Commentary

Falsifying B/Ls will send driver to slammer

Colin Barrett, President, Barrett Transportation Consultants

A driver has committed a theft by changing the name on bills of lading to his to solicit payment.

Rx for port project support

Various Texas A&M University at Galveston professors

There are few inevitable truths that people will not attack: protecting people, the environment, and our jobs from a natural disaster.

How startups will shake up the maritime sector

Nicola Good, Executive Editor, Fairplay

Change is coming to the maritime industry, and rivals may not necessarily come from the industry.

Peter Tirschwell

Container carriers may have found a way to effectively serve small and midsize shippers, a market they've let drain away for decades.

In Amazon vs. retail, consumers win

Danny Cipollone, director of strategic alliances and e-commerce, Livingston International

It’s a brave new (virtual) world for big-box retailers who have actively chosen to take a head-on approach to competing with Amazon.

Trump’s bungled NAFTA policy

Susan Kohn Ross, international trade attorney, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp

The first tangible indications of what trade policy might look like under the Trump administration have been released.

How a shipment held ‘hostage’ may legally be theft

Colin Barrett, President, Barrett Transportation Consultants

A carrier has no legal right to hold a shipment “hostage,” no matter how much a shipper may be past due with it for other shipments tendered.

Skepticism comes naturally after years in container shipping

Gary Ferrulli, President-North America, Unicon Logistics

Speculation continues to swirl regarding the potential for more mergers, acquisitions, and bankruptcies in the container shipping industry.

New WTO agreement engulfed in irony

Susan Kohn Ross, International Trade Attorney, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp

Effort to make trade more efficient comes as US antitrade rhetoric flares.

Latest CA clean air rule undermines industry trust

John McLaurin, president, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association

The California Air Resources Board without public notice adopted a resolution that could undermine the competitiveness of California's ports.

XPO's Jacobs misremembers European labor relations

Tony Sheldon, national secretary, Transport Workers Union of Australia, and president, road transport, International Transport Workers Federation

Bradley S. Jacobs has forgotten about his encounter with XPO employees and union representatives from around the world at the company’s 2016 shareholder meeting in Connecticut.

Peter Tirschwell

Leveraging technology and investment to focus on the niche of serving the needs of fast-moving cargo is a positive direction for the ports to pursue.

IPI data suggests East Coast migration in port routings

Lawrence J. Gross, President, Gross Transportation Consulting

Looking at inland point intermodal data for 2016, the biggest gains were seen in the corridor linking the Northeast with the Midwest.

Slow growth spurs need for efficiencies via technology

Neil Barni, president, CargoSphere

Companies can try to associate their brand with big global tech brands such as Amazon, Alibaba, and Uber but this is a marketing technique and requires further scrutiny.