Commentary

Many traffic managers buy liner shipping services in much the same way you and I would purchase a ca

he United States and the European Union will soon resume talks on an issue with wide implications fo

Every U.S. farmer should stake out a place in line for the additional farm subsidies that could be h

Across the waters from the beaches of the English coastal town of Margate last Tuesday morning, the

Rep. Phil Crane, R-Ill., and colleagues asked for it, and they got it - from business, the AFL-CIO,

Women have been breaking precedents and making headlines recently - but the headlines themselves say

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott bridles whenever anyone mentions the ''ancient ethnic

What started as a simple security problem the other day at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport en

Beneath the sandy, red soil where northern desert melts into southern greenery rests the potential f

The outlook for Venezuela, its trading partners and its people looks increasingly grim. Internationa

For about four years now in transportation circles, there has been ongoing interest in the concept o

The United States, despite much rhetoric, still seems more concerned with negotiating new trade agre

There have been six new entrants into the trans-Pacific container trades this year, and five existin

In Canada, a day without orange juice is like a day without . . . drugs?After an 18-month st

Allan Mendelsohn's opinion article of Aug. 3 (''The best way to update cargo-damage limits,'' Page 8

As Capt. Steve Barnes of the Gulfport, Miss., police put it, ''We're fortunate that some of these cr

The Seamen's Church Institute of New York & New Jersey is dedicated to serving a population that's o

In the drought-stricken Northeast's Galloway Township, N.J., a homeowner has found a way to save wat

Many commentators have suggested that the South Korean government's decision to help arrange a credi

Today likely will see the official ratification of a three-year contract between the International L

You've just made a large sale and had 20,000 yards of fabric delivered to one of your customers. A m

Now, granted, this may mean that I've been working for the ''cargo-centric'' Journal of Commerce too

There's more where that came from.The Federal Reserve's quarter-point increase in interest r

Every American who ever served in our merchant marine owes you at least a tip of his hat for your ed

I've always been puzzled by dpi (dots per square inch) designations when it comes to the output of c

Dennis T. Avery claims in his recent flurry against Gerber's decision to reject biotech food, and hi

World air travel figures are following other demographics such as affluent-population bulges. As a r

Container carriers are taking it on the financial chin for a variety of reasons these days, but two

Amid the economic and political turmoil plaguing Japan for the past few years, the thoughts of the a

The truck strike that just ended at the Port of Vancouver shined a light on a rough spot in the inte

Britain's Nanny State has struck again.Only a few short months after making a fool of itself

The United States set another monthly trade deficit record in June, $24.6 billion. The Commerce Depa

No news really is good news.Only a few weeks ago, newspaper headlines tracked the quicksand

Given August's earthquake in Turkey, tornado in Salt Lake City and hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico,

Architects, engineers and construction workers have just brought Europe a little closer. Unfortunate

Who says the costs and rates of a Jones Act service have to be sky-high?The decision by Edwa

Snow White's wicked stepmother may have been skewered for watching the mirror, but in millennial Ame

Malaysia's experiment with capital and foreign-exchange controls flies in the face of a 25-year glob

Dogs aren't the only dangers that mail carriers face in the central English town of Mansfield. They'

President Clinton mixed the bad with the good last week when he signed the Water Resources Developme