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Airborne Inc. today announced that it lost $17 million, or 35 cents a share, in the first quarter. T

In an attempt to improve information about national security threats from maritime commerce, several

Confidential contracts have em-boldened shippers to seek all kinds of concessions -- and not just on

Shipping is in John Ara's blood. When he was growing up in Los Angeles, he'd ride his bicycle down t

ZURICH - Transportation ministers from seven countries, in a bid to alleviate the problems that plag

Two venture capital funds announced they would make $20 million available in a joint-venture specifi

PHILADELPHIA - BDP International, the logistics and freight forwarding group, will host a one-day se

Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd. announced net profit of $28.9 million for 2000, a 39 0ncrease o

Davy Jones isn't the consignee on their bills of lading, but many containers get washed overboard ea

Like most sectors of freight transportation, companies offering expedited delivery services have spe

Hayden Swofford, administrator of the Pacific Northwest Asia Shippers Association, felt certain that

Mary Jo Carroll has more than 20 years' experience in supply-chain management, but her current posit

Shippers' top goal in the Ocean Shipping Reform Act was the right to negotiate confidential service

Thomson Multimedia is an $8.3 billion consumer electronics giant with manufacturing plants in 30 cou

A $45 million renovation program at the Alabama State Docks in Mobile has begun, as port officials h

NEW DELHI - The Association of Shipping Interests in Calcutta has raised terminal handling charges b

Crowley Maritime Corp. has long been eager to add service to Cuba, and understandably so -- the isla

JoC Week's Top 100 U.S. Importers and Exporters ranking is based on data from PIERS, the Port Import

Walk through the bustling Wal-Mart store on U.S. Highway 1 in North Brunswick, N.J., and take a tour

Those who are dissatisfied with the Ocean Shipping Reform Act are likely to have a long wait before

If an importer that's undergoing an information systems change were to seek advice from Robert W. Ga

Having worked with ocean carriers and now employed by one of the major shippers of computer products

There they sit, row upon row, like dead soldiers of the commercial wars. The ocean tariff books rest

Passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act led to the quick demise of rate-setting conferences in the

Ocean shipping reform has proved a friend to shippers associations. As negotiated, confidential cont

The container shipping industry ended 2000 in a healthy state, but since then the environment has so

Michelin engineers design new tires to perform well when cornering sharply. They've even developed o

Facts are facts: the Ocean Shipping Reform Act left non-vessel-operating common carriers with fewer

A year ago, a shipper could get a 20-foot container fumigated at the Port of Houston for $450 to $65

WASHINGTON - Amtrak turns 30 on Tuesday, but it still carries the burden of a troubled infancy. Form

Maersk Sealand will get a boost at Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas after the government agreed to

The air-cargo teams are preparing to take the field. Lufthansa Cargo, the world's largest scheduled

A newly formed unit of one of Europe's largest forwarders is ready to begin testing an online logist

Compared with trillions in tax cuts, or billions for Social Security, counter-terrorism or defense,

Like many shipping executives, Howard Finkel expected shippers to flood carriers with requests for g

For three straight years, legislation has been introduced in the Virginia General Assembly to requir

Delta Air Lines will begin service to Tel Aviv on June 1, followed by Dubai and Cairo on June 16. Th

Virtually everyone involved in military logistics during the last half-century has heard of MOTBY --

Rio Tinto, an international mining company that owns U.S. Borax, has strong praise for the Ocean Shi

Cho Yang Continues To Struggle: Financial problems continue for Korean carrier Cho Yang Lines. The c