Journal of Commerce Logo
Journal of Commerce Logo
Free TrialSubscribe
Free TrialSign InSubscribe

Latest news

The latest News & Analysis

DHS to Test Air Cargo Screening

Thomas L. Gallagher |
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport will be the site of a test program for air cargo
Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Israel to join CSI

JOC Staff |
Israel is expected to join the U.S.-backed Container Security Initiative in the coming weeks.
Maritime

Homeland Security tests air cargo screening

JOC Staff |
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security has announced the launch of an air cargo screening
Air Cargo

FedEx Ground Expands in Georgia

JOC Staff |
FedEx Ground launched the replacement of a facility in Columbus, Ga., as part of a major expansion p
Trucking News

Customs delays truck e-manifest compliance

R.G. Edmonson / The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE |
WASHINGTON -- Customs and Border Protection has announced a delay of about 30 days for the enforceme
Transport, Trade and Regulation News

IT Projects: Doomed to Fail?

William Ingersoll |
Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The business impact of a failed information technology pr

Report: EC is Fixing Fines

JOC Staff |
Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The 747-200s may not produce red ink much longer, but Air
Air Cargo

UPS launches parcel-intercept

JOC Staff |
In an expansion of its Package Flow Technology track and trace system, UPS launched what it called t
Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Clarkson profit slides

Bruce Barnard / The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE |
LONDON -- Clarkson, the world's biggest shipbroker, saw profit slide by over 20 percent in 2006 from
Maritime

DHL opens U.S. gateway

JOC Staff |
Express and logistics provider DHL on Monday will open its new international gateway i
Air Cargo

Doha can proceed without fast track, Lamy says

JOC Staff |
Efforts at reviving the World Trade Organization's Doha round of free-trade negotiations will procee
Transport, Trade and Regulation News

DP World ups Cochin spending

Special to The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE |
DP World, the private terminal operator at India's southern Port of Cochin, announced plans to inves
Maritime

Flying blind

By R.G. Edmonson |
Surprise! Your shipment has been delayed because it doesn't comply with new air-cargo security direc
Transport, Trade and Regulation News

TWIC Enrollment Delayed

R. G. Edmonson |
WASHINGTON -- Enrollment of port workers for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential has
Transport, Trade and Regulation News

APL Goes Green in Seattle

JOC Staff |
Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.APL is converting ships it sends to the Port of Seattle t
Maritime

FedEx Changes Board Voting Rules, Pensions

JOC Staff |
Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The Teamsters union, which is in a long-term battle to or
Air Cargo

Fuel Fees Shift Ahead of Deadline

JOC Staff |
Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Major U.S. railroads are starting to revamp fuel surcharg
Rail News

Neopost To Showcase Value-Added Mailing Solutions At The National Postal Forum 2007

JOC Staff |
For More Information, Visit Booth #407Neopost, the worldwide provider of mailing and shippin

Port Users Propose Environmental Plan

Thomas L. Gallagher |
A group of shippers and carriers in Southern California is offering a proposal to clean up congestio
Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Savi Speeds Thai Customs

JOC Staff |
Savi Networks and Western Digital partnered to automate shipment information from active Radio Frequ
Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Seko Expands in India

JOC Staff |
Freight forwarder Seko is expanding its operations in India, with new offices in Mumbai, Ludhiana, J
Transport, Trade and Regulation News

A hard bargain

By Alan M. Field |
Three months after the U.S. and Canada ended a long-standing feud over Canadian softwood lumber expo

Loss for Hapag-Lloyd

Container line racks up $151 million loss as costs rise, rates drop; carrier expects second-half rebound |
Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Hapag-Lloyd Container Line, the world''s fifth-largest oc
Maritime

Who''s Got a Secret?

R.G. Edmonson |
Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Surprise! Your shipment has been delayed because it doesn
Transport, Trade and Regulation News

RFID at the Crossroads

William Hoffman |
After years of hype about radio frequency identification's promise to shippers to increase visibilit
Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Acquisition of Delmas aids CMA CGM profit

JOC Staff |
French carrier CMA CGM on Monday reported that profit attributable to shareholders increased five pe
Maritime

Mumbai plans fourth box terminal

JOC Staff |
The Jawharalal Nehru Port Trust is planning to build a fourth container terminal at Mumbai that will
Maritime

Emirates Shipping Line Joins INTTRA

Thomas L. Gallagher |
Emirates Shipping Line joined the INTTRA carrier network this week. The world's newest carrier is th
Maritime

New money, new faces

By Bill Dibenedetto |
James R. Crane, chairman, chief executive and largest shareholder of Eagle Global Logistics, capped
Transport, Trade and Regulation News

Building a Roadblock

John Gallagher |
A leading consumer advocacy group wants a federal court to keep Mexican trucks from crossing the U.S
Transport, Trade and Regulation News

EGL Sees Buyout Battle

JOC Staff |
Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Seemingly a done deal, the proposed management buyout of
Air Cargo

Opportunity Window

John Gallagher |
Truckload shippers around the country are scrambling to lop off 25 percent or more from contract rat
Trucking News

ABX to convert 767

JOC Staff |
On Monday ABX Air announced that it has purchased a Boeing 767-223 passenger aircraft to be converte
Air Cargo

March 26, 2007

JOC Staff |
Unloading. We don't want to tell LTL carriers how to do their jobs, but when you're still getting in

Diesel Dips Half Cent to $2.676

Thomas L. Gallagher |
A slight dip in diesel prices this week coincided with a major up-tick in crude oil prices, presagin
Trucking News

With Ronald D. Widdows, APL Ltd.

By Peter T. Leach |
Ron Widdows, chief executive of APL Ltd. since 2003, has nearly 35 years of experience in the shippi

Applying the brakes

By Peter T. Leach |
The rate of growth in capacity of the world's container ship fleet will slow gradually, according to

THE WEEK

JOC Staff |
Lockheed Forms TWIC Panel: Lockheed Martin, the primary contractor for enrolling port workers and tr

Who Pays for Detention?

Colin Barrett |
Q:A shipper calls a carrier for pickup and consigns the shipment as freight collect.Half

RFID's New Challenge

Ronald E. Quirk Jr. |
Just a little more than two years ago, radio frequency identification looked poised for rapid growth
arrow_right_alt