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WEATHER TROUBLES * USA - Blizzard Freezes Trucking in Pennsylvania
Governor shuts many Interstates. Carriers close terminals
Harrisburg,PENN,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Feb 10, 2010: -- The second major snowstorm to hit the Mid-Atlantic region in a week is paralyzing traffic in Pennsylvania, a hub state for freight moving to and from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states... Pennsylvania Gov., Ed Rendell, ordered several Interstate highways shut down Wednesday afternoon, as high gusting winds whipped snow into a blizzard... Interstates 76, 78, 83, 176, 476, 676 and PA 581 are closed, along with part of I-81... The state imposed a 45 mph speed limit and banned oversize, overweight trucks and tandem trailers and doubles from Interstates and expressways... The governor warned against unnecessary travel... (Photo from wkyc.com/weblog: Jim Truly survived six days in the blizzard, trapped in the cab of his truck under a 30 foot snowdrift that was nearly half a mile long) 
* New York/NJ Terminal Weather Closings to be Determined
NY/NJ, USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Peter T. Leach -Feb 9, 2010: -- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Tuesday that all marine terminals were scheduled to be open on Wednesday but that any changes in their operation due to the approaching winter storm will be determined in the morning and communicated and posted on their Web sites... All the terminals except the Port Newark Container Terminal, and Maher Terminal and its empty depot on Columbia Street will be closed on Friday, Feb. 12 and Monday, Feb. 15 in honor of Lincoln's Birthday and Presidents Day... (Photo from boatnerd)
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