Day 8
Trip home. We left the hotel at 530am and thank goodness we were allowed to check out the night before because checking out that morning would have been brutal. Most of us had our last cup of Honduran coffee at the airport after shopping in the smallest duty free I have ever seen! It was sad we were leaving, but it felt great to get home. After a trip like we had, we all needed a couple days to recuperate. The trip was an amazing experience for all of us. I didn't know it was possible to learn so much and have so much fun in only 1 week. I would recommend this trip to every textile student as I'm sure we all would. Mr. Harazin, Mr. Dillo, and Laura put together one of the best trips I have ever been on. We went to El Salvador and Honduras to learn about doing business in Central America, but we ended up experiencing business first hand.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI'm doing research on cotton t-shirts.
I have questions below that would be great if you would be willing to address, and if the following is accurate:
> Cotton bales transported from Lubbock, TX to N. Carolina to become fabric
> Carolina fabric transported by truck to ? Is there a port that commonly ships fabric that is closer then Miami?
> How much cotton fabric is shipped per container?
> Fabric is unloaded and driven by truck to textile factory
> Fabric is sewn into t-shirts
> T-shirts are loaded into containers, about 5500 dozen (66,000 shirts) per container
> Containers are driven by truck to a port
> How many containers are commonly shipped to a U.S. port, which port(s)?
> Do you know the type/size of ship commonly used to ship the t-shirts?
Thanks for your time.
Jason in Brooklyn, NY
If you would respond via email, mine is reconfigure|AT|gmail.com
ReplyDeleteThanks.