Commentary

Container ship lines kicked off the new year by overhauling their services on main east-west routes.

Another peak season has come and gone, and the annual dance for ocean freight contracts will soon be

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Q:Our small package carrier has declined damage c

Ford Motor Co. shook up the automobile industry last week with plans to close 14 plants and trim its

For the past two-plus decades, the development and use of technology has increased at nearly warp sp

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Anyone looking for political pronouncements and policy st

When I started covering this industry in 1992, the Suez Canal was seen as the next big thing in cont

The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINELONDON -- European transport is facing major uncertainties in

Puerto Rico trade provides lessonWhat if they don't all come at a cost? The implication in t

Years ago, when supply chains moved at a snail's pace compared to today, a port strike of days or ev

Terrorism continues to be the major transportation security concern. Even prior to Sept. 11, cargo t

The Transportation Security Administration took time from its busy reorganization schedule this mont

Hollings' security plan may make a comeback Container fees are alive and well and living in

Benjamin Franklin once described insanity as "doing the same thing over and over and expecting diffe

During economic rebounds in the past, the industrial real estate sector has followed a predictable p

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Thirty months the trucking capacity crunch, I am confiden

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.There were plenty of calls in 2005 for the federal govern

Thirty months the trucking capacity crunch, I am confident about two things. First, the "core carrie

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Q:Working as a broker, I contracted with a carrie

So much of international logistics these days comes down to capacity - specifically the need to make

In today's globalized economy, nearly everyone says he supports "free trade" as an ideal, especially

Can multinational companies confidently entrust the long-term future of their supply chains to a cou

I don't know about you, but I'm fatigued by the hours of service debate.It's been more than

How well is Wal-Mart's radio-frequency identification initiative working? A recently reported Univer

An alternative to raising the bridgePlease excuse me for just now getting around to reading

Not a 'bridge to nowhere'Reading Ted Prince's Dec. 5 column on "poison pork," I was not surp

There is much talk about the consolidation of ocean carriers, as evidenced by A.P. Moller-Maersk's a

Maybe it was the hint of a cold in his voice, but there was something about the way Frederick Smith

A generation ago, U.S. diplomacy was personified by Henry Kissinger's "shuttle diplomacy," featuring

The week before Christmas I caught up with Todd Owen, director of the C-TPAT program at Customs and

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Beyond the NumbersI am the father of 15-year-old

On a morning shortly before Thanksgiving in 1937, 24-year-old Malcom Mclean was frustrated and restl

Last month I discussed in this space how intermodal increasingly is paying its way and no longer is

Customs and Border Protection was and continues to be a driving force behind the World Customs Organ

Receiving one of the Connie awards presented this month by the Containerization and Intermodal Insti

For the logistics and transportation industry, the world moved on two very sharply different tracks

Shipping isn't an industry known for artistic sensibilities, but many container terminals have begun

The Government Accountability Office gets it about half right in its recent report on aviation secur

A top priority in the war on terrorism is combating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

Within the next five years, U.S. consumption is expected to increase more than $1 trillion, from $8