dockworkers warn robots will only kill American jobs.

Before the holiday season, workers at America's busiest ports are fighting the robots

As the shipping industry pushes for more automation at West Coast ports, the powerful union representing dockworkers is fighting back, saying robots will only kill good American jobs.

United Arab Emirates Appears Ready To Attack Yemeni Port City

It's a tense situation in Yemen. David Greene talks to Lise Grande, U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, about U.N. employees being evacuated from Hodeida.

Trump administration cancels $679 million for offshore wind projects at ports

Ports across the country were planning to become economic hubs for the growing offshore wind industry. The Trump administration is cancelling grants to build the infrastructure for it.

Trucks wait to be loaded at the Port of Los Angeles in 2012. (Nick Ut/AP)

Los Angeles Port Truckers Forced Into Indentured Servitude, Investigation Finds

Drivers are signing lease-to-own contracts for their trucks that condemn them to modern-day indentured servitude, according to a USA Today Network report.

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