While politicians debate the validity of global warming, some shippers are voting with their boats, quietly shifting marine routes to Churchill, Canada's northernmost industrial harbor.
The plunder from 1991 added fuel to a global industry of scavengers, shippers and traders, who funneled stolen items from Iraq into the hands of private collectors overseas.
In a joint news release, Mr. Pataki and Mrs. Whitman presented dueling encomiums to the agreement, which they said would serve commuters, shippers, travelers, the global marketplace and the long-term stability of the region.
The industry is fast consolidating on a global scale because size offers shippers the opportunity for one global contract, rather than needing to negotiate with a number of ports around the world.
There would be plenty of other losers too, from the nations that depend on a steady flow of Middle East oil to stabilize global energy prices to the shippers that count on the Fifth Fleet for protection to the local companies that help sustain U.S. forces in the region.
Soon, global commerce will transform, providing shippers and others with new routes, capacity and opportunities to serve their customers and global consumers all over the world.
Launched in 2004 when global auto sales were booming and shippers raced to keep up with demand from carmakers, the ship is two football fields long and has a cargo capacity of 21,443 tons, greater than some of today's largest cruise ships.
In addition to FedEx, Luggage Forward works with U.P.S., DHL and smaller shippers as well as other big global partners like Starwood Hotels.
In the management literature, logistic performance is more and more often measured in terms of customer satisfaction [32, 34] not simply from the point of view of the shipper, but with regard to the global supply chain.
"In This World" estimates that as many as a million people a year entrust their fates to clandestine shippers of human cargo, and counts a global population of around seven million refugees displaced by war, famine and other natural and political catastrophes.
