Commentary

Many cities learned years ago that the best way to open up parking spaces is to issue tickets accomp

If you're in business, where does your customer service end and the order begin? It's an interesting

If you are a shipper who uses California ports, the minefield you already tread in coaxing your carg

Transportation industry prognosticators got an early holiday present in December when a rumor emerge

ArvinMeritor, Troy, Mich., named Stephen Luc managing director for Worldwide Trailer Products at the

In the last 15 years, U.S. industry has globalized in a big way. Initially, these efforts were aimed

William J. DeWitt is a professor of logistics, transportation and supply-chain management at the Uni

Currency valuation should be market-basedWho benefits from the falling dollar? Unfortunately

Remember the Palermo Senator? That was the container ship that in September 2002 was ordered out to

Block Imaging International, a radiology equipment reseller based in DeWitt, Mich., named Paul Crawf

The United States and Europe have settled - or, rather, agreed to settle - a trade dispute over subs

I read with interest Bill Mongelluzzo's article in the Dec. 22 JoC about the potential for a large s

The following is an anecdote from the president of an NVOCC about a recent experience with port truc

The growth of intermodal was one of the big stories of 2004. Traffic increased across the board and

I have a working assumption that will seem unwarranted to most, but if you will suspend judgme

When the Union Pacific Railroad issued an embargo last week on intermodal freight moving out of Sout

Viewed from the highway, they're bland and indistinguishable - vast, rectangular buildings with flat

CP Ships, the British container ship company, named several new executives to its financial group as

The Intermodal Association of North America named its new officers for 2005: Chairman Barry D. Micha

If you've been following the numerous articles and press releases over the past year about the World

We're all aware of troubling perceptions of American brands abroad. Collectively, we are painted wit

It's not your typical supply chain, the kind we usually write about that starts in a raw materials s

I believe that 2005 will be the year of internationalization of a strategy to better secure the inte

Like millions of others, I've spent much of the last two weeks following the terrible news of the ts

The U.S. freight-transportation industry is on the brink of an infrastructure meltdown, but only a f

The Department of Homeland Security hit the nail on the head the other day when it described the sec

Bangladesh's apparel industry and economy face a grave danger. It comes from stiff U.S. tariffs on t

Just five years ago, the world was paralyzed with fear about the potential technical failure from th

If there was any doubt that supply-chain management is a CEO-level concern, it was dispelled last ye

This year wouldn't have been complete without one last rumor. It came from Arkansas, where a busines

I hate to throw cold water on an appealing idea, but I feel compelled to do so. That appealing idea

Congestion at the twin ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles is so pervasive that it has stimulated ta

The logistics world's sobering question of 2004 came just as the industry was taking stock of the la

As Alan Field's article, "Shrimp producers cast wider net," in the Dec. 6 JoC points out, "U.S. shri

[Editor's Note: The following is the text of remarks delivered by Journal of Commerce Vice President

We've had the pleasure in recent weeks of witnessing meetings in which carriers, logistics providers

Violating the Paper Reduction Act"Oh, it's only a paper form."(Nat "King" Cole)<

They've been talking since Sept. 11 about "smart" boxes - containers with technology to detect tampe

It's hard for me to believe that this year is already coming to a close. Despite the overwhelming vi

For almost two years I have been speaking to clients and industry leaders about how Sarbanes-Oxley w