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Welcome to the millennium edition of The Journal of Commerce Review and Outlook. This is an edition

'The spread is worrisome. It keeps getting larger.'

When waterfront employers and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union signed a new contract

Supply-chain management software is finally becoming a priority for at least one sector of the trans

One-fourth of all U.S. business-to-business purchasing will be done online by 2003, according to a r

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The big logistics story of the next few years may have been signaled when Wal-Mart Stores Inc. issue

Last year was an eventful one in the express business.DHL Worldwide Express teamed up with t

US-flag international liner shipping won a 10-year lease on life with paswsag e in 1997 of the Marit

Ship lines counted on automation and centralized offices to help them overcome problems with inaccur

The spiraling U.S. trade imbalance is saddling the world's ocean carriers with equipment-repositioni

Though U.S. importers and exporters don't hire longshore workers, they have a big stake in waterfron

This could finally be the year that Congress passes a bill to rewrite the 1936 law governing liabili

The transportation world was a far, far different place just 100 years ago as the 19th century hurtl

Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater and Maritime Administrator Clyde Hart will be among officials

Japanese officials likely will renew calls for help in restraining the yen, and the Bank of Japan co

Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Co. will merge with Princeton Insurance Cos.The agreement

Japanese credit card company Nippon Shinpan is selling its life insurer, Nicos Life, to Winterthur I

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ALBERTO ALEMANAdministratorPanama Canal CommissionWith the successful transfer of th

Greg Montgomery, a longtime top executive at BAX Global, has joined Union-Transport Co. as president

In recent years, importers say U.S. Customs has made it increasingly more dif ficult for them to obt

Of all the hurdles U.S. companies confront when shipping overseas, few are more burden-some than hav

In Europe, predictions of the demise of rail freight have become a staple of industry gatherings and

ROBERT AROVASPresident & Chief Executive OfficerGeoLogistics Corp.Our industry's gre

Europe's air cargo industry is finally shedding its deeply ingrained inferiority complex. Air cargo

Perhaps it's disrespectful to say that an industry legend was wrong, but Malcom McLean was just that

Shippers love to complain, but if you gave them truth serum and let them talk, most would admit they

The EgyptAir crash on Oct. 31 that killed all 217 people aboard is sharpening the focus on the contr

United Parcel Service has enlisted two ship lines, a consolidation company and a shipper association

It hits 65 this year but nobody's retiring it. It's slow, squatty and sometimes temperamental. But s

Though insurance executives don't agree on much, they're almost unanimous in predicting that there'l

using joc chemical pricesMonday: Botanicals-Spices, Balsams-Gums, Waxes, Naval Stores.<

The pace of technological change has given meaning to the new millennium well beyond the momentous d

RONALD J. CONWAYPresidentCSX TransportationThe biggest challenge we have as an indus

For transportation and logistics executives, the advice for the 21st century is the same as for the

As the shipping industry rings in 2000, it rings out the buyer's market for shipowners' insurance. E

Running a port used to mean serving the import and export needs of a well-defined hinterland, while

The liner shipping industry is rife with rumors over which corporate marriages will be celebrated ne

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