Gulf Shipper articles from May 2006

Gulf Shipper archives from May 2006

Changing horses: Gulf-Europe services streamlined.
May 1, 2006... BYLINE: Janet Nodar A virtual flood of seismic waves swells up when major shipping companies change their relationships with consortiums such as the Grand Alliance. Those waves swept over much of the globe in March when the Grand Alliance...

MEXICO: Mexico-US trade rising.
May 1, 2006... BYLINE: Leticia Lozano U.S. imports up despite maquila downturn After sluggish output at Mexico's auto plants in recent years, production has jumped on assembly lines at major car and truck manufacturers' plants in the United States'...

Business booms at Florida's Gulf ports - Ocean carrier services and distribution centers on the rise.
May 8, 2006... BYLINE: Janet Nodar Large and small, Florida ports along the Gulf of Mexico are busy. Container and breakbulk volumes are rising, and warehouses are filling as fast as they are built. The Port of Tampa, traditionally a bulk port, is...

Galborg's South Africa trade experiencing healthy days - Industry observers ponder future of Gulf-South Africa traffic.
May 12, 2006... BYLINE: Janet Nodar Alongside busy trade lanes between the Gulf of Mexico and northern and western Africa, Gulf trade with South Africa has been steady and healthy in recent years. The strong state of Gulf-South Africa trade has been...

Galborg's South Africa trade experiencing healthy days.
May 15, 2006... BYLINE: Janet Nodar Alongside busy trade lanes between the Gulf of Mexico and northern and western Africa, Gulf trade with South Africa has been steady and healthy in recent years. The strong state of Gulf-South Africa trade has been...

The trade threat.
May 15, 2006... Economists predict that 2007 will still be good for global transportation with 4 percent overall growth in trade, albeit down from the 4.5 percent expected this year. U.S. economic growth is expected to be 4.7 percent this year, slightly off...

Panama details expansion.
May 15, 2006... BYLINE: William Armbruster and Joseph Bonney Shippers, carriers and ports looking for improved service options to the East Coast could get some relief - in 2014. That's when Panamanian authorities hope to complete a new set of locks that...

FAA presents award to Houston Airport System.
May 15, 2006... The Houston Airport System recently won the 2005 Airport of the Year award from the Federal Aviation Administration's Texas Airports Development Office. The award, presented at the 2006 FAA Partnership Conference in Dallas, went to the...

Latin America: Export-Import Bank's biggest market.
May 15, 2006... Latin America is the Export-Import Bank's strongest market, despite the region's increased demand for transportation infrastructure, a top bank official told trade executives in New Orleans recently. Mexico is the top market for U.S. goods...

Software firm buys Manugistics.
May 15, 2006... BYLINE: William Hoffman Manugistics is throwing in the towel after months of layoffs and declining revenue, agreeing to be purchased for $211 million in cash by JDA Software Group. The JDA purchase leaves only Dallas-based i2 Technologies...

Railroads complete intermodal accord.
May 15, 2006... Kansas City Southern and Norfolk Southern Corp. finalized a joint venture aimed at increasing rail traffic through the South. The Surface Transportation Board last month approved the pact that allows the joint venture to manage Kansas City...

Kinder Morgan buys Texas rail terminal.
May 15, 2006... Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP recently acquired two rail facilities from U.S. Development Trucking LP for $63 million. One is in Deer Park, Texas, and the other is in Carson, Calif. The Texas facility handles loading, storage and staging...

Midsummer peak looks strong.
May 15, 2006... BYLINE: Bruce Barnard The recent revival in container ship charter rates following a near yearlong bear market is gathering strength. Ocean carriers are booking extra tonnage for the midsummer peak shipping season amid growing evidence...

Vessel calls on the rise at St. Bernard Port.
May 15, 2006... The St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District is "once again operating at 100 percent," with vessel calls increasing 10 percent during the first quarter of this year. Hurricane-related repairs at the port's marine facilities are 80...

Scientists survey Port Fourchon.
May 15, 2006... A group of scientists recently visited Port Fourchon to survey the Louisiana port's importance to the nation's oil supply and studied the facility's Gulf Coast restoration efforts. For every acre of land developed by the port, it develops...

Ship captain charged with misconduct.
May 15, 2006... A federal grand jury indicted a ship captain on charges of misconduct and neglect in a fatal crane accident at Alabama State Docks in Mobile. Capt. Wolfgang Schroder, 58, was free on $500,000 bail after a hearing in Houston. If...

Hamburg Sud appoints North America director.
May 15, 2006... Hamburg Sud has appointed Mathias Staubli as North America director for the Miami-Caribbean area. Staubli, formerly Hamburg Sud's cabotage product manager in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is based in Miami. He reports to Frank Larkin, North...

The shipbuilder - Meeting new challenges in an honorable profession.
May 19, 2006... BYLINE: Janet Nodar The Port of New Orleans Propeller Club has chosen George R. Yount, retired rear admiral of the Navy and senior vice president of ship construction for Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, as the 2006 Maritime Person of the...

SPECIAL REPORT: Devastation protection - Protect liabilities, risks in cargo markets.
May 19, 2006... BYLINE: William Armbruster Rick Jensen stepped up to the podium at a recent seminar with some reassuring words for exporters and importers. Another speaker had just finished a presentation on the risks of kidnapping and extortion. "There's...

Textile trends.
May 22, 2006... The annual Apparel Sourcing Show took place in Guatemala City this month, but the familiar booth usually manned by representatives of New Orleans trade organizations was noticeably missing. Last summer's passage of the Central America Free...

The shipbuilder: Meeting new challenges in an honorable profession.
May 22, 2006... BYLINE: Janet Nodar The Port of New Orleans Propeller Club has chosen George R. Yount, retired rear admiral of the Navy and senior vice president of ship construction for Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, as the 2006 Maritime Person of the...

Devastation protection: Protect liabilities, risks in cargo markets.
May 22, 2006... BYLINE: William Armbruster Rick Jensen stepped up to the podium at a recent seminar with some reassuring words for exporters and importers. Another speaker had just finished a presentation on the risks of kidnapping and extortion. "There's...

Lake Charles implements security, management system.
May 22, 2006... The Port of Lake Charles, La., the country's largest liquefied natural gas port, has implemented a packaged port security, safety, coastal surveillance and management system. CIBER Inc.'s Harbor Management and Security System implemented...

MSC adds two ships to New Orleans-Europe service.
May 22, 2006... Mediterranean Shipping Co.'s 6,732-TEU Alessia and its 6,724-TEU Marina are joining four other MSC vessels in the carrier's weekly rotation from Port of New Orleans to Europe. Alessia, the largest-capacity vessel ever to call at the Port of...

Intermarine returns home.
May 22, 2006... The corporate offices of New Orleans' largest privately held shipping company are scheduled to reopen next month, more than 10 months after Hurricane Katrina disrupted the lives of nearly every employee of Intermarine USA. The 16-year-old...

Russian poultry ban hits US exports.
May 22, 2006... As fears about aviation flu ratchet up around the world, U.S. overseas sales of poultry are taking a hit. Now Russia, the largest customer for U.S. producers, has slammed the door shut on imports. Russian officials say the import ban is...

Continental blasts DOT's foreign control plan.
May 22, 2006... Continental Airlines executives are critical of a Department of Transportation proposal to allow further foreign control of the nation's airlines, prohibited by law. Airline executives claim the proposal is illegal. Foreign carriers can...

Alabama seeks second Mobile turning basin.
May 22, 2006... The Alabama State Port Authority has authorized the Army Corps of Engineers to study the feasibility of constructing a second turning basin on the Mobile Ship Channel. It would be 45 feet deep and 1,500 feet wide. The turning basin,...

Florida Gov. Bush weighs seaport access by felons.
May 22, 2006... Florida Gov. Jeb Bush must decide whether to approve a proposed law passed by the Florida Legislature to allow some convicted felons to have restricted access to the state's seaports. The proposal would provide an appeals and waiver...

Hellmann Logistics appoints senior VP of sales for US.
May 22, 2006... Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, one of the world's top logistics providers, named Arnold Goldstein as senior vice president of sales, Hellmann USA. Goldstein previously served as president of the Southwest region for Pacer Global Logistics....