Commentary

Taking a Wrong Turn on Geographical Fees

Colin Barrett

A shipper challenges a motor carrier's geographic-based surcharges on deliveries to a specific location. Does it have a case?

Clearing the Air: What Ports Can Do

Elena Craft

There’s plenty to cause concern about the transportation industry’s ongoing environmental impact, with freight traffic to and from the U.S. set to increase by at least a third during the next 10 years. Here are five things ports can do to curb emissions and improve air quality.

So Near and Yet So Far

Jerry Peck

Are China’s days as the world’s largest manufacturing nation numbered? Yes, if you're willing to believe a growing number of business media and analysts.

William B. Cassidy

The loss of the airship USS Akron in 1933 heralded the end of the rigid airship era and a change in naval and aviation history.

Joseph Bonney

The last piece of a complex labor puzzle has clicked into place at the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Q&A: Is Illness an Act of God?

Colin Barrett

A truck accident that occurred when the driver had a seizure results in the loss of a $50,000 shipment. Does the shipper have a case or is it a complete loss?

Orwellian Logic and Port Policy

John R. McLaurin

It appears the ports of California are on the verge of adopting a policy that will automatically increase costs for their tenants and customers on an annual basis, even as California ports already are losing market share.

Freeing Up Free Trade

Pete Mento

The slow global recovery coupled with the uncertainty of European and Chinese economies have markets, corporations and consumers on edge. The blogosphere and the traditional media are abuzz with proposed remedies for the stumbling economy. Lately, the role of free trade agreements in the recovering economy seems to be one of the most discussed topics.

Joseph Bonney

Obama administration to U.S. merchant marine: Drop dead. That’s the clear message from a reported plan to replace U.S. food aid and its U.S.-flag shipping requirements with a new program of cash payments for purchasing food overseas.

Q&A: Do Container Rate Hikes Add Up?

Colin Barrett

By nearly every measure, container shipping capacity will increase more rapidly than demand. So why are carriers predicting an increase in rates?

Peter Tirschwell

The relative calm of ocean transportation becomes choppy for international freight as soon as it hits land in North America.

Q&A: Politics — Don’t Make a Federal Case Out of It

Colin Barrett

Is the push to limit the federal government’s role worth worry about for the transportation industry?

Joseph Bonney

As we wait to see whether the new International Longshoremen’s Association contract wins rank-and-file ratification, this is a good time to ask: Why were these negotiations so darn difficult?

Peter Tirschwell

A slow-boiling debate that’s been simmering since last year has broken out into the open: Is the container industry approaching an “inflection point” in which the balance of supply and demand shifts decisively in favor of the carriers? Despite skepticism among some leading analysts, several trends point in that direction.

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Commentary

Taking a Wrong Turn on Geographical Fees

Clearing the Air: What Ports Can Do

So Near and Yet So Far

Remember the USS Akron

NY-NJ Port: Six Busy Years Ahead

Q&A: Is Illness an Act of God?

Orwellian Logic and Port Policy

Freeing Up Free Trade

Torn and Tattered

Q&A: Do Container Rate Hikes Add Up?

Finding a Higher Gear

Q&A: Politics — Don’t Make a Federal Case Out of It

Why So Difficult?

Shifting Tides

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