Commentary

Just when transportation managers were breathing a sigh of relief that last year's West Coast port c

We were just waking from our customary afternoon nap the other day when we received the most extraor

This year has not been easy for shippers. Rising fuel costs, trucker strike at the Port of Vancouver

For three weeks, all eyes have been on New Orleans, the first major U.S. city to be officially decla

From all indications, there is about to be some genuine movement in the area of supply-chain securit

Critics frequently point to the 19th century command and control structure as something that railroa

It's Monday, do you know where your fuel surcharge is? As fuel costs rise and pricing pressures put

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, there has been much finger pointing and blaming of federal au

Four years after 9-11, is the Department of Homeland Security prepared for a big terrorist attack?

This much we know for sure: Hurricane Katrina left behind the worst devastation from any natural dis

A common thread of common sense seems to have woven itself through recent admiralty opinions of the

With the energy bill and the highway bill now signed into law, it's time to reflect on what transpir

For several years, there have been complaints that the Department of Homeland Security, that unwield

This week our nation observes the fourth anniversary of the devastating terrorist attacks of Sept. 1

The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINEShippers moving freight through the nation's ports should lear

This is a great time to be in shipping, any kind of shipping. Demand is high and vessel capacity tig

Sig Shapiro was thereYou have published numerous scholarly articles by M. Sigmund Shapiro, m

There was a time when the container shipping industry might have been interested in the latest issue

Have you read the 9-11 Commission report? As we consider the public- and private-sector response to

While the grim and weary survivors of the worst hurricane to hit the United States in two generation

It's a little remembered fact that Labor Day has its roots in transportation. President Grover Cleve

One month into the PierPass program for night and Saturday operation of port terminal gates at Los A

This is the second of a two-part column.Even among tall ships, arguably the most beautiful v

The Six Represents? Why this awkward, seemingly grammatically incorrect title? When former Chinese P

California, particularly Southern California, is a chokepoint in the flow of commerce in and out of

Shippers and carriers hoping for resolution of the dispute over trucking's hours-of-service regulati

President Bush recently signed the six-year $286.4 billion transportation bill into law, providing f

To the Editor:We read with interest the Aug. 24 article "U.S. wins Mexico sugar tax ruling."

In the weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, some U.S. pundits criticized Canada for what they saw as a

This is the first of a two-part column.Viewed from an inflatable dinghy a few hundred yards

June 1 marked an important milestone at the Port of Virginia. On that Wednesday, Hapag-Lloyd contain

A.P. Moller-Maersk's purchase of Royal P&O Nedlloyd will fundamentally change the face of global com

An airline industry strategist once told us about a unique operational problem he faced in his early

Cheap shot at TeamstersPeter Tirschwell takes a cheap shot (in his July 25 column, "The Team

It was the early 1900s when my grandfather, hoping to make a new and better life for his wife and si

The Government Accountability Office has struck a blow for open government. On June 29, the congress

China National Offshore Oil Corp.'s unsolicited $18.5 billion bid for Unocal is one of the more stun

President Bush was all smiles last week as he signed the Safe and Efficient Transportation Equity Ac

The Congestometer sounds like one of those plastic gizmos that they assemble with cheap labor in Asi

On July 29, Congress passed the $286.5 billion six-year highway bill known as SAFETEA-LU. The bill