Florida Shipper articles from April 2005

Florida Shipper archives from April 2005

Homeland Security and the pursuit of leverage.(Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism)
April 5, 2005... BYLINE: Rick Eyerdam At industry conferences across the globe and in recent congressional hearings, representatives of the U.S. security agencies have been slowly defining a strategy worthy of Archimedes. It is all about leveraging nations...

POMTOC warns of overweight containers.(Port of Miami Terminal Operating Company)
April 5, 2005... The Port of Miami Terminal Operating Co. has issued a second warning to shippers that the Port of Miami is responding to recent trucker demands and said it will be installing truck scales on the outbound roadway prior to its new Security Gate...

Simply indispensable - G&G Shipping's Bahamas expressway.(Company Profile)
April 11, 2005... BYLINE: Rick Eyerdam It is an unglamorous and humble-looking fleet, blunt with character and loaded with the future of the Bahamas. They are distinctive in their tidiness and functionality, their bright Kelly green paint and the white...

Florida consultants offer decision tool for coastal shipping.(Maritime Transport and Logistics Advisors LLC)
April 11, 2005... BYLINE: Rick Eyerdam An international maritime consulting firm will present the first-ever "decision-making tool" to help ports and carriers make informed decisions about whether or when to attempt to enter short-sea shipping at The...

The risks of dealing with Cuba.
April 18, 2005... BYLINE: Nicole Rollender John Parke Wright IV and those other Florida businesspeople who have chosen to trade with Cuba, mostly through Jacksonville and Tampa, are justifiably worried. The Florida-based cattle forwarder and other exporters...

China's exports test free trade.
April 18, 2005... BYLINE: Alan M. Field It turns out, the optimists about free trade were wrong. Barely three months after World Trade Organization quotas on the textile and apparel trade were ended, global supply chains are about to be disrupted by...

On a roll - Wallenius Wilhelmsen unveils global logistics strategy.(Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines A/S, Distribution and Auto Service Inc.)
April 25, 2005... BYLINE: Janet Plume Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines has agreed to acquire Distribution and Auto Service Inc. from Nissan North America Inc., effective April 30. The acquisition includes the DAS subsidiary, Annacis Auto Terminals (1997) Ltd.,...

Bill filed to fund Caribbean port security.(Caribbean Basin Port Assistance Program)
April 25, 2005... Florida's last major Democrat, Sen. Bill Nelson, has kept his promise to shipping and trade interests concerned about the Caribbean Basin and Central America and has introduced S-744 to establish a Caribbean Basin Port Assistance Program....