Commentary

Buying a pair of sneakers last weekend, I was amazed by two things - the shoelaces, nearly as long a

LONDON - Transport companies are in pole position to exploit the European Union's expansion to the f

No region of the world has a greater need to seize the opportunities of global trade liberalization

Peter Tirschwell's column on duty drawback (May 26-June 1, page 6) notes that while Customs' retrenc

Airlines and freight forwarders have engaged in years of dialogue regarding the competitive threat f

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Q:I have been importing products for almost 10 ye

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Reverse online auctions offer a less hostile buying envir

There are certain legitimate security risks: stowaways that enter the U.S. inside containers and the

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Surprisingly there are some elements in the airline trans

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Down in the fever swamps of South Carolina, the Transport

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Surprisingly there are some elements in the airline trans

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.With changes in global trade activities, the terms logist

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.It's been around since 1921. It focuses on "anticipating

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Q:My purchasing department made a mistake and too

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.For nearly a century, the Carmack Amendment to the Inters

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.The concept of trust funds in government financing sounds

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Q:My purchasing department made a mistake and too

When I started teaching logistics at San Francisco State University, the demands of this one class s

Last Wednesday, the day this issue went to the printer, the strike against Evergreen America finally

Despite management's best efforts to reduce the frequency and severity of accidents in the workplace

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Asked about disreputable freight payment companies, Bob D

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Q:The company I work for is considering an agreem

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.All of us want to protect our nation's food supply. But o

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.As a member of the boards of directors of both the Nation

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.In what has proved to be a unique industry conference, th

An old solution that worksI read with interest the May 5-11 article "Bigger ships rock and r

If an award were given for carrier executive of the decade, Olav Rakkenes would get my vote. As chie

If you work for a firm or deal with a vendor that moves product in and out of the Far East, chances

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.As a member of the boards of directors of both the Nation

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.I must object to the broad generalizations made by Lawren

LONDON - The recent news that EU regulators will investigate the legality of a whopping $1.8 billio

WASHINGTON - Commerce Secretary Donald Evans is winning enthusiastic reviews for his work as chairma

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Q:We recently received this from

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.In the article titled "Shippers in Disarray" in the May 2

Each spring, ocean carriers and importers enter the delicate and often painful process of eastbound

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.In my more than 27 years working in the transportation in

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Two months ago the U.S. Bankruptcy Court trustee for frei

As Ann Saccomano reports later in this issue, the principal government-backed project to determine a

Copyright 2003, Traffic World, Inc.Traffic World''s recent piece suggesting problems at the

OTTAWA - For the thousands of Canadian and American truckers who tote goods across the border, there