First legal Cuban cargo in more than 50 years arrives in US
Source: Associated Press
Updated 5:45 pm, Tuesday, January 24, 2017
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The first legal cargo from Cuba in more than 50 years has arrived in the United State.
The Miami Herald (https://goo.gl/PZLZz8 ) reports that two containers of artisanal charcoal arrived Tuesday morning at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale aboard a Crowley Maritime ship called the K-Storm.
The special charcoal is made from Cuban marabu by private, worker-owned cooperatives. Marabu is an invasive woody species from Africa that is considered a nuisance on the island.
The exports are legal under a rule change by the Obama administration that allows the importation of some products produced by independent Cuban entrepreneurs. The United States has imposed a trade embargo on Cuba for more than half a century.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/First-legal-Cuban-cargo-in-more-than-50-years-10881160.php
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Cuban Trade Delegation Visits Port of New Orleans
Courtesy Port of New Orleans
By MarEx 2017-01-25 21:05:33
A group of economic development officials and port operators from Cuba are making a goodwill tour of six American seaports, and on Wednesday, they arrived at the Port of New Orleans to discuss new opportunities for trade.
The delegation met with representatives from local manufacturers, shippers and logistics providers, and the port gave them a tour of the harbor. In return, the delegates gave an overview of investment opportunities at the Mariel Special Economic Zone and the new Mariel Container Terminal, located about 15 nm to the west of Havana.
Delegations of American port executives and economic development officials have already visited Cuba, including representatives from Norfolk, Port Everglades, Tampa, Houston, and New Orleans.
“We’re very pleased that Cuba’s leading trade ambassadors are visiting Louisiana so soon after our [earlier] business development mission there,” said Louisiana economic development secretary Don Pierson. “We have an unmatched port system here in Louisiana, and the leaders of those ports continue to prioritize trade with Cuba on many fronts."
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http://maritime-executive.com/article/cuban-trade-delegation-visits-port-of-new-orleans
