Commentary

Finally, a CD writer that won't turn your discs to coastersThey've always been there, loomin

As baseball's regular season comes to an end and post-season play commences, much discussion is focu

Few deny that when it comes to processing international parcels, the U.S. Customs Service is far les

As the JoC Group's 11th annual Breakbulk conference opens in New Orleans, there are certain things t

With the summer doldrums over, and even the British forming an orderly queue to return to their desk

Welcome to Breakbulk Week. I have taken the liberty of nicknaming this issue of JoC Week in recognit

Rail customers, investors, executives and others on Tuesday will get a good idea about what the futu

Some good might yet come from the sinking of the Greek ferry Express Samina off the Aegean island of

A new U.S. air carrier will be able to start flying to China next April 1. Four carriers - American

Now that I'm addicted to my Palm IIIc, I've begun searching for ways to turn it into more of a compa

Canadian National Railway has received a lot of attention for improving its ratio of expenses to rev

A major barrier to global e-commerce has been the difficulty of offering an all-inclusive, delivered

Although President Clinton has deferred any decision about an anti-missile system, the debate about

Sometime next month, Canadian Pacific will issue its third quarter earnings report. Let me offer you

While the queues continue to form at gasoline stations in Britain for that precious propellant, it m

By the end of this month, the Department of Transportation is expected to award 10 new weekly flight

In the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans is a replica of a ''Higgins boat'' - one of the thousand

Let's toast the world economy. This year and next, International Monetary Fund economists forecast,

There was some interesting testimony offered by witnesses representing railroads and rail customers

Traffic managers working for companies 'going global' for the first time often find themselves havin

Every computer magazine I pick up has been raving about it! Everyone that's using it believes it's t

Europeans put out the fire, but more trucking revolt likely down the roadThe European trucke

I recently visited Nantucket for the first time, fulfilling a childhood dream. Intoxicated by vision

In many older port cities, no one is surprised when you say you are headed to the piers to go shoppi

The U.S. Customs Service is feeling your pain. As a result, the onerous process of import compliance

Next week the Council of Logistics Management holds its annual conference in New Orleans. The topic

They say the Atlantic spells turbulent waters for some, and whether that remark centers on battles o

What a sorry spectacle recently off the coast of Canada: The Ukrainian crew of the Katie - a former

In the article, ''Pacific Coast Ports Weigh in,'' (JoC Week September 4-10, Project Cargo special ad

The idea is hardly revolutionary - focusing international transportation decisions on transit time o

Two recent Surface Reflections by Lawrence H Kaufman dealing with the need for culture change and a

No, I'm not becoming egotistical. ME actually stands for Millennium Edition, which is the new Window

There's an old joke about hitting yourself in the head with a hammer. The punch line is that some pe

These are flush times for shipyards building container ships. According to reports, during the first

These days it seems that an airline reservation means only an intention to travel given the extended

Michael Ducker is a believer. As executive vice president, international, of FedEx, he's been watchi

The presidential campaign between Al Gore and George W. Bush has become an old-fashioned slugfest in

John Knapp's first job as a lifeguard required him to be fully trained and prepared before setting a

Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee makes his first state visit to Washington next week, his

In last week's column I commented that none of the people who served as Secretary of Transportation