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Back in the bad old days before U.S. railroads were relieved of the most onerous of government regulations, shippers had little to choose from when selecting a carrier.

With things comparatively quiet on the port trucker front in Los Angeles-Long Beach, the issue is starting to pick up steam in East Coast ports.

It’s getting late in the eastbound trans-Pacific.

A friend once told us that one advantage of growing older was that you get to see how things turned out.

If the International Longshoremen's Association contract negotiations were a football game, it would be early in the first quarter, no score.

Letter to the Editor, Feb. 23, 2009

If you're like most people, air travel comes with a twinge of the jitters, if not more. Anyone who denies the latent fear of flying need only look at the 24/7 coverage of the Feb.

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One of the useful things about the passage of time is that it has a way of bringing out the truth (as Alex Rodriguez learned last week).

Standard gauge for U.S. railroads is 4 feet, 8 inches, and all major carriers are standard gauge. The distance between the rails is about the only thing that's standard in the industry.

In reading recent comments about what earmarks Republicans want removed from the current stimulus package, I was taken aback by the fact that GOP leaders oppose a budgeted item to build a new Coast Gu

Even if your job appears halfway safe -- a big if for many people -- today's economy provides much to be nervous about.

Q:I have always assumed that any party that has an equitable interest in particular cargo could pursue a cargo damage claim against a carrier.

The tracks between Boston and Washington make up the busiest rail corridor in the country, largely b

The nation is paying a lot of attention to President Obama's Cabinet selections.

Most Januarys are quiet; cargo interests are just waking up after the holidays in the U.S. and Asia. Then the pace picks up, and the world gets back to normal.

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Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.The Traffic Information Bureau of Chicago and Washington

Last week in this space we made the point that railroads, in stark contrast to truckers, have years

The voluntary EPA SmartWay Program aimed at improving fuel efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas em

One reason shipping is so fascinating is that it combines mathematics, history, geography and every

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No one under 80 years old can remember worse economic times than these. What we're in now doesn't co

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Now, to paraphrase an old television advertisement, is wh

Norbridge consultant Dean Wise made an important observation about the future of freight transportat

One of the best industry presentations I have heard was given 10 or 12 years ago by one of the most

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Q:I've been telling my employees for a long time

Supply Chain Management Center, R.H. Smith School Of Business, University of MarylandCopyrig

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.As the new Obama administration was lining up its people

How desperate are carriers in the trans-Pacific trade? Apparently desperate enough to risk awakening

The news out of Mexico has been unsparingly awful over the past year, with murder, kidnapping, gun b

Overshadowed by ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, multinational efforts over the past seve

No sane individual would suggest that the current recession is in any way good. Several million peop

by Dr. Sandor Boyson, Dr. Thomas Corsi, Lisa Harrington & Chaodong Han, of the Supply Chain Man

After a year of surprises in 2008, what's ahead for 2009?

The pushback against the paranoid among us who won't sleep at night until every incoming container o