Gulf Shipper articles from March 2006

Gulf Shipper archives from March 2006

Maquiladoras get new lease on life.
March 13, 2006... BYLINE: Bill Mongelluzzo Mexico's maquiladoras are emerging from the dark days of 2001-2004 when about 900 plants were closed down. Responding to competition from China, the maquiladoras have reinvented themselves as high-tech, lean...

Squeezing imports - Demurrage spikes when boxes are held for inspection.
March 13, 2006... BYLINE: Peter T. Leach Importers are caught between a rock and a hard place, and it's costing them money. The rock is the demurrage charges for keeping containers at terminals longer than the ever-shrinking free time that's allowed. The...

SPECIAL REPORT: LOGISTICS - Managing the supply chain: Blue Sky Logistics.
March 20, 2006... BYLINE: Janet Nodar Logistics managers often face information overload when their information technology system floods them with data that is either unprioritized or fails to convey an overall picture of the supply chain.Steve Hensley,...

Bar pilots head for higher ground - Historic way station becomes Katrina casualty.
March 20, 2006... BYLINE: Janet Nodar When Capt. Mike Lorino ordered the Associated Branch Pilots' way stations shut down at the mouth of the Mississippi River in the waning hours before Hurricane Katrina roared ashore, he wasn't sure he would ever see them...

AIR CARGO.
March 27, 2006... Cargo airports: the best and the biggest Six of the 10 highest-volume cargo airports in the U.S. also rank among the nation's most excellent airports, according to a survey by Gulf Shipper's sister publication Air Cargo World. ...

Lufthansa to cooperate.
March 27, 2006... Lufthansa Airlines has offered to cooperate with federal prosecutors looking into possible price-fixing in the air-cargo industry. The move could translate into immunity from criminal charges if the airline provides evidence against other...

EGL profit soars.
March 27, 2006... BYLINE: John Boyd Shippers shift freight to forwarder Consolidation is creating opportunity for EGL Eagle Global Logistics as anxious shippers send business to the forwarder, pushing up profit and revenue. Chief Executive James...