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The seeming national pastime (forgive me, baseball commissioner Bud Selig) of complaining about rail

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.The freight industry needs no reminding that infrastructu

The 2005 hurricane season brought the transportation industry some of the worst problems it has enco

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Shippers looking for a green lane to speed their imports

The freight industry needs no reminding that infrastructure capacity constraints hamper operations a

You can't be in the international trade field today and not be alarmed at Lou Dobbs. Somehow the con

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Q:I am an attorney. I was contacted by an out-of-

Question 1: Which of the following is a true statement?The Department of Homeland Security:<

The Memorial Day rush at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport would begin early on the

Before Sept. 11, much of the security at U.S. ports focused on the detection of economic contraband

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.A key retail industry official called last week for a nat

The photos were stunning. The cost will be even more so. Early estimates are that the spectacular ex

It was impossible to watch the events surrounding the DP World purchase of P&O without wondering who

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Q:We purchased some goods at a delivered price fr

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.There''s a tendency among shippers and their transport an

In the throes of the DP World uproar, it seemed like there was no telling where it would lead. It wa

The year is barely 3 months old and the international transportation arena has received more nationa

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Q:We are a brokerage. A few weeks ago we contract

If there is a silver lining to the DP World debacle, it is this: Congress is focused on improving "p

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which handled about 13 million TEUs in 2004, will grow to 5

It's taken a month of political foolishness and misinformed commentary, but the Dubai ports uproar i

A new intermodal route is being called the Kansas City Bypass, only it doesn't go through Kansas. I'

Container terminals still vulnerableI read with interest Joseph Bonney's "DDD and ADD" in th

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Moments before Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, injected some

As the DP World story slid down a slippery slope from local dispute in Miami to skirmish in Washingt

It's been said that vision without a plan is simply a hallucination. To many in our industry, the Ma

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Coal may not be the driver of railroad revenue it once wa

After four years of crying wolf and playing Chicken Little, administration officials, security exper

Remember TWIC? The Transportation Worker Identification Credential is back in the spotlight. For thr

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.A:Thought you would like to know that it appears

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Check the calendar. It''s 2006, right? More than four ye

Matthew Rose would like to double the $2 billion a year his railroad is putting into capital im-prov

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Congress isn''t usually where you go for sharp insight or

In the years to come, some author may write the equivalent of "Barbarians at the Gate," an account o

Born hurriedly out of the critical need to assuage public and congressional fears of a potential ter

The controversial P&O-DP World deal will likely initiate a new round of transportation security intr

It is a question on the minds of thousands of shippers this time of year. How bad will U.S. port con

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Q:We had a motor carrier move a shipment on which

Check the calendar. It's 2006, right? More than four years after the 9-11 terrorist attacks. P

If you're a transportation manager negotiating ocean contracts, it's all about the money - and savin