by Descartes Datamyne | May 26, 2010 | Data Applications, Imports
Prices rise as buyers stockpile Gulf seafood Expecting shortages as the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill continued to spread in the Gulf of Mexico, seafood purveyors rushed to stockpile and helped drive up the prices of shrimp and oysters. Now, as the Independent of...
by Descartes Datamyne | May 25, 2010 | Data Applications, Transport
Taicang Dragon inaugurates TCC’s no-frills transpacific service Norwegian carrier The Containership Company (TCC) launched its new port-to-port service with the first of the start-up’s five vessels arriving May 2 at the Port of Los Angeles laden with cargo from...
by Descartes Datamyne | May 20, 2010 | Data Applications, Imports, Markets
Yerba maté arrives in Hamburg … and a hackers convention in New York Forget coffee or green tea … have a latte made from a South American shrub, a species of holly (Ilex paraguariensis), actually. Yerba maté bars are springing up in Starbucks territory, the Pacific...
by Descartes Datamyne | May 19, 2010 | Indicators, Markets, Resources
The slick spreads, fishing is banned, legal claims multiply The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) yesterday extended the boundaries of the area closed to fishing in the Gulf of Mexico to include 45,728 square miles, or...
