Commentary

As each week passes, we see more reports on the financial returns of ocean carriers for 2006. The re

As a child growing up in New York, I often stared in wonder at the giant ocean liners filling berths

One of the most important days in recent domestic transportation history passed Oct. 15 with barely

When the DP World fiasco hit the news last winter, many Ameri-cans suddenly discovered that U.S. por

As expected, the five-year anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks brought with it an assortment o

Supply-chain executives are used to working under pressure, but product proliferation has given them

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Is the world upside down? Gasoline prices nearing $2 a ga

Bean counters love activity-based costing. The strategy allows a company to isolate the cost of each

Listening to the give-and-take among the various players in Canada's transportation system at the in

Laments about energy costs have been as much a part of freight transportation over the last few year

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Q:I am the packaged logistics manager for my comp

This August, two of the largest residential telephone providers, Verizon and Quest, announced that t

U.S. airlines contain an almost hidden treasure. Yet, through indifference, disinterest and even dis

When it was reported last month that a 38,000-square-mile polar "lake" bigger than Indiana had melte

The grain elevators of the Midwest might be the last place you'd look for evidence of the country's

At this point in the development of supply-chain security policy, it is fair to say that a major bug

Long before Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the local trade community invested itself in c

If there was one thing apparent from last week's 5th Annual Maritime Security Expo at the Javits Cen

There's a clich? about sports coaches that says they're never quite as good as they appear when they

When I first met Gil Carmichael in 1972, he was waging an energetic but unsuccessful campaign to bec

Demand for container capacity at North American ports will double during the next decade, according

It's easy to ask questions. The real skill comes from knowing what questions to ask. To

That there is a critical need for more transportation infrastructure is not news. That government at

Most everyone involved in freight movement is familiar with the problem of congestion. You know from

Five years after September 11, there are signs of common sense in Congress about cargo security.

Reconfiguration of the global supply chain is changing industrial real estate. Port diversion strate

Everyone's for port security, reduced air pollution and good transportation infrastructure. And if y

The transportation infrastructure is vital to the success of Wal-Mart and we believe to the nation's

Customs and Border Protection is working to require all motor carriers to get on board with the new

So five years after 9/11, what's the state of supply-chain security? There's no simple answer or con

This week's observance of the five-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is especially significan

To say that day five years ago was one of unimaginable horror isn't quite right. Some did imagine th

It has been five years since the Sept. 11 attacks, and the search is on for meaning in this annivers

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Shippers don''t usually look to elections to solve their

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Recently, the shipping industry has been under attack by

One of the inadvertent consequences of container shipping deregulation and the demise of the confere

Thanks to a recent Court of International Trade ruling, U.S. producers who previously did not qualif

The musical "1776" depicts the challenges of the Continental Congress as it debated the issue of ind

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Q:I have an interesting situation that I would li

TV networks and newspapers tried hard with last week's hurricane anniversary coverage, but their eff