A huge cargo ship was heading west toward New York or one of the Connecticut ports.

Mr. Riccio said the Connecticut Department of Public Safety was performing a security assessment of all Connecticut ports.

Neither of Connecticut's senators was aware of Motiva's ownership, and both called for further scrutiny of Connecticut ports.

It is generally agreed that tanker vessels, which accounted for more than 1,100 of the 1,250 ship and barge arrivals in all three Connecticut ports in 2005, are more difficult to tamper with and therefore pose less of a risk.

The developers of a ferry terminal in Stamford say it will take at least another year before commuter ferry service will begin between Stamford and New York City as well as other Connecticut ports.

Q: What kind of species can be seen from whale-watching boats leaving Connecticut ports?

Sailing vessels returned to the southeastern Connecticut port on a regular basis, their holds filled with oil that had been rendered from the behemoths of the sea.

One of the few naval commanders able to get along with Clinton, Collier also provided naval support for William Tryon's raid of Connecticut ports in July before returning to New York in late-August.

The company did not include any Connecticut ports in its filing.

There is plenty of phragmites marsh in Connecticut, which is not surprising, considering that Saltonstall found some of the first hints of the aggressive variety in Connecticut ports.