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Commentary: The Bottom Line on Bill of Lading

Colin Barrett

Q: I filed a claim on a shipment using a National Motor Freight Classification item that has a released-value rating.

Gary Ferrulli

A weekly publication covering the ocean trade this month published data showing combined U.S.

Peter Tirschwell

It’s been a noteworthy summer in this sense: Major, even historic, changes in the global transportation landscape are revealing themselves in emphatic ways.

Bill Mongelluzzo

Importers and exporters are perplexed by the seemingly endless contract negotiations between office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Southern California, and well they should be.

Jump Ball

John McLaurin

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, who prides himself on being an environmentalist and champion of the 99 percent, has done a face plant over the top of his bicycle by pushing an NBA stadium proposal in an in

Colin Barrett

Q: I’ve been reading about something called freight derivatives lately, and I have no idea what the term means.

Ted Prince

With a single brief announcement on July 3, Rolf-Dieter Heuer marked the end of years of trials and tribulations.

Peter Tirschwell, Senior VP Strategy

I actually laughed after reading that Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., viewed the recent release of an Army Corps of Engineers report on mega-ship preparedness at U.S.

Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor

My Canadian friend on the phone sounded mystified. He’d read the Federal Maritime Commission’s report on cross-border container shipments, and was asking: What does it mean?

Susan Kohn Ross

One of the hallmarks of an importer’s relationship with Customs and Border Protection is reasonable care.

Barry Horowitz

If you think getting the toothpaste back in the tube is a problem, imagine trying to untangle and sort out the recent alphabet soup spill that occurred where the sea meets the land in the middle

Colin Barrett

Q: I own a small motor carrier, and we’re doing very well, thanks.

Stephanie Nall

How many longshoremen does it take to plug in a refrigerator?

Peter Tirschwell, Senior VP Strategy

Last week’s Journal of Commerce cover story (“Ocean Carriers’ New Pricing Power”) made an observation that hasn’t been lost on many this year: Despite weak fundamentals,

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Commentary: Gridlock on the Beltway

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