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Good News - USA - Port Comes Back Early, Surprisingly
Shipping Resumes On a Small Scale
NEW ORLEANS,Lou,USA -The Washington Post, by Keith L. Alexander and Neil Irwin -Sept 14, 2005: --) The Port of New Orleans began unloading its first cargo ship since Hurricane Katrina on Tuesday night, months sooner than was predicted, a sign that disruption to the nation's shipping capacity may be less severe than originally forecast... After the storm, port officials figured it would take six months to resume service in New Orleans and at facilities throughout the Gulf Coast. Importers scurried to reroute coffee, steel and other commodities, and Midwest farmers worried that they wouldn't be able to ship their grain to the rest of the world during the harvest. The disruption threatened the supply of goods across the United States, and some forecasters said it would cause a drag on the economy...
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