Commentary

Several members of Congress recently introduced legislation that would give the Department of Justic

Handheld computer fanatics must have thought they'd died and gone to heaven during PC Expo at New Yo

Have you tried to hire anyone lately? It is not an easy accomplishment in this robust economy where

The Customs Service's final rules requiring civil penalties for the filing of false or fraudulent du

The enforcement of antitrust laws has become a central concern for many industries since Judge Thoma

Seems a long time back that the Ocean Shipping Reform Act got its first official airing when it took

As our fax machine and e-mail in-boxes continue to pile up with announcements of new dot-coms in log

As our fax machine and e-mail in-boxes continue to pile up with announcements of new dot-coms in log

The phrase 'trading with the enemy' is taking on new meaning. Rather than doing more to prohibit it,

''The transaction will join the complementary systems and assets of two successful carriers to creat

China is slowly opening up to North American logistics companies, and one firm was lucky enough to g

We refer to the June 13 article in JoC Online (www.joc.com) on proposals to change cargo liability l

Diversion in export terminology means shipping something somewhere other than as agreed or permitted

When P&O Nedlloyd announced it was buying Farrell Lines earlier this month, I immediately wondered w

Have you ever tried setting up labels and then printing them using your word processor? It's a tedio

On May 18, 2000, President Clinton signed into law the Trade and Development Act of 2000. The Act co

Last month, the Love Bug virus spread around the world. Even security experts were taken by surprise

In these heady days of Internet activity, when any intelligent person could be forgiven for being co

There's a battle brewing out there right now, and this one is off the sports fields and in the murky

5In the June 5-11 edition of JoC Week, former Deputy Customs Commissioner Michael Lane weighs in on

Surface Transportation Board Chairman Linda J. Morgan would be well-advised to organize her numerica

The Panama Canal has received a lot of deserved attention lately. While much of the discussion has c

As businesses expand their commercial activities over the Internet, import managers increasingly are

Welcome to another episode of the microphone wars. Today we have three contestants: the VoicePod ($9

''The fourth revolution of containerships as big as 15,000-18,000 TEUs is technically feasible, and

Most exporters are aware that government agencies involved with export controls, including the U.S.

To many, the news last week that P&O Nedlloyd had snaffled up the U.S.-flag carrier Farrell Lines ca

One of the most striking facts to emerge from the oversight hearing on the Ocean Shipping Reform Act

I read your June 5-11 article Under Siege: Can McWilliams unite a fractious ILWU? and found I had re

The airline industry is facing yet another wave of mergers similar to those that have transformed th

''I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more.'' That famous line from a motion picture is

The airline industry is facing yet another wave of mergers similar to those that have transformed th

I've been playing around with software that's supposed to diagnose and help you solve hardware and s

The Turnstone, a 15,000-deadweight-ton Greek-owned general cargo ship, is idling at the Argentine po

The news that Chilean shipping line Compania Sud-Americana de Vapores (CSAV) had acquired a large ch

According to a former Bureau of Export Administration official, many exporters still have misconcept

In January, I had the opportunity to visit the Panama Canal. For anyone in the transportation indust

The alarming vision of a truckload of Barbie dolls arriving at the U.S.-Mexican border nestled in wi

As Paul Spillenger explores in our cover story this week, non-vessel-operating common carriers are t

No doubt you've heard that phrase countless times, especially this time of the year when the Academy