Gulf Shipper articles from August 2005

Gulf Shipper archives from August 2005

RFIDs hold promise - But industry needs standards, affordable hardware.
August 1, 2005... The shipping industry has been buzzing about radio-frequency-identification devices quite a bit in recent years as security concerns have spawned an entire new industry for tracking cargo.But this new market still has serious hurdles to clear...

Port of Baton Rouge goes plastic - Biggest cargo win in years takes port in new direction.
August 8, 2005... BYLINE: Janet Plume The Port of Baton Rouge, Fla., has become the second port in the United States to be approved as a warehouse site for the London Metal Exchange's plastics futures market.The exchange has approved Baton Rouge as a...

State of the port: Houston is on a roll - Success is middle name of Gulf's top container port.
August 15, 2005... BYLINE: Janet Plume The Port of Houston stands on the threshold of a new era of cargo growth, as the first phase of its Bayport Container and Cruise Terminal is erected in time for next summer's launch.The port has been bursting at its...

The med has two faces - Western trade slows, while eastern trade heats up.
August 22, 2005... BYLINE: Peter T. Leach One sea, two markets. That's the short description of the shipping trade between the Gulf and the Mediterranean these days. The western Mediterranean is a mature market where slow growth reflects the underlying...

BREAKING NEWS - Katrina's impact on transportation is severe.
August 30, 2005... BYLINE: JOSEPH BONNEY Commercial transportation remains disrupted across the Gulf Coast between New Orleans and the Florida panhandle in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Coast Guard closed the ports of New Orleans; Gulfport and...

Breaking News - Ports, roads, rails remain closed after Katrina.
August 31, 2005... BYLINE: Joe Bonney Ports and inland transportation in the central Gulf Coast region remain closed after Hurricane Katrina while rescue and recovery efforts continue. Although reports are sketchy, it appears that the Port of Gulfport,...