Commentary

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

CP Ships, the British container ship company, named several new executives to its financial group as

The U.S. freight-transportation industry is on the brink of an infrastructure meltdown, but only a f

The Intermodal Association of North America named its new officers for 2005: Chairman Barry D. Micha

It's not your typical supply chain, the kind we usually write about that starts in a raw materials s

If you've been following the numerous articles and press releases over the past year about the World

Like millions of others, I've spent much of the last two weeks following the terrible news of the ts

We're all aware of troubling perceptions of American brands abroad. Collectively, we are painted wit

I believe that 2005 will be the year of internationalization of a strategy to better secure the inte

If there was any doubt that supply-chain management is a CEO-level concern, it was dispelled last ye

The Department of Homeland Security hit the nail on the head the other day when it described the sec

Bangladesh's apparel industry and economy face a grave danger. It comes from stiff U.S. tariffs on t

Just five years ago, the world was paralyzed with fear about the potential technical failure from th

This year wouldn't have been complete without one last rumor. It came from Arkansas, where a busines

Congestion at the twin ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles is so pervasive that it has stimulated ta

As Alan Field's article, "Shrimp producers cast wider net," in the Dec. 6 JoC points out, "U.S. shri

I hate to throw cold water on an appealing idea, but I feel compelled to do so. That appealing idea

The logistics world's sobering question of 2004 came just as the industry was taking stock of the la

[Editor's Note: The following is the text of remarks delivered by Journal of Commerce Vice President

Violating the Paper Reduction Act"Oh, it's only a paper form."(Nat "King" Cole)<

We've had the pleasure in recent weeks of witnessing meetings in which carriers, logistics providers

It's hard for me to believe that this year is already coming to a close. Despite the overwhelming vi

It takes only a cursory scan of industry news in recent weeks to realize that C-TPAT is back in the

For almost two years I have been speaking to clients and industry leaders about how Sarbanes-Oxley w

They've been talking since Sept. 11 about "smart" boxes - containers with technology to detect tampe

Innovation may not be the first word that springs to mind when thinking of the U.S. Po

Welcome to Traffic World. The magazine you are holding or reading online is, on its surface, a new d

LONDON -- The new European Commission looks like it's about to get serious about transport, raising

Copyright 2004, Traffic World, Inc.Anyone interested in reliving the romance of life on the