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Companies that deliver goods into New Jersey in their own trucks - beware. New Jersey's Division of

OTTAWA -- A far-reaching new regime for modernized global trade, offering streamlined clearance in e

Much of the focus in international logistics these days is on the marine terminal, and for good reas

At last week's Trans-Atlantic Maritime Conference, a chorus of speeches and PowerPoint presentations

Terminal costs are barrier to short-seaPeter Tirschwell's thoughtful and incisive piece in t

In the constant push and pull between shipper and carrier over the cost of transportation, the longs

Cargo security, born originally out of the long-standing need to counter shipment and inventory thef

International trade is an engine for U.S. economic growth. Exports ensure job growth and security fo

Related Story:Supply Chain Shift Fuels Regional LTLsThe trucking industry is in a tight

Importers pay for Customs delays Importers are facing a growing problem at U.S. ports that i

Because of its high capital costs, the transportation industry is closely tied to Wall Street. Wheth

The past five months have been consumed with more than the usual amount of debate about the perpetua

Talking with a sales representative from a container shipping line the other day, I kidded him about

Boston's Freedom Trail is a symbolic way to understand the people and the events that shaped the bir

This week in 1967, "Star Trek" aired the episode "The City on the Edge of Forever." In the episode,

One of the biggest trends in logistics these days for shippers and carriers alike is the growing use

If you like the shortage of trucks available to haul your freight, then you will love high fuel pric

Alvis Pauga has spent most of his career working with trade statistics. Over the last three decades,

A few notes and thoughts from last week's inaugural JoC China Trade & Logistics conference, which wa

When President Bush signed the Central American Free Trade Agreement last May, it marked the 10th fr

Liberate the HMTEach year we struggle to gain adequate funding for dredging; this year is no

Cross-subsidy? What cross-subsidy?I note the letter from attorney Rick Rude ("The white elep

To anyone who still believes the Transportation Security Administration is the right agency in the r

Which factors determine "size" in selecting the world's largest port? Different factors and assessme

Among its many challenges these days, the U.S. faces a growing problem of freight congestion, as mos

Post-9/11 discussion of seaport security has centered on three recurring questions: What must be don

I recently came across a fascinating anecdote about intermodal service that shows how much the busin

What next? It's a question that has cropped up at the end of short-sea shipping conferences for the

They're independent contractors. They're paid by the trip. Many of them are immigrants, primarily Hi

If you liked undercharges, you'll love the fuel surcharge bill. The fuel surcharge pr

For the transportation and logistics industry in the United States, globalization is a double-edged

'Free lunch' column was on target Larry Kaufman's March 21 column in The Journal of Commerce

Customs and Border Protection has unveiled C-TPAT Plus, a new and improved version of the Customs-Tr

For those of you out there reading this article, I'd like to perform a quick survey. I'd like to see

Ceres Terminals and Yusen Terminals , subsidiaries of the NYK Group, appointed two key executives. B

It's a maxim that seems to be a new business truism. Do nothing, executives in transport and logisti

The last couple of weeks have not been good ones for the trucking industry. The deliberations on the

In Wonderland, as Alice discovered, everything was upside down and backward. For many representative

Noted writer Edward Abbey once observed that "there is science, logic, reason; there is thought veri

When APL Ltd. CEO Ron Widdows first heard about the size of the toll increases announced by the Pana