Florida Shipper articles from March 2005

Florida Shipper archives from March 2005

RFID: The best thing since carbon paper.
March 7, 2005... BYLINE: Rick Eyerdam You look across the parking lot at the end of a long business trip, and all of the cars look like yours. You push the button on your ignition key and there, far across the lot, your car answers with a blink and a honk....

Tide has turned - Despite storm costs, island states show economic buoyancy.
March 7, 2005... BYLINE: Rick Eyerdam The most recent economic assessment of Latin America and the Caribbean outdid even the most optimistic forecasts, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, which is the United Nations...

RFID, where is the return on investment?(Radio frequency identification)
March 14, 2005... BYLINE: Rick Eyerdam With so many variables, and a clear alternative already in place with optical scanners and bar codes, the question raised every time radio-frequency identification is on the agenda at an industry conference remains the...

Forget China - Gildan Activewear chooses Caribbean Basin as manufacturing base.
March 14, 2005... BYLINE: Rick Eyerdam On Feb. 1, Glenn J. Chamandy, president and chief executive of Gildan Activewear, a major manufacturer of basic cotton garments, told the Canadian employees of his company's two yarn-spinning facilities that they would...

Keys to the future - Tips for NVOs from shippers.
March 21, 2005... BYLINE: John M. Dauernheim U.S. manufacturers spend billions of dollars annually to improve their products and services. Yet, these same executives often neglect their companies' shipping operations, which will move all these improved...

Sen. Dole challenges CBP.(Bureau of Customs and Border Protection )
March 21, 2005... Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) has asked the Departments of Homeland Security and Commerce to take actions to reduce textile and apparel imports from China by staffing Customs operations overseas. In a letter to Commerce Secretary Carlos...

Trade target - CLADEC targets customs reform in Latin America.(Conferencia Latino Americana de Companias Express)
March 28, 2005... BYLINE: Mike Seemuth Manuel Aragon has his sights on one important target: Customs' trade barriers in the Western Hemisphere.Aragon runs the Latin American Association of Express Companies, a Miami-based group that promotes changes in...

Funds available for Haiti's ports.
March 28, 2005... The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a two-year, $270 million transition strategy for Haiti that includes an undisclosed amount for improvements at Haiti's ports.In a company statement, the IDB emphasized the Haitian government's...