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 Last
month’s question was:
How many
total employees (including current staff) has M.E. Dey had over
the last 100 years?
The correct
answer is 180
And the winner of a $50 Target gift card
is...
Amy Alatorre of Mercury
Marine with her guess of 157.
The question for this month is:
The decade of the 1960’s was a high point of
steamship service to the Port of Milwaukee. The St Lawrence
Seaway opened in 1959. The seaway allowed large ocean going
vessels to call on the numerous ports on the great lakes. By
1970, the Port of Milwaukee hosted more than 30 steamship lines
that offered scheduled service to a variety of foreign
destinations around the world. Some of the steamship names might
be familiar: Farrell Lines, Anchor Lines, Fall line, Ernst Russ,
Fjell, Cunard, Manchester liners, Yugoslav Great Lakes Lines,
Black Star, Kline, NYK, Mitsui OSK and Zim. Most were represented
by local steamship agents; Kerr, General Steamship, United States
Navigation, Nordship, Norton Lilly, Maritime Steamship, Eagle
Ocean Transport and Federal Marine Terminals. A bit earlier,
during the 1950’s, M.E.Dey & Co represented one of these lines.
For a $50 gift certificate, can you name that steamship line? For
a tie breaker, can you name the agent that represented Zim? Send
your entry to
100years@medey.com |
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C U S T O M S & S E C U R I T
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Attention Spring Breakers: New Documents
Required for Air Travel to U.S.
If you are traveling by plane on spring break to Mexico or Canada,
please keep in mind that the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
requires all travelers to and from the Americas, the Caribbean, and
Bermuda to have a passport or other accepted form of documentation to
enter or reenter the United States.
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S H I P P I N G & T R A N S P O R T A T I O N |
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ATA says Mexico plan is
‘a step toward efficiency’
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
(Feb. 23, 2007) — The American Trucking Associations says it
supports the Bush administration’s move “to implement the safe,
efficient and secure flow of cargo across the border between
United States and Mexico, as required by the North American Free
Trade Agreement.”
read more
Teamsters boss calls Mexican truck plan 'Russian roulette'
WASHINGTON
(Feb. 23, 2007) — The Teamsters, citing safety and security
concerns, have come out in opposition to a U.S. Department of
Transportation pilot program to grant qualifying Mexican trucking
firms full transborder access to the U.S. road system.
read more
USDA
DELAYS INSPECTION AND USER FEE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL TRUCKS,
RAILROAD CARS ENTERING THE UNITED STATES FROM CANADA
Cranes Clear The Decks
February 27, 2007 SkyNews
All 846 containers have finally been removed from the deck of the
cargo ship which beached off the Devon coast last month.
The MSC Napoli was deliberately grounded off Sidmouth to prevent
it breaking up.
It had suffered hull damage in the Channel during a storm.
Salvage experts now face the task of removing the remaining 1,353
containers from the hold. The operation has involved two crane
barges sent from Rotterdam. They have been transferring the
containers to waiting vessels for transport to nearby ports.
A total of 116 containers were lost overboard, 73 of which were
washed ashore. The incident triggered a rush of beachcombers to
Branscombe beach. Thousands of items were salvaged by the public
including cosmetics, trainers and a shipment of 17 BMW
motorbikes. Another 30 containers were presumed sunk, 11
submerged containers were traced, and two were lost in French
waters
TWIC clock ticking for ports
February 13, 2007
MIAMI -- Potentially costly deadlines are looming for ports and
terminals that plan to redraw restricted areas to reduce the
number of employees and visitors who require the new
Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), experts
told delegates to an American Association of Port Authorities
meeting Tuesday.
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Port of Portland installs container security system |
TACA Announces Tariff Rate Class
Restoration and Panama Canal Fee Increases
Port of Seattle to increase cargo handling capacity
Shipping
incentive reduces emissions
Evergreen enhances ShipmentLink
e-reports
Carriers
anticipate significant increases in costs relating to inland
rail and truck transportation, container equipment positioning, a
growing cargo and equipment imbalance in the transpacific market,
and other factors. Based on an internal analysis and forecast of
carrier operating and network costs in the coming contract year,
carriers are recommending the following schedule of rate
adjustments, GRI with effective fm 1 May 07:
PSS
$400/40’ fm June 15 to October 15, 2007.
OCEAN – MAERSK HIKING
RATES AGAIN
Maersk Line will implement a general rate increase of $200 per TEU
for all shipments from Asia to the East Coast of South America,
effective April
Pact ends CN rail strike
February 26, 2007 JOC
Workers for Canadian National Railway Co. returned to work Monday
after Canada's largest railroad reached a tentative agreement with
the union representing about 2,800 striking conductors and yard
crews.
Montreal-based Canadian National and the United Transportation
Union reached an agreement at around 4 p.m. Saturday.
The
strike began Feb. 10 after the sides failed to reach agreement on
a new contract to replace a three-year one that expired Dec. 31.
The dispute centered on wages and work conditions. Managers filled
in for workers to keep freight operations running.
Union members will vote March 26 on the one-year pact, which
includes a three-percent wage increase and a C$1,000 bonus on
ratification, according to documents published published on a
union Web site.
Canadian National and the union were initially negotiating a
three-year agreement.
The
union was seeking wage increases of 4.5 percent in each of the
first two years and four percent in the third year, the railway
said in a Feb. 11 statement. UTU-member employees earned an
average of C$75,000 in 2006, said Canadian National.
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Dominican Republic joins CAFTA
March 1, 2007
The Department of
Commerce on Thursday announced the implementation of the free
trade agreement between the United States, Central America and
Dominican Republic.
The announcement of the
pact, known as DR-CAFTA, was posted on the White House Web site
after months of delays attributed to disagreements between
Dominican legislation and the requirements by Commerce Department
authorities.
Dominican President
Leonel Fernandez had said in his speech before the National
Assembly Feb. 21 that the trade deal would take effect in the
first days of this month.
Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador have ratified DR-CAFTA,
signed in August, 2004, leaving only Costa Rica yet to approve the
pact.
The
People's Republic of China have taken the decision to build a new
deep water port on Big and Little Yangshan Island. The Yangshan
port project in Shanghai, China, is one of the largest port
project currently under consideration in the world.
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 A
Modern Parable
A
Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company (General Motors)
decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River. Both teams
practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the
race.
On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile. The Americans,
very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the reason
for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior staff
was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action.
Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1
person steering, while the American team had 8 people steering and
1 person rowing.
Thinking that a deeper study was in order, American
management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount
of money for a second opinion. They advised, of course, that too
many people were steering the boat, while not enough people were
rowing.
Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to
prevent another loss to the Japanese, the rowing team's structure
was totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors, 3 area steering
superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager.
They also implemented a new performance system that would
give the 1 person rowing the boat greater incentive to work
harder. It was called the "Rowing Team Quality First Program",
with meetings, dinners and free pens for the rower. There was
discussion of getting new paddles, canoes and other equipment,
extra vacation days for practices and bonuses; the next year the
Japanese won by two miles.
Humiliated, the American management laid off the rower for
poor performance, halted development of a new canoe, sold the
paddles, and canceled all capital investments for new equipment.
The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as
bonuses and the next year's racing team was out-sourced to India. |
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