Florida Shipper articles from May 2005

Florida Shipper archives from May 2005

Creeping C-TPAT - Shipping council favors Coast Guard regulations over Customs initiative.
May 31, 2005... U.S. Customs and Board Protection should reconsider the role of ocean carriers in the agency's trade partnership against terrorism because carriers receive no direct benefits from the importer-based program and they are covered by other...

Customs changes Miami-area operations.
May 31, 2005... U.S. Customs and Border Protection trade operations for cargo entering or leaving the Port of Miami have been moved to the Miami Free Zone facility with new hours and a large number of agents.According to a Customs notice, effective May 31,...

P&O blues - Shippers fret over Maersk and P&O Nedlloyd merger plans.
May 24, 2005... BYLINE: William Armbruster When the world's largest and third largest container carriers discuss merger everyone listens because they already individually dominate a wide range of activities including logistics, terminals and several...

Kingston thrives as rival Caucedo emerges.
May 24, 2005... BYLINE: Rick Eyerdam It was only fitting that the CMA CGM Yantian container ship was the first vessel inbound from Asia to call at the refurbished North Terminal at Port Bustamante, the local name for the Jamaican transshipment port near...

Southeast ports compete for $600 million aircraft-assembly complex.
May 16, 2005... BYLINE: Rick Eyerdam , Chantilly, Va.; Socata Aircraft Inc., Pembroke Pines, Fla.; EADS Sogerma Barfield Inc., Miami; Fairchild Controls Corp., Frederick, Md.; Racal Instruments, Irvine, Calif.; EADS Supply and Services, Rockville, Md.;...

Caribbean shipping briefs.
May 16, 2005... Mexico seeks Jamaica trade tiesForeign minister Luis Ernesto Derbez Bautista of Mexico said his country wants stronger trade ties between Mexico and Jamaica, leading to the creation of more investment opportunities for both countries. "It is...

Florida ports face tough choices.
May 9, 2005... BYLINE: Rick Eyerdam In a month when three Florida ports experienced substantial changes in leadership and direction, the move by Broward County Administrator Paul Desjarlais to fire the veteran executives at Port Everglades and replace...

Zim and Port of Wilmington link China, Caribbean and Port Everglades.(Zim Integrated Shipping Services Co.)
May 9, 2005... The Port of Wilmington, N.C., and Zim Integrated Shipping Services Co. are offering shippers the Zim Asia-USA Express Service; a weekly, all-water service to and from North China with connections to the Caribbean, Central and South America,...

Faith, hope and charity - Industry honors Capt. Nicola Arena with the International Golden Compass Award.(Seafarers' House )
May 2, 2005... BYLINE: Rick Eyerdam Capt. Nicola Arena fills a room with the calm-inspiring confidence of a mariner who has braved hundreds of storms. On this day, he walks into the tiny golden-hued non-denominational chapel at the Seafarers' House...

Bonner announces 'green lane' shipping.(green lane)(Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT))
May 2, 2005... BYLINE: Rick Eyerdam Ocean cargo containers that travel a validated secure supply chain from a secure loading dock through a port that is part of the Container Security Initiative to a validated Customs-Trade Partnership Against...