Gulf Shipper articles from November 2005

Gulf Shipper archives from November 2005

Katrina's lessons - Hurricane brings FEMA supply-chain dysfunctions to light.
November 8, 2005... BYLINE: Angela Greiling Keane Federal emergency management officials are trying to tease out logistics lessons from their troubled response to Hurricane Katrina, but supply-chain experts remain skeptical that their leader's rhetoric will...

Grain flow bottlenecks after Katrina and Rita - USDA acts to jump-start barge traffic.
November 15, 2005... BYLINE: Janet Plume The movement of grain from the Heartland to Gulf Coast ports was exacerbated this year by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which left about 175 loaded barges stranded near New Orleans, contaminated with storm water and out...

When government works - One federal agency's successful disaster assistance.
November 21, 2005... BYLINE: Janet Plume As the Port of New Orleans and other crippled ports in the central Gulf work to return to full capacity as quickly as possible, local officials and leaders of the maritime community need to keep an eye on long-term...

St. Bernard making a comeback - Katrina's most-devastated parish is determined to rebuild.
November 28, 2005... BYLINE: Janet Plume David Fennelly can only vaguely recall the order of days since Hurricane Katrina annihilated most of the low-lying floodplains below New Orleans where his stevedoring company operates several terminals on the lower...