Commentary

The recent closure of the Port Newark terminal and associated shipping line relocations have caused

Many shippers view ocean carrier tariffs as an irrelevant anachronism. But try to do away with them,

Congress appears about to deliver its first major package of trade legislation since the heady years

If you're a software developer and you succeed in dominating your market, sooner or later the folks

What do rock stars, sports teams and exporters have in common? ''They should all carry an ATA Carnet

Last week, this column posed the question ''Who will run America's railroads tomorrow?'' I received

From his office window at the port of Varna's headquarters building, Georgi Georgiev looks over a gr

When the subject of international logistics arises, it's hard not to talk about United Parcel Servic

Before it was converted to a health club, the Union Pacific Railroad's museum was located on the fir

It's been an eventful week in the shipping business, and a few truths have been reaffirmed, underlin

Jim Amoss's 23rd-floor office has a splendid view of the Mississippi River as it makes a sharp right

All of a sudden ports have become a cool business, attracting the attention of Asian billionaires an

You've just picked out the perfect notebook computer, are next in line for the cashier and you're as

All of America's major railroads will undergo significant management changes in less than a decade.

In one of his very first acts as the new Secretary of Commerce, Norman Mineta has vowed to establish

''I have probably been misquoted a hundred times,'' laments Phillip C. Yeager, chairman of Hub Group

U.S. exporters may soon be enjoying a more level playing field with their foreign counterparts when

The notion that the road to hell is paved with good intentions was first attributed to St. Francis d

There was something strangely predictable about the way shipping companies began to charge exporters

In his column in the July 24-30 edition, Joseph Bonney laments, as we all should, the lack of a cohe

Mergers and acquisitions have a habit of causing an identity crisis. A loss of identity is probably

The Journal of Commerce Group held a conference jointly with the Port of Baltimore Aug. 9 on ''Globa

Bulk shipping and bureaucracy normally don't mix, but European regulators' latest foray into the tan

You see their ads in all the computer magazines. And, if you're a true computer geek with older hard

The concept of the import ''peak season'' is a quaint holdover from past years when there were clear

Hanjin Shipping is one of the front-runners in moving containers to Asia. While first-quarter market

In last week's column I outlined the Bureau of Export Administration's Export Management System guid

It's just over a year since the announcement that the A.P. Moller Group had made the much-expected d

The traffic manager for a U.S. exporter sent in the following question about new export regulations,

It is a welcome development for shippers as well as the maritime industry that serious attention is

There really are two what-ifs to consider as the Surface Transportation Board continues to work towa

Importers choosing a customs broker for the first time or reconsidering theirexisting relationship o

When I was offered the chance to take a look at Palm Computing's new color handheld computer, I jump

''Many receive advice, few profit by it,'' wrote Publius Syrus in the first century B.C. Advice, and

The Surface Transportation Board and its staff is wading through the thousands of pages filed with i

The concept of the import ''peak season'' is a quaint holdover from past years when there were clear

All of the supply chain management in the world won't do you any good if your shipment gets held up

Historically, right now the shipping industry goes to sleep for a month or so. Scandinavians take to

As you've undoubtedly noticed, we chose former Federal Maritime Commission chairman Chris Koch for t

Who says that trade-wise last week's Group of Eight summit in Okinawa was essentially a non-event?