Florida Shipper articles from February 2006

Florida Shipper archives from February 2006

Green shipping - Port technology and the color of money.
February 6, 2006... All of a sudden, the talk about port facilities is all coming up "green." And green in this case is the color of money that signals additional cost for almost everyone in the supply chain.In Southern California, frustrated by what it perceives...

Key Honduran apparel port selected for CSI.
February 6, 2006... U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently announced that the Port of Cortes, Honduras, will soon participate in the Container Security Initiative for cargo destined to the United States. Known locally as the Port of Puerto Cortes, the Port of...

Electronic container seals standards take shape.
February 13, 2006... BYLINE: R.G. Edmonson There is progress to report on two technology fronts in the battle for supply-chain security. Since the beginning of the year, an International Organization for Standardization working group has agreed to an outline...

Apparel from Asia and Mexico dominates U.S. and Europe markets.
February 13, 2006... BYLINE: Bill DiBenedetto Even with the off-again, on-again curbs on textile imports from China, the Asia-Pacific region remains the prime source of apparel exports throughout the world and the prime textile and apparel supplier for the...

Because they can.
February 21, 2006... BYLINE: Rick Eyerdam It started with that bumper sticker.Politicians and most news outlets have little understanding of the difference between ports and cargo terminals. Ports are landlords that must answer to the US Coast Guard Captain of...

The road to Brazil: - Paved with good intentions.
February 21, 2006... In Brazil, the roads leading to its booming ports are paved with good intentions and little else. If efficient railroads were the stuff of dreams, then Brazil would never sleep. In fact, in Brazil, the biggest cautionary tale is that the...

Trade of the tools - Florida ports build on Latin bounty.
February 27, 2006... BYLINE: Leticia Lozano In recent decades, U.S. imports from South America have consisted mostly of staple commodities such as beef from Argentina, oil from Venezuela imported to Port Everglades, produce flown in from Chile, plus a growing...

Allen says stability is first priority for Port Everglades.
February 27, 2006... Phil Allen is the kind of man who eschews chaos and seeks to find a calm solution when and where he can.Late last month, the Broward County Commission approved his appointment as the permanent port director for its Port Everglades department...