Miscalculations Cause First U.S. Cargo Ship to Cuba to Be Cancelled.

Publication: The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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Byline: Jane Bussey

Apr. 28--All systems were go for the first U.S.-chartered ship in four decades to carry cargo from the United States to Cuba last week -- an unprecedented event graphically signaling an easing of the U.S. trade embargo.

But there were already some anomalies when the container ship Orso lifted anchor in Jacksonville on April 21 and headed for a predawn docking last Saturday in Havana.

The ship was said to be carrying humanitarian donations and was also licensed for commercial shipments of food and medical supplies now permitted under U.S. law, although the exact cargo was not identified.

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