All cruise ships that dock at U.S. ports are inspected by the CDC.

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Ports for microSD, SIM and 3.5mm headphone jack are all covered by protective flaps, as you'd imagine.

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The 10, 500 longshoremen who control the west coast ports, furious about the Taft-Hartley decision, are now all the more determined to hold out for union control over jobs created by new technology at the ports (a key issue in the dispute).

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Some 95% of American trade, after all, wends its way in or out of American ports along shipping channels laid down and maintained by the Coast Guard.

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