Industry Links and Help

Just a friendly reminder to everyone to check out our handy Industry Links in the upper left hand corner of this blog under the section titled “Internal Links”. Under Industry Links you will find a number of handy links that provide extensive lists of 3PL providers, Airlines, Conversion Tools, Exchange Rates, Seafreight (steamship lines), and much more.

We take pride in providing comprehensive lists of companies in the 3PL industry as well as links to useful sites and tools that can help you in your day to day work. If you find any broken links or wish to add your company to one of the lists, drop us a line. Also, if there is a certain link that you think would be of value to our readers that we haven’t listed yet, let us know. We are always looking for ways to increase the resources and information available on our blog.

Hurricane Wilma update.

People seem to have forgotten that 3 weeks ago one of the worst Hurricanes in Florida’s history devastated that state, leaving people homeless and struggling to survive. In the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, many of us are “hurricane-weary” and have forgotten those suffering in Florida, myself included :

A few of the thousands of families still homeless after Hurricane Wilma struck three weeks ago started moving Sunday into the first trailers set up here by the federal government.
The aftermath of damage left by Wilma around South Florida has gotten little national attention as Louisiana and Mississippi try to recover from the earlier devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

But more than 478,000 households in 13 Florida counties have applied to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for individual help, about 70% from Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

Thousands of people formed long lines last week to sign up for temporary food stamps, and more than 3 million people were expected to qualify for the aid because of damaged homes, ruined food and lost jobs. Most schools reopened just last week. And most of the 3.2 million customers who lost electricity finally got power restored.

Wilma was a Category 3 storm when it struck the Gulf Coast of South Florida with 125-mph winds. The hurricane still carried a wallop as it reached the Atlantic Coast as a Category 2 hurricane with 105-mph winds. The storm and subsequent rain have left an untold number of people still living in damaged houses, apartments and condominiums.

Read the whole thing. For those of you who want to help our fellow citizens struggling in Florida, please go here.

Directory of World Airports

The latest edition of Air Cargo World magazine contains the 2006 World Airports Directory. The directory is an excellent resource providing details for all major US and international airports. Each individual link contains specific airport contact information, airport specifications, capabilities, etc.

Updated Links

Sorry, too busy today to post my usual Quick News entry, will have a nice long post (I hope) tomorrow.

In the meantime, please check out our Industry Links section which we are constantly updating. We added more airlines today and are slowly but surely adding many more useful links to all of us in the industry, whether you are a shipper, a 3PL, an integrator, a carrier, or just a curious reader.

Our goal is to one day have the most useful industry links one can find. Feel free to contact us if there is a useful link you think we should add (key word being USEFUL).

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