South East Shipping News

New all-water, Houston-Puerto Rico service to call Jacintoport

Rick — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:22:01 PDT

New all-water, Houston-Puerto Rico service to call Jacintoport A new all-water service connecting Houston with San Juan, Puerto Rico, will launch May 29 when the U.S.-flagged containership National Glory departs the Port of Houston Authority's Jacintoport terminal on its maiden...

Interstate Carriers Get Ready -- guest opinion

Rick — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:54:01 PDT

“ROAD CHECK” 2013 Are you ready for the annual Road Check enforcement sweep: June 4-6, 2013? Are you an interstate carrier in compliance with UCR? Have you submitted your USDOT MCS-150 Biennial Report within the last two years? Did you...

Brookings takes on the Panama Canal Fantasy -Guest opinion

Rick — Sat, 18 May 2013 06:43:52 PDT

Adie Tomer and Joseph Kane | May 17, 2013 4:25pm Widening the Panama Canal and the Future of Global Trade Mapping Email Print Up and down the Atlantic coast, US ports are abuzz. Dredging machines, tunnel excavators, and highway pavers...

Great Lakes Dredge wins Miami channel deepening contract

Rick — Fri, 17 May 2013 06:13:58 PDT

Great Lakes Dredge wins Miami channel deepening contract MAY 16, 2013 — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, today reported it has won a $122 million contract for deepening...

Dredge contract awarded to handle bigger ships at Miami's port

Rick — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:16:57 PDT

Dredge contract awarded to handle bigger ships at Miami's port Ads by Google Do you take Metformin?Find out more about a Clinical Research Study Program on Diabetes.www.clinlife.com/Diabetes Email Zachary FagensonReuters 4:18 p.m. CDT, May 16, 2013 MIAMI (Reuters) - The...

Rick — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:52:04 PDT

May 16, 2013, 7:12am EDT Record funding flows to Florida’s cargo, cruise ports Enlarge In the Florida Ports Council's Five Year Mission Plan, required annually by the state, the association for the state’s 15 ports says that without port projects,...

Long expected wave of X class Solar Flares has begun. Back up your data

Rick — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:27:31 PDT

CHANCE OF FLARES: NOAA forecasters estimate a 50% chance of X-class solar flares and an 80% chance of M-class solar flares today. The source would be active sunspot AR1748, which is turning toward Earth. Solar flare alerts: text, voice. ANOTHER...

Great news for Gulf Coast Ports: U. S. Achieves Parity with Mexico as a Preferred Manufacturing Location; To Achieve Cost Parity with China by 2015

Rick — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:02:06 PDT

Editor’s note: The US has reached the goal once thought impossible by achieving energy independence. This happened, ironically, on the Democrat’s watch and despite confounding environmental constraints. Energy access was the only weakness in the US economy and altered all...

CSMS# 13-000231 - Reconciliation Expanded to Colombia TPA, Korea FTA, Oman FTA, Panama TPA and Peru TPA

Rick — Tue, 14 May 2013 06:59:40 PDT

CSMS# 13-000231 - Reconciliation Expanded to Colombia TPA, Korea FTA, Oman FTA, Panama TPA and Peru TPA 05/14/2013 10:44 AM EDT Automated Broker Interface The National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) Reconciliation prototype test has been modified to include the filing...

Florida Shipper, Journal of Commerce emerge in new forms - Update

Rick — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:24:53 PDT

In even the best laid plans In Nov. of 2009 we reported how the Florida Shipper was reduced to an online shipping schedule while its content was moved to the Journal of Commerce Magazine. Almost every day someone comes looking...