The head of the port of Los Angeles said Chinese-made cranes pose a potential risk to national security, but a shortage of alternatives makes it challenging to address the vulnerability.

Dockworkers and the governor in South Carolina, the state with the lowest percentage of unionized workers, are digging in their heels over a labor dispute.

Houston-based Crane Worldwide Logistics has opened an office in Georgetown, Guyana, expecting to cash in on a boon in offshore oil and gas production by the small country situated next to Venezuela along the northern edge of South America.