COVER STORY
Money in motion
Public, private initiatives are ready to put new trucks on the road at Los Angeles, Long Beach.

CUSTOMS
Reprieve for ‘first sale’
Customs does an about-face on a proposal to change the way transactions are valued.

RAIL
Container express
BNSF Railway will carry containers as well as trailers on its expedited trains.

CARGO LIABILITY
Behind the UNCITRAL deal
Attorney Mary Helen Carlson offers an inside look at the years of negotiations That produced an international cargo-liability treaty.

TRADE
Early indicator
The onset of a global economic slowdown should be no surprise to followers of the JoC-ECRI Industrial Price Index.

PORTS
Public vs. private at Charleston
Debate has flared over whether the state-operated Port of Charleston should become a landlord port.

SPECIAL REPORT
Doing Business in Singapore

• Top Lion: Singapore remains atop the list among world ports in container volume.
• Singapore: Just the facts

THIS WEEK'S COLUMNS

Joseph Bonney: Not the end of the story

Barry Horowitz: I've Got a Question For You: Congratulations! More challenges ahead

W. Gordon Fink: Other Voices: The intermodal solution

Peter Tirschwell: Better than nothing, but barely