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Commentary
Voices of Concern
Gary Ferrulli |
Many of us look at data, especially key indicators, on a regular basis to help form our views on business issues.
A World Without Stimulus
John D. Boyd |
It’s easy to forget that one of America’s best-loved movies, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” was built around the idea of an apparent failure.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Letters - August 2nd Edition
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<strong>Virginia Is for Drivers </strong><br /> <br /> With interest, I recently read “Terminals Scramble to Beat the Peak” (July 5, page 14). <br /> <br />
Debating Ideas
Theodore Prince |
On June 23, President Obama relieved Gen. Stanley A. McCrystal of his command in Afghanistan.
Empty Miles
Paul Page |
Everyone talks about container and shipping capacity shortages, but is anyone actually doing anything about them? <br /> <br />
Forwarding
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Time Is Money in Claims
Colin Barrett |
Q: I filed a damage claim for $1,000 about three months ago and just received a check from the carrier. What is the average time in the transportation industry to receive a check?<br /> <br />
Trucking News
LTL
Paying the Price for Lost Freight
Colin Barrett |
Q: I have your “Freight Loss and Damage Claims” book, but if this question is covered in it, I can’t seem to locate the answer.<br /> <br />
Protecting Producers
Roger Banks |
Continued appreciation of the dollar relative to the euro and other currencies, together with a prolonged, global industrial slump and certain other factors, could trigger a massive influx of low-pric
Forwarding
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
DOT’s Big Plans Take Shape
John D. Boyd |
Two new documents that are expected shortly from the Department of Transportation could do a lot to shape freight infrastructure policy for the next few years.<br /> <br />
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Steady As She Goes
Peter Tirschwell |
The first thing you notice upon visiting the headquarters of Mediterranean Shipping Co. in Switzerland is how inconspicuous the place is. The global headquarters of the world’s No.
Container lines
Trade GAPS
Paul Page |
It’s broadly accepted across American industry that the Obama administration’s goal of doubling exports within five years is all but impossible to achieve.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Unsung Heroes
Barry Horowitz |
The best-known names in our industry are those of the shipping lines, other service providers and major importers and exporters.
Container lines
Forwarding
Don't Be Fooled by Freight Volume Surge
Peter Tirschwell |
Two things are clear at the moment: Freight volumes are too strong given a weakening economic climate and are likely to catch up with reality later this year.
Container lines
Forwarding
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Breaking Down a Forwarder’s Role
Colin Barrett |
Q: We’re a freight forwarder, licensed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Trucking News
Speaking for Trade
Michelle A. Mitchell |
At the G-20 Summit last month in Toronto, world leaders reaffirmed their commitment to combat protectionism and promote trade worldwide.
Out With the Old Trucks, In With the New
William B. Cassidy |
If the economic recovery is slowing, why are truck sales breaking speed limits? <br /> <br />
LTL
Cyber Insecurity
Susan Kohn Ross |
Now that Google’s license to operate in China has been renewed, it’s worth taking a moment to consider the events preceding the renewal.
Atlantic Expectations
Peter Tirschwell |
The news that Maher Terminals would invest in and operate the planned Melford container port in eastern Nova Scotia makes sense on one level and raises meaty questions about how the industry will evol
Maritime
Forwarding
Cash Inventories
Paul Page |
There was strong sales news in the retail sector last week, but it won’t exactly quicken the hearts of a shipping and supply chain industry looking for signs of a sustainable recovery. <br />
Gusher of Nonsense
Joseph Bonney |
While BP struggles to plug its wild well in the Gulf of Mexico, misinformation continues to flow about the alleged role of the Jones Act in delaying the spill cleanup. <br /> <br />
Truth in Advertising -- and Contracting
Colin Barrett |
Q: I just read your May 17, 2010, column on honesty in billing freight charges, and it brings up a situation that has always bothered me.<br /> <br />
Trucking News
Split Decision
Gary Ferrulli |
There are two meaningful issues confronting the shipping industry. The question of whether to repeal the Jones Act is one for the long term.
Forwarding
High Speed
Paul Page |
Anyone in a hurry to get to the Jersey City, N.J., Fourth of July fireworks display last week, and lamenting the lack of high-speed rail to get there, needn’t have worried.
Rail News
Tweet, Tweet
Peter Tirschwell |
There are plenty of Web-skeptics in the world, and there’s no shortage of them in the transportation world. But let me just say for the record that Twitter has improved my life. <br /> <br />
A More Accurate Commodity Price Indicator
Joseph Bonney |
A <a target="_blank" href="http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/07/07/280641/dont-panic-the-baltic-dry-is-a-rubbish-indicator/"><u>Financial Times blog post</u></a> suggests the Baltic Dry Index is "a
A New Manhattan Project: Electric Trucks
William B. Cassidy |
If you think one truck is much like another, talk to Frank Rubino.
Independence Day
Theodore Prince |
This week we celebrate Independence Day to commemorate adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Should Shippers Hold Onto Assets or Choose Flexibility?
Paul Page |
When you control 20 percent of the market in a transportation field, your strategic actions are bound to reverberate across the business, raising questions for competitors and for customers.
Trucking News
LTL
Is There an Alternative to Depending on China's Supply of Goods?
Peter Tirschwell |
Watching the emergence this year of labor unrest in China, you have to wonder what the long-term implications are for decisions on where to source goods for developed nations.
Container lines
Forwarding
The Battle Continues Between Shippers and Surface Carriers
Tom Finkbiner |
When two sides have irreconcilable differences on an issue, both sides usually can share the blame for the impasse. The gulf these days between railroads and shippers is a good example.
Trucking News
Rail News
Must A Carrier Pay Excise Tax on Missing Goods?
Colin Barrett |
Q: I work for a motor carrier. I have a shortage claim for 17 cases of cigarettes from an import container that our company delivered to a U.S. location.<br /> <br />
Trucking News
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Straw men and oil
Joseph Bonney |
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">If they aren’t using straw to soak up oil in the Gulf of Mexico, it’s probably because the available supply has been exhausted by politician
Putting an ‘Estoppel’ to Double Payments
Colin Barrett |
Q: I ordered goods from a company and paid both the cost of the goods and the freight. The company is now “gone,” and the trucking company is demanding I pay the freight cost.<br />
Trucking News
Collecting Damages for Piracy Losses
Shane L. Smith |
Pirate attacks against commercial vessels are increasing in international and territorial waters.
Maritime
Keep Trust in the Trade Marketplace
Peter Tirschwell |
Antitrust immunity for container lines is such an easy target it’s ridiculous. The idea that competitors can discuss and influence price for services is not simply anathema to U.S.
Container lines
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Forwarding
An Early Peak Season for Shipping?
Paul Page |
When the temperature in the Northeast U.S.
Maritime
Forwarding
Finding Asia’s Economy
Barry Horowitz |
After two weeks of traveling across Asia (Tokyo, Seoul, Fuzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing) and experiencing a number of so-called blue-sky days — that is, you can’t actually see clea
Cycling Through Transport Issues
John D. Boyd |
The direction of U.S. transportation policy is in the hands of a couple of gung-ho bicyclists.<br /> <br />
Trucking News
Crime and Punishment
Susan Kohn Ross |
Anyone who imports textile or wearing apparel products knows achieving 100 percent regulatory compliance has been challenging for Customs and the trade community.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Paying the Price of a Failed Shipper
Colin Barrett |
Q: I’ve read in your past columns that if the shipper fails to pay a carrier’s freight charges, the carrier may collect from the consignee, per Corpus Juris Secundum, 13 C.J.S.
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