Commentary

The U.S. economy seems destined to continue its slow recovery, with market growth moving in a positive direction, albeit at a very tepid pace.

Rock historian Robert Santelli has described Bruce Springsteen’s ballad “4th of July, Asbury Park

2012 was a year that saw carriers start to show some discipline as far as freight rates, despite supply and demand not being totally in our favor.

The maritime profession is ever changing, and never so rapidly as now.

When the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance agreed to extend their existing contract through Feb. 6, many East and Gulf Coast shipping interests thought their labor issues were behind them. After all, the big stumbling block — royalties — had been settled.

Hope that 2013 will result in strengthening the resolution of the use of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund probably will be dashed early in the 113th Congress.