Commentary

When the Asian Shippers' Council fired a broadside against container ship operators a couple of week

Dayton Freight Lines promoted John Dooley to service center manager at its Kansas City, Kan., servic

July 1, 1980 was a painfully hot day in Washington, one of those days where the air is heavy with hu

There is no shortage of disturbing news these days. Whether it's a child gunning down classmates in

The Port of New York and New Jersey has a built-in advantage - the region's large population and dem

The white elephant in the living roomIt is gratifying to see a belated confirmation of the b

Since the African Growth and Opportunity Act was enacted in 2000, members of the Washington communit

BNSF Railway has told its intermodal customers that as of March 1, it is reducing the free time for

It's not often you find shippers, railroads, rail labor, the Department of Transportation and the De

The whine of chain saws echoes through several northern New Jersey towns, where workers are cutting

There is no magic bullet that will solve the growing problem of marine terminal congestion. Fact is,

The insurance industry has experienced many changes over the years but none as significant as the im

Union Pacific Railroad named Bob Naro vice president of Mexico operations. Naro, formerly assistant

Most of the questions coming from Wall Street about the Yellow Roadway purchase of USF come down to

Putting Sea-Land's profit in contextI enjoyed reading Peter Leach's fine article in the Feb.

Innovate Logistics , a British operator specializing in cold chain logistics, appointed Andrew Dawso

Some 30 years ago, it took 24 hours to achieve $10 billion in international trade transactions. Toda

They tell the story of the jockey who lost a race, dismounted and was confronted by the horse's angr

Port capacity is rapidly becoming the No. 1 issue facing the international logistics system in North

Equipment size matters to shippers, and given a choice, they will consistently opt for larger equipm

When managing most any business process, the areas that prove more troublesome inevitably are those

There surely must have been a pressing security need at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa, Okla., just as th

John Allan, CBEJohn Allan's 20-year career in logistics earned royal recognition Fe

Imagine that you are the owner of a manufacturing company that employs 100 people. Seventy-five of t

Six years after the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, people still describe containerized shipping as a com

From the warehouses in central Japan to the trucks intersecting with distribution centers and retail

UPM Rafsec, a Finland-based RFID tag manufacturer, hired Thomas Wythe as a sales team leader based i

There was some squawking about the Panama Canal Authority's increase in tolls for containerized carg

I covered the trans-Pacific trade in the mid-1990s, and there was always an element of mystery surro

Our nation's capital has recently heard extensive debate over the word "crisis." President Bush's pr

Being a carrier is suddenly profitable again. Yellow Freight is the darling of Wall Street, ocean ca

Mega-mergers across any industry, such as the recent deal between Procter & Gamble and Gillette,

You've heard the old maxim about how making laws is like making sausage? You don't want to see eithe

<p><SPAN class=newsbold>The North Carolina State Ports Authority</SPAN> named <

When we asked more than 200 industry leaders to list the top industry issues in last month's JoC Ann

Let the government pay for its errorsWe continue to load up the cost of doing business in th

Information has always been at the heart of the effort to prevent the trade system from being usurpe

The problem of shippers using terminals for storage is an old one that's been highlighted recently b

While Rep. Don Young was talking to Traffic World about transportation issues last week, the White H

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the New York Shipping Association's incorporation. NYSA Pres