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Shippers, carriers and logistics providers searching for common ground in Anaheim this week at their

An article in your publication Nov. 1 entitled, "Rail delays for Asia imports, no congestion for oce

Last week's acquittal of two International Longshoremen's Association officials and a missing Mafios

Douglas Duncan has a right to be a contented man. As president of FedEx Freight, he's presiding over

The improbable dream of Chris Kritikos has finally become reality. In August, a container ship pulle

The government increases the minimum wage by 27.5 percent in one "giant" step. Overtime for hourly w

There are some things that really should be easy, but they're not. In our personal lives, we should

Next week the intermodal industry gathers at the annual Intermodal Expo. Representing the market seg

Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma cropped up frequently in conversations at last week's JoC Breakbu

The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINELONDON -- A creaking transport infrastructure that hobbled Sov

Canada and the U.S. are not only neighbors, but we're good neighbors. In fact, the first person who

This week's annual Customs Trade Symposium is entitled: "Global Trade Security and Facilitation: Rea

In recent weeks, I have found myself involved in many conversations that revolve around a question j

Take a pencil and a blank sheet. If you could start from scratch, how would you design an ideal glob

Life teaches us lessons, good and bad. Most of us try to avoid repeating the not-so-good lessons, bu

Shippers were open about their frustration at a session at the Council of Supply Chain Management Pr

Paperwork reduction? What reduction?Once again CF 7501, that venerable customs form that pro

By all measures, Hurricane Katrina was the largest natural disaster that FEMA has ever been called u

You didn't think the debate over hours of service would go away that easily, did you? From Boston to

Twenty-eight years ago, my wife and I paid $30,000 for our first house, a two-story structure on a n

Robert Bonner, the retiring commissioner of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, has served

Where will tomorrow's shipments come from? To hear the manufacturing industry tell it, those shipmen

Here are two statements of fact: One, the Department of Transportation was created in 1966 with a ma

For years United Arab Shipping Co., an outfit unique among container lines in being owned by a conso

The other day I received an announcement that Sen. David Vitter, R-La., was holding a press conferen

The other day I received an announcement that Sen. David Vitter, R-La., was holding a press conferen

On the morning of April 19, 1891, eastbound Express Mail Train No. 4 collided head-on with a westbou

Bonner will be missed by industryThe resignation of Robert Bonner as commissioner of U.S. Cu

Shippers appear to be expecting higher price increases and carriers, from all appearances, appear to

Robert C. Bonner, retiring after four years as commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, is rec

Speed is not the only factor in logistics, or even the most important one. Nothing illustrates that

You need to spend time in a Washington courtroom to get a sense of what the trade and transportation

A devastating hurricane striking New Orleans was one of three catastrophic events envisioned by gove

A devastating hurricane striking New Orleans was one of three catastrophic events envisioned by gove

Once upon a time in transportation, the property broker was a shunned entity. Legend has it that a p

The software niche known as transportation management systems, or TMS to techies, has for years oper

In a speech before the United Nations earlier this month, President Bush pledged that the U.S. would

Who's next? Which carrier will buy out another? Certainly CMA CGM and China Shipping have their eye

For the last five years, container traffic through the Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, has been slight

The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINEFor those who engage in dispute resolution both in the United