Commentary

Overcapacity in the ocean container shipping market is a problem that doesn't just affect carriers.

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.The holidays are upon us once again, and visions of sugar

Quartel is right on 'Build American'What a treat to read Rob Quartel's essay, "The Elephant

It was hyped as the fight of the century, a championship bout matching the challenger, Joe Miniace,

For those with an interest in the Customs Service being sensitive to the needs and concerns of impor

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, IncI asked and you responded. What do readers recommend for n

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.Since Sept. 11, 2001, security has become an overriding c

LONDON - Global shipping has gone on trial in an anonymous building on the south bank of the River T

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.As you are probably aware, APL Direct Logistics and its H

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.This summer I escaped from a high-rise apartment that sto

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.As the CEO of the largest trade association representing

Whether they want to or not, international logistics interests are being forced to pay more attentio

of today's mess"An American Transportation Story"By David J. Deboer, Lawrence H Kauf

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.What a person gets out of a career fair usually is relate

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.For most dot-coms the race to become viable was over in a

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.The U.S. Customs Service has proposed to consolidate its

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.Management in the West Coast dock labor dispute forfeited

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.Lost luggage is not an obvious starting place for a web-b

I haven't spoken about the Jones Act in any public forum since I left the Jones Act Reform Coalition

When Congress began fiddling with port-security legislation in mid-2001, some of us thought the spon

Everyone seems to be so negative about the consolidation of the various enforcement arms of the gove

WASHINGTON - Sleep well, America. Your seaports will be more secure because the director of the U.S.

Every few years some regulatory or private association program becomes the rage du jour. In recent y

After the Sept. 11 attacks Americans went through a collective version of what in management-speak i

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.The National Industrial Transportation League hit a solid

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.A few months ago, the brokerage firm of Morgan Stanley he

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.Several weeks ago the headline for my editorial was "Seek

I believe the Federal Maritime Commission has a responsibility to your members as a part of the ocea

In one sense, it was gratifying to learn last week that West Coast port negotiators had reached an a

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.A few months ago, the brokerage firm of Morgan Stanley he

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.I have been reading Traffic World since Pete Hamm's time

Let the market decideAlthough the dockworkers are back on the job, the crisis at West Coast

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.Last week I got a call from a business reporter at the Lo

A few blocks from the JoC offices in beautiful downtown Newark, city officials are preparing to blow

Within hours of this issue's deadline last week, Customs issued its final regulation requiring vesse

It's now more than seven years since talks got underway to forge a Western Hemisphere free trade are

WASHINGTON - You won't find the membership roster posted on the West Coast Waterfront Coalition Web

Copyright 2002, Traffic World, Inc.There's a big shakeup under way at the Teamsters Central

Biting the handthat feeds youHaving held executive positions on both the carrier and

A week after the West Coast docks reopened following the 10-day lockout, they are beyond congested.