Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The letter to the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce came from the Turkish government, and it asked an u

During my annual office-cleaning weekend last month, I came across a copy of my first published edit

This is the time of year when people shake off the last of the holiday doldrums and begin to fix the

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

Old Dominion Freight Line, Thomasville, N.C., announced a series of changes in its LTL system. The c

Fifteen years ago there wasn't much to distinguish between the German and French mail monopolies, De

Container ship lines have a love-hate relationship with intermodal chassis. Carriers complain about

You may recall back in September when a major new element of the container security system - a requi

You get what you pay forPeter Tirschwell's Jan. 17 column ("New trucker crisis brewing") was

Manhattan Associates, Atlanta, appointed Steve Norton senior vice president and chief financial offi

Does the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration get a restart provision in its rulemaking on ho

In the early and mid-1990s, when I was U.S. Customs' regional commissioner for the Northeast, we wor

If you are a shipper who uses California ports, the minefield you already tread in coaxing your carg

If you're in business, where does your customer service end and the order begin? It's an interesting

New regulations could shut off an important market for U.S. agricultural-products exporters in 2005

Many cities learned years ago that the best way to open up parking spaces is to issue tickets accomp

Transportation industry prognosticators got an early holiday present in December when a rumor emerge

ArvinMeritor, Troy, Mich., named Stephen Luc managing director for Worldwide Trailer Products at the

William J. DeWitt is a professor of logistics, transportation and supply-chain management at the Uni

Block Imaging International, a radiology equipment reseller based in DeWitt, Mich., named Paul Crawf

Currency valuation should be market-basedWho benefits from the falling dollar? Unfortunately

In the last 15 years, U.S. industry has globalized in a big way. Initially, these efforts were aimed

The United States and Europe have settled - or, rather, agreed to settle - a trade dispute over subs

Remember the Palermo Senator? That was the container ship that in September 2002 was ordered out to

The growth of intermodal was one of the big stories of 2004. Traffic increased across the board and

When the Union Pacific Railroad issued an embargo last week on intermodal freight moving out of Sout

I have a working assumption that will seem unwarranted to most, but if you will suspend judgme

I read with interest Bill Mongelluzzo's article in the Dec. 22 JoC about the potential for a large s

The following is an anecdote from the president of an NVOCC about a recent experience with port truc

Viewed from the highway, they're bland and indistinguishable - vast, rectangular buildings with flat