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i2 eyes sale

The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE |

Dallas-based i2 Technologies, one of the original supply chain management software companies founded

Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Three receive AOTOS awards

United Seamen's Service on Friday presented its Admiral of the Ocean Sea award to the chief executiv

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Faster, better, cheaper - and safer

By Alan F. Field |

According to a recent report by Aberdeen Group, a growing number of global companies are trying to s

THE WEEK

TSA Announces More TWIC Ports: The Transportation Security Administration said it plans to extend en

Industry Reflects in UPS'' Mirror

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The prognosis for UPS in the wake of its third quarter fi

Jet Fuel Hits New Record

Jet fuel prices soared to their highest levels ever on major world spot markets at the end the week

Congress slates vote to override water bill veto

R.G. Edmonson / The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE |

WASHINGTON -- The House and Senate have scheduled votes to override President Bush's veto of the Wat

Transport, Trade and Regulation News

DP World Prices IPO Shares

Bruce Barnard |

Terminal operator DP World on Sunday began the sale of 17 percent of its stock that could raise up t

Transport Up, Logistics Down

William Hoffman |

Rising transportation costs over the past year were more than offset by lower expenses in other area

Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Railcar Market Down Again

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The freight railcar industry shrank further in the third

RedPrairie Replaces CEO

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.John Jazwiec resigned as CEO of RedPrairie logistics soft

Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Port of Seattle to buy BNSF rail lines

Bill DiBenedetto / The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE |

SEATTLE -- The Port of Seattle Commission late Friday approved a three-way framework agreement with

Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Congress Slates Votes on Water Bill Veto

R.G. Edmonson |

WASHINGTON -- The House and Senate have scheduled votes to override President Bush's veto of the Wat

Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Hidden headaches

By Alan M. Field |

Your subsidiary in Mexico needs to display a sample of your latest machinery at a trade show, so you

Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Slower Growth for PNW

Bill DiBenedetto |

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The lackluster container results for the Pacific Northwes

Contract on Trucking

Shippers wielding market power keep lid on rates; carriers cry foul as profits fall, operating costs rise |

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.To everything there is a season, and this appears to be t

Feeling the Heat

John Gallagher |

The country's largest LTL carriers struggled to maintain traction during the third quarter as wither

Congdon Steps Down at Old Dominion

Thomas L. Gallagher |

Old Dominion Chairman and CEO Earl E. Congdon on Oct. 29 told his board of directors that he would r

STB Sets Lengthy DM&E Review

Forget any idea of a fast-track review of your merger plan, the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to

Diesel Skyrockets 14.6 Cents to $3.303

Thomas L. Gallagher |

The average retail price for a gallon of diesel fuel in the United States left last week's record in

IATA Launches E-freight Projects

Thomas L. Gallagher |

The air freight industry expects to save up to $1.2 billion every year when paper documents are comp

End in sight for Cogsa talks

By R.G. Edmonson |

It's been a long and often tedious five years of negotiation, but an international working group is

Stalled out

By Bill Mongelluzzo |

Political pressure, the prospect of extensive litigation and an urgent need for port expansion have

Tilt

By Bill Mongelluzzo |

Frank Pisano is regulatory vice president and general manager of Trans Pacific Container Service Cor

Tagged for Success?

William Hoffman |

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Despite high implementation costs, supplier resistance an

Transport, Trade and Regulation News

People

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Caterpillar, Peoria, Ill., named Stephen P. Larson to rep

Forward''s 3Q Profit Pinched

Michael Fabey |

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.To the thirsty, the glass always seems half full, and in

YRC Downgraded

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Standard & Poor''s put credit ratings for YRC Worldwide o

November 5, 2007

Logged. The debate over truck driver hours of service at ATA's management conference spilled over to

ABX buys Cargo Holdings

Cargo carrier ABX Air, one of the two main air operators for DHL in the United States, announced Fri

UBM Senior Management Change

Steve Weitzner, Chief Executive Officer of CMP Technology since September 2005, has stepped down fro

RADAR SCREEN

Carrier-controlled terminals gain traction in EastMost of the new container terminals spring

Contract on Trucking

John Gallagher and William B. Cassidy |

Related Story:? Constructing a DownturnTo everything there is a season, and this appears

Seeking DM&E''s Brakes

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minn., and BNSF Railway bot

Estes Opens More Terminals

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Estes Express Lines opened new terminals in Detroit and P

Separate Flight Paths

Michael Fabey |

Related Story:? Industry Reflects in UPS' MirrorFor U.S. shippers and forwarders, the ai

Rickmers beats forecast

Bruce Barnard / The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE |

Rickmers Maritime, the Singapore-listed container shipping trust, beat earnings and revenue fo

With Javier Chamorro, ProNicaragua

By Alan M. Field |

Javier Chamorro is executive director of ProNicaragua, the Investment Promotion Agency of the govern

PMA to seek change in shifts

By Bill Mongelluzzo |

Political pressure, the prospect of extensive litigation and an urgent need for port expansion have

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