The Port of New Orleans

The Port officials were extremely pleased when president Bush repealed the steel tariffs last year, which meant a return to a normal competitive marketplace (Port Report). It allowed the private sector terminal operators to compete for steel business without the added cost of tariffs. One of the port Commissioners, David Schulingkamp, led a national ports effort to repeal the tariffs. The Port of New Orleans led a grass roots lobbying effort along with Louisiana's Congressional delegation and Senators Breaux and Landrien, and Congressmen Tauzin, McCrery, Vitter, and Jeff

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vessel sailed from New Orleans to Hamburg, where it loaded a wide range of cargo for its eastbound voyage to Asia. At the port of Middlesborough, it loaded a heavy-lift consignment consisting of a cable reel weighing 250 tons, destined for Singapore. The ship will load in Antwerp and Germany, then pass through the Suez Canal on its way to Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dalian, Xingang, and Masan, before returning to New Orleans, and on across the Atlantic to Europe to complete the Pearl String circumnavigation. The voyage takes 126 days, and allows for flexibility to make additional ports of call, as well as loading and unloading of difficult cargoes. The vessel can handle extreme dimensions up to 640 tons in weight and has hatches up to 32 meters in length, and adjustable tweendecks to accommodate long or high loads below decks, as well as the capacity to carry larger pieces above decks. In November, 2003, Maersk Sealand began a new container service through the Port of New Orleans (Port Report). The weekly Central America/Mexico ocean carrier service will operate two vessels on a rotation basis, transporting dry and refrigerated cargo, and 45-foot equipment. The Ruben sailed on November 9, 2003 on the first southbound se
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