Gulf Shipper articles from July 2005

Gulf Shipper archives from July 2005

No two Gulf ports are alike - But many ports find similar niches in military cargo, steel and forest products.
July 7, 2005... BYLINE: Laura L. Myers Two years after port congestion and labor issues made headlines for bottlenecking cargo at Southern California ports, most Gulf ports are still waiting for the anticipated flood of new container services from the Far...

One port's long comeback - Port St. Joe stays the course to realize port dream.
July 12, 2005... BYLINE: Laura L. Myers In the rural elbow that juts out of Florida's Panhandle, a tiny noncargo port is approaching the realization of its dream to reopen for commercial business.Located 38 miles southeast of Panama City, Fla., in Gulf...

ILA Hit - Federal prosecutors file racketeering suit against Longshoremen's Association.
July 18, 2005... BYLINE: Joseph Bonney Federal prosecutors have filed a long-threatened civil racketeering lawsuit that accuses the International Longshoremen's Association of being a mob-controlled enterprise. The lawsuit seeks to impose trusteeships on...

A new New Orleans container hub: pipedream or vision? - Port public rail line sets sights on regional railroad.
July 25, 2005... BYLINE: Laura L. Myers Could Louisiana become the new site of a $200 million, 60-mile-long regional railroad that links the Huey P. Long Bridge in New Orleans to a 3,000-acre site in Plaquemines Parish? Could Louisiana become the Gulf...