Commentary

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.In your story reporting on Ed Emmett''s being appointed t

Coordination is key to cargo congestionLawrence Kaufman's recent Intermodal Insights, "The r

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Gail Rutkowsi''s letter to the editor entitled "NASSTRAC'

No policy could better serve the common progress of humanity than genuine free trade, but support fo

Three months into 2007, we've had no shortage of transportation news. There's been the difficult bir

The trucking industry has long viewed free trade as an important tool in improving our country's eco

IDC deserves 'Charleston 5' creditJoseph Bonney's review of the book, "On the Global Waterfr

The song "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" was a staple in the Grateful Dead's concert set from 1970

When I moved to Philadelphia in 1981, it seemed like someone was turning out all the lights. Most of

U.S. trade policy is undergoing a thorough reassessment due to the convergence of two events: the De

While most of the heat over transportation these days is being generated by tough issues such as Mex

The original plan called for buses to take me and the other attendees of the inaugural Global Rail F

A rush of surprise coursed through the freight world when private equity firm Apollo Management star

I have fielded a lot of questions from shippers about the impact on transportation rates and capacit

Proposals for new container fees are being presented up and down the West Coast. The fees deal with

NYSA also has crane simulatorsWe were happy to read the article by R.G. Edmonson entitled "V

A bit of a debate has broken out recently as railroads have raised rates charged to container carrie

It's easy to pick on the Transportation Security Administration, but let's face it, the TSA deserves

The globalization of commerce has made it necessary for companies both large and small to have a wor

I had the opportunity after the recent TPM conference in Long Beach to visit with a company that bec

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The phone keeps ringing, your Blackberry is buzzing, your

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.I take rather strong exception to some of your comments i

Will he or won't he? John Bowers hasn't said publicly whether he'll seek re-election as president of

The cover of the in-house journal of one transportation group headlined its recent recitation of for

The recently held Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference was well attended and well produced. And it pres

U.S. efforts to secure global supply chains after the Sept. 11 attacks were stunning in their scope

Here are a few observations from the JoC's 7th Annual Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference last week in

Two of the country's largest transportation companies in their fields, trucker J.B. Hunt Transport S

It was a startling display of good sense in an unlikely place - the United States Senate. In a 58-38

This past month I attended what I felt to be a truly exceptional export compliance seminar that may

This is the time of year when logistics managers start to negotiate their annual shipping contracts.

Supply-chain professionals list support from senior management among the most crucial components of

Terminals, carriers and games playedIn reading Peter Tirschwell's Feb. 5 and Feb. 12 columns

This week, with the TPM conference set for March 5-6 in Long Beach, our attention turns to the trans

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Q:We''re a large retailer, and one of our vendors

Shipping is a cyclical business. If we've heard it once, we've heard it a thousand times. But is it

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.I have a black-and-white photo, taken in 1956, of a truck

During the past three weeks, several "friends" at ocean carriers have called and asked, "Have you se

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.This is in regards to the article in the Jan. 29 issue of

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad came painfully c