Commentary

"I believe that we can gather, fuse and assess more complete data from the global supply chain to de

You'll have to excuse us if we're floating on clouds this week because that, in a virtual way, is wh

Canal criticism not based on factsSound management welcomes constructive comments and critic

Asking questions is a big part of the job at The Journal of Commerce, or at any other news publicati

The recent tragic bombings in London have spurred U.S. decision-makers to ask whether our transporta

A cover story in the June 20 Journal of Commerce on logistics-industry salaries triggered some inter

A decade or so ago, everyone suddenly was in logistics - or claimed to be. Trucking companies, wareh

I may have relayed this anecdote before, but if so, it's worth repeating. After a late-night flight

There is no question that the U.S. government, in conjunction with the transportation industry, has

Diesel fuel prices offered shippers and carriers a mid-summer respite last week after the prices, an

The punch was telegraphed, but still packed a wallop. The long-threatened civil racketeering lawsuit

My friend and colleague Ted Prince made some interesting and important comments on public investment

For many months now, leaders of the Port of Los Angeles, maritime industry representatives, labor an

Amid the frustration, sadness and deservedly genuine anger among airline personnel who increasingly

In looking to spin the reorganization of the Department of Homeland Security last week before the pl

No organization as large and diverse as U.S. Customs and Border Protection can reorient its mission

What is remarkable and, to a jaded soul, surprising, is that in the summer of 2005, the headline on

Think for a moment of a truck going down the highway as a kind of Rorschach test. If you're a shippe

John Bowers and his cohorts at the International Longshoremen's Association couldn't have been happy

The attack would begin with a brilliant, blue-green finger of light slamming into a busy New Jersey

For more than a decade, air-cargo executives have agonized over low yields and minuscule return on i

What's the state of logistics? More and more, that depends on where you stand. Are you a buyer or a

On July 6, the International Olympic Committee, meeting in Singapore, will select the site for the 2

With few ships available to charter, ocean carriers have been in a holding pattern on all-water serv

Not since the United States floated the dollar in the 1970s and threw the Bretton Woods system on th

It would be easy to look back at the backups at West Coast ports that were beginning to build this t

A show of hands, please: How many readers heard the term "critical infrastructure" used to describe

Some time in the next few weeks, or perhaps a little longer, a thud will be heard somewhere deep wit

The country's Class 1 railroads are all but slapping high-fives over improvements in service and an

Maersk deal: More than meets the eyeSome random thoughts on Maersk's purchase of P&O Nedlloy

When A.P. Moller-Maersk announced plans to buy P&O Nedlloyd, the news touched off speculation about

LONDON -- Europe's drum-tight supply chain could snap anytime over the coming months as its ports st

The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism has been the focus of much attention in recent month

The lines in the sand in Congress over the highway bill have grown a bit hard to read given how ofte

When it comes to tackling vexing issues of port congestion, grand visions don't mean a lot. For all

For more than a year, Union Pacific has been struggling with a surfeit of riches. Customers want to

Two news stories caught my attention last week. One was on the opening in November of the first phas

Column's opinion on rail trailers is off trackBefore Roger Miller was traveling the rails lo

What do telephones, truckers, clothing stores, warehouses and logistics providers have in common? Th

It's hard for me to believe that in just a few months we will observe the four-year anniversary of t