A ship-to-ship (STS) transfer operation is the transfer of cargo between seagoing ships positioned alongside each other, either while stationary or underway. Cargoes typically transferred via STS methods include crude oil, liquefied gas (LPG or LNG), bulk cargo, and petroleum products.
The cities with the largest Iraqi immigrant populations are Detroit, Chicago, and San Diego. Between 1989 and 2001, just over 49,000 Iraqi foreign born immigrated to the United States. Between 1991 and 2001, over 25,000 immigrants born in Iraq became United States citizens.
About half the Assyrians live in Baghdad, and another 10 percent in the three northern provinces of Iraqi Kurdistan, their original home territory; the remaining 40 percent live scattered across the region in between Baghdad and the north.