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There's only a week left before the Customs Service begins enforcement of the 24-hour rule. Carriers

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Parsippany, N.J.-based INTTRA, ocean freight transportati

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Plans to restructure the cargo release process for import

WASHINGTON - The Treasury Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the U.S. Customs Service, k

Japan's NYK Line wants to invest in Sri Lanka's Port of Colombo if the government decides to privati

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.The Federal Aviation Administration should have the autho

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.The unionized LTL carriers' dreams of an early settlement

As Mark Twain might have said if he were dropped into the body of a modern-day shipping industry ana

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.The death of an American civilian in Kuwait Jan. 21 under

The words of Capt. James McNamara, the head of an organization of cargo stowage surveyors, are not r

West Africa is one of the most impoverished areas in the world. That, coupled with corruption that r

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.The government's fledgling agency charged with transport

Peer pressure is goading Southeast Asian countries to step up efforts to pursue their own free-trade

Here at The Journal of Commerce, we get dozens of interesting proposals each month from potential bu

When the second-largest exporter in the U.S. learned that its banks weren't even close to offering I

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.The trucking industry and a leading drivers' group are pe

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Niche market. A Texas travel agency that specializes in "

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Rail Commodities on Rail Rail Commodities on Tru

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Union Pacific Railroad and Kansas City Southern Railway e

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Schef Lang, the first federal railroad administrator (196

Now that the Customs Service has invented the 24-hour rule for ocean cargo, its next big program cou

Ridge Wins Unanimous Senate Confirmation: The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Tom Ridge as the f

Danzas, the logistics subsidiary of Deutsche Post World Net, said it has signed with Lemuir Group of

Emery Forwarding has appointed Hessel B. Verhage to the position of director of sales for its Ocean

The Mississippi River has reached abnormally low levels as a result of drought, and that is beginnin

Alexander & Baldwin Inc., the parent of Matson Navigation, said fourth-quarter profits fell sharply

Record cold across the eastern two-thirds of the nation piled snow on southern highways and choked n

Continuing its drive to rope in major carriers, the Sri Lanka Ports Authority has signed a terminal

Schenker Canada has shifted four smaller offices that provided customs clearance and other transbord

WASHINGTON - The Customs Service has approved 47 exemptions from terms of the 24-hour rule for break

International Shipholding Corp., the parent of Waterman Steamship, Forest Lines and Central Gulf Lin

The European Union reacted skeptically to a U.S. offer to make changes to controversial bilateral av

Emirates, the Dubai-based airline, announced Friday that it plans to enter the U.S. market in April

The European Union reacted skeptically to a U.S. offer to make changes to controversial bilateral av

The Sri Lankan government has implemented the WTO Agreement on Customs Valuation beginning this mon

Francisco X. Santeiro, managing director of customs and regulatory affairs for the Latin America and

The U.S. air freight industry can expect modest growth this year, but there's no sign of an imminent

In a bid to defuse an escalating trans-Atlantic dispute over ocean container security, the European

OTTAWA - The Canadian government on Wednesday announced a C$172 million ($112 million) package of ma

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Surface Transportation Board Chairman Roger Nober announc