U.S. law protects American carriers from foreign competition on domestic routes. Two carriers want the government to give them first crack at contracts to fly disaster relief to Guam.
“The wind speed increased by 100 mph in only 24 hours.” Monster typhoon close to U.S. territories, heading toward Japan.
Matson, the largest U.S. domestic container carrier, said it is lowering its operating income projection for 2019, citing lower container volumes to Hawaii.
Tropical storm-force winds, torrential rain did some damage to U.S. island of Guam over the weekend. Rare February typhoon came close to being much worse.
Typhoon Yutu about to slam into the Mariana Islands. Guam might not end up a direct target, but wind and flood damage likely.
