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Terrible Five
Joseph Bonney |
The first five months of the year "are by far the worst of the year" for ocean carriers' customer service, says Claudio Bozzo, president of Mediterranean Shipping Co.
Container lines
Covering Your Assets? Don’t Skimp
Colin Barrett |
Q: We’re a third party (broker/3PL) and have a customer who is the receiver of goods from a high-end shipper.<br /> <br />
Mapping Apps
Peter Tirschwell |
I have become fascinated in recent weeks with the ubiquitous mobile handheld devices and how they may affect the economy, including shipping. <br /> <br />
Who’s Bananas?
Paul Page |
Volatile markets across the transportation world over the past year have raised the heat on shipper-carrier relationships, so for some perspective it may be helpful to slip back to a more peaceful per
Preparing for the Worst
Susan Kohn Ross |
The American Bar Association’s 5th Annual Homeland Security Conference in Washington earlier this month was notable for several reasons.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Double-Tracked Strategy
Tom Finkbiner |
It is not often you get to see a real knock-down-drag-out fight between two business models in the same industry, but we are about to witness one in the rail intermodal business in the western United
LTL is Half Full or Half Empty
Satish Jindel |
Since trucking industry deregulation in 1980, more than 30 unionized, non-union, national and regional less-than-truckload carriers have left the market.
Drivers Debate Shortage Claims
William B. Cassidy |
There's no shortage of opinion about truck driver shortages. Some say they exist, some say they don't. Some say they're all about pay, while others cite demographics.<br /> <br />
Trucking News
Capping Carbon
Paul Page |
A new forecast for U.S.
Terminal Reality
Peter Tirschwell |
The rate spikes and capacity squeeze gripping the trans-Pacific container market since the New Year was one aftershock of the global financial crisis.
Sealed Deal on Shortage Claim?
Colin Barrett |
Q: One of my drivers live-loaded an intermodal marketing company’s box on an intermodal shipment.
Perceptions and Paradigm Shifts
Gary Ferrulli |
Perceptions, I learned long ago, are stronger than reality.
Derivatives for containers?
Joseph Bonney |
Maersk Line CEO Eivind Kolding told a JOC Trans-Pacific Maritime conference audience that he wasn't enthusiastic about container derivatives market that Clarkson Securities is trying to develop.
Maritime
Forwarding
Remembering Tom Mentzer
Joseph Bonney |
Supply chain education lost one of its giants and the world lost a good man with the death last week of Dr. John T. Mentzer at age 58.<br /> <br />
Carriers Get their Mojo Back
Joseph Bonney |
Tired of being a punching bag, container ship lines seem to be starting 2010 with a new attitude and a new message.<br /> <br /> The message: We ain't stupid.<br /> <br />
Just in Time?
Paul Page |
Just when you thought there were no new supply chain innovations to be had, Toyota unveils yet another pioneering industrial strategy: just-in-time reverse logistics. <br /> <br />
Re-Brokering Liability: Look to the ‘Contract’
Colin Barrett |
Q: We’re a 3PL — a broker, if you will. We received a number of loads from one of our shippers, and gave them to one of our regular carriers.
Strategic Choices
Peter Tirschwell |
Watching the shipping industry wander around in search of meaning — solutions seem a bit ambitious at this point — to the collapse of order and normality in trans-Pacific trade, it seems t
Change in Washington?
John D. Boyd |
President Obama and the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee may be in the same political party, but Tuesday brought another reminder that they are not on the same page wh
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Retailing’s Unsung Heroes
Barry Horowitz |
Last month marked the beginning of my 40th year in the international transportation and trade industry.
Building Stimulus
Paul Page |
One of the hottest topics in business these days, right behind whether there is a true economic recovery under way, is whether the $787 million federal stimulus package Congress approved a year ago ac
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Reality, Check Again
Jerry Bridges |
In light of the Port of Virginia’s growth and strategic advantages, and contrary to Ted Prince’s conclusions reached in his recent column (“Reality Check,” Feb.
Maritime
Life, Death and Contracts
Colin Barrett |
Q: We are renegotiating some terms with a less-than-truckload carrier and wonder how we can protect ourselves in the event the carrier files for bankruptcy.<br /> <br />
Slow steaming gains speed
Joseph Bonney |
Slow steaming by container ships seems to be here to stay.
Third-Party Evolution
Peter Tirschwell |
Given the dynamics in the trans-Pacific shipping market so far this year, with capacity so surprisingly tight and many shippers scrambling to find space at almost any cost, it seems certain that chang
A Taxing Solution
Colin Barrett |
Q: In the Jan. 11 issue, you state, “If you have been doing (IRS Form) 1099s for your carriers up to now, you can legally quit.”<br /> <br />
Protecting Your Identity
Susan Kohn Ross |
Stories abound about individuals having their identities stolen, and such thievery is becoming more common in shipping, too.<br /> <br />
Why Free Trade Is Failing America
Peter Morici |
No economic policy could better serve Americans than genuine free trade, but open trade policies are failing Americans.<br /> <br />
Risky Driving
Paul Page |
When you’re driving for 40 miles during a blizzard in a small rental car on a major interstate, trying for most of the time to stay in the fast-disappearing tire tracks of a tractor-trailer chug
Trucking News
Ed Brown's legacy
Joseph Bonney |
It was a nice gesture by Virginia International Terminals <strong><a href="http://blog.portofvirginia.com/my-blog/2010/02/port-to-honor-brown-thursday-with-moment-of-silence.html">to halt work at
Breakbulk lifts globalization
Joseph Bonney |
Containerized shipping is rightfully credited with spurring globalization by adding speed and reliability to international freight transportation.
Re-Brokering’s Broken Model
Colin Barrett |
Q: In previous columns, you have said often that you think shippers should prohibit any brokers they use from re-brokering loads to others.
Space for Change
Peter Tirschwell |
As containers pile up in Shanghai awaiting passage on a fleet too small to handle an unexpected surge of volume, it’s worth taking a step back and assessing the potential impact of one of those
Winning Exports
Paul Page |
There’s plenty of skepticism that the United States can meet President Obama’s ambitious goal of doubling exports in five years and whether accomplishing that would create the 2 million jo
Stable Expectations
Gary Ferrulli |
There have been interesting developments and hopeful signs from the industry during the early part of 2010.
Letters
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<strong>Customer Loyalty Should Be Job One</strong><br /> <br />
Time for a Parcel Merger
Satish Jindel |
Today’s parcel industry is starkly different from that of 1998, when UPS and FedEx Ground brought ground delivery service into the same arena as air express by guaranteeing delivery times
Liability on the Line
Colin Barrett |
Q: I’m a motor carrier claims manager.
The Price of Unity
Peter Tirschwell |
As importers weather some of the most brutal conditions in years in the eastbound trans-Pacific trade — merchandise is missing store delivery windows and carriers either are enforcing the letter
Will Trade for Work
Stephanie Nall |
Losing Ted Kennedy’s seat to the Republican Party is stirring deep angst in the White House and among Democrats on Capitol Hill.
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