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GWI Attending the 4th Annual Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference

Gulf Winds will be in attendance at this year’s Frac Sand Supply and Logistics Conference 2015. The conference will run from September 24-25 in San Antonio, TX. Mike Landin, GWI’s Business Development Manager will be speaking and GWI’s Director of Warehouse Operations, Kevin Griffin, will be hosting a round table discussion Please take a moment […]

GWI Releases Driver Focused Video

Following our More than the Move company video, we felt the next step in our story telling journey was to highlight the people who drive our business – our Owner Operators! We wanted to create a video that highlighted the amazing stories these drivers have and that displayed what it was like to drive for […]

Profitability from a Driver’s Perspective

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Gulf Winds Opening New Bayport Facility Early 2015

New Hours of Service Regulations

On July 1st, 2013 the new FMCSA Hours-of-service regulations will take effect. Key Issues: – Required (30 minute rest period within the first 8 hours on duty) – Required (2 consecutive periods of night rest between 1:00AM and 5:00AM during the current 34 hr restart) What Does This Mean to Me? – 4-6% reduction in […]

PHA Experiencing Technical Issues

The Port of Houston Authority has confirmed all external email, some phone distribution, and internet (external website and tracing) is down. This means tracing for Barbours Cut and Bayport is currently down. However, the gates are open and fully operational. We will notify everyone when PHA is up and running again.

GWI Cycling Team Completes MS150

For 2011, Gulf Winds put together a team and participated in the BP MS150 April 16-17 2011.

How New Documents Cutoffs Will Affect Your Business

Business Update **** ATTENTION EXPORTERS **** The EU recently issued a new customs mandate with an effective date of 01/01/2011. This mandate requires all cargo destined for, or transiting through, Europe to be declared to EU customs prior to the cargo loading to vessels in the USA. Steamship lines are now implementing new Documentation cutoff […]

Third Annual Harris County International Trade & Transportation Conference

The Third Annual Harris County International Trade & Transportation Conference will begin January 30th and continue through February 1st.  This years conference will be focused on current topics relating to trade between India and North America.  The overall issue to be discussed will be “Making the Gateway of North America Work!” For a list of […]

Successful Garage & Bake Sale

Last weekend Gulf Winds held a charity garage and bake sale in Seabrook, TX at our Bayport warehouse.  Even with the rainy start we had a large number of people come out and participate.  We had an overwhelming amount of donations provided for the garage sale and a large number of baked goods as well. […]