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Talking with a sales representative from a container shipping line the other day, I kidded him about

Boston's Freedom Trail is a symbolic way to understand the people and the events that shaped the bir

This week in 1967, "Star Trek" aired the episode "The City on the Edge of Forever." In the episode,

One of the biggest trends in logistics these days for shippers and carriers alike is the growing use

If you like the shortage of trucks available to haul your freight, then you will love high fuel pric

Alvis Pauga has spent most of his career working with trade statistics. Over the last three decades,

A few notes and thoughts from last week's inaugural JoC China Trade & Logistics conference, which wa

When President Bush signed the Central American Free Trade Agreement last May, it marked the 10th fr

Liberate the HMTEach year we struggle to gain adequate funding for dredging; this year is no

Cross-subsidy? What cross-subsidy?I note the letter from attorney Rick Rude ("The white elep

To anyone who still believes the Transportation Security Administration is the right agency in the r

Which factors determine "size" in selecting the world's largest port? Different factors and assessme

Among its many challenges these days, the U.S. faces a growing problem of freight congestion, as mos

Post-9/11 discussion of seaport security has centered on three recurring questions: What must be don

I recently came across a fascinating anecdote about intermodal service that shows how much the busin

What next? It's a question that has cropped up at the end of short-sea shipping conferences for the

They're independent contractors. They're paid by the trip. Many of them are immigrants, primarily Hi

If you liked undercharges, you'll love the fuel surcharge bill. The fuel surcharge pr

For the transportation and logistics industry in the United States, globalization is a double-edged

'Free lunch' column was on target Larry Kaufman's March 21 column in The Journal of Commerce

Customs and Border Protection has unveiled C-TPAT Plus, a new and improved version of the Customs-Tr

For those of you out there reading this article, I'd like to perform a quick survey. I'd like to see

Ceres Terminals and Yusen Terminals , subsidiaries of the NYK Group, appointed two key executives. B

It's a maxim that seems to be a new business truism. Do nothing, executives in transport and logisti

The last couple of weeks have not been good ones for the trucking industry. The deliberations on the

In Wonderland, as Alice discovered, everything was upside down and backward. For many representative

Noted writer Edward Abbey once observed that "there is science, logic, reason; there is thought veri

When APL Ltd. CEO Ron Widdows first heard about the size of the toll increases announced by the Pana

When the Asian Shippers' Council fired a broadside against container ship operators a couple of week

Dayton Freight Lines promoted John Dooley to service center manager at its Kansas City, Kan., servic

July 1, 1980 was a painfully hot day in Washington, one of those days where the air is heavy with hu

There is no shortage of disturbing news these days. Whether it's a child gunning down classmates in

The Port of New York and New Jersey has a built-in advantage - the region's large population and dem

The white elephant in the living roomIt is gratifying to see a belated confirmation of the b

Since the African Growth and Opportunity Act was enacted in 2000, members of the Washington communit

BNSF Railway has told its intermodal customers that as of March 1, it is reducing the free time for

It's not often you find shippers, railroads, rail labor, the Department of Transportation and the De

The whine of chain saws echoes through several northern New Jersey towns, where workers are cutting

There is no magic bullet that will solve the growing problem of marine terminal congestion. Fact is,

The insurance industry has experienced many changes over the years but none as significant as the im