Here's a site that tells you all the World Ports. www.world-ports.com If you click on a specific area of the world, then on a specific country, it gives you port news headlines at the bottom of the page. http://www.lakemaracaibo.com/ brings you to Puerto Maracaibo in Venezuela and http://www.puertoordaz.com/ brings you to Puerto Ordaz in Venezuela.

January 1, 2000 Web posted at: 5:00 PM EST (2200 GMT)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's oil industry began the new millennium free of Y2K problems and operations were reported to be running normally Saturday.

The loading of tankers, suspended Friday evening as a precautionary measure, resumed at all terminals at 6 a.m. Saturday "as planned and without problems," PDVSA, the state-owned oil giant said in a statement.

"Reports received at headquarters after midnight from the regional operational centers can be described with this expression: no news," PDVSA said.

Refineries were operating normally, and operational and administrative systems were running trouble-free, the company said. Gas pumping and distribution operations were also proceeding normally both to private homes and industrial users, it said.

A permanent nationwide monitoring of critical systems, which started at 7 a.m. Dec. 13, will continue through Jan. 5, PDVSA said.

Venezuela is one of the three largest foreign suppliers of oil to the United States, along with Mexico and Saudi Arabia.

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-- Anonymous, January 02, 2000

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Interest news, and good news at that. Thanks Meg.

-- Anonymous, January 02, 2000