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Transportation''s Essential Questions
Jeffrey Shane |
Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.<br><br>We are entering what I think will almost certainly emerge
Wait till next year
BY BARRY HOR0WITZ |
Here we are in late September and, clearly, the 2008 peak can be described, at best, as a blip, not
Why user fees are a tough sell
BY LAWRENCE H KAUFMAN |
The intermodal world faces a rash of new local per-container user fees to fund needed infrastructure
Industry canÍt have it both ways
BY PETER TIRSCHWELL |
Container security is described as a multilevel strategy, with a diverse battery of defenses, from t
Buyer's Market
Paul Page |
In the midst of a financial industry meltdown of historic proportions last week, the one figure of c
Total recall: Remember these things
BY ANN MINZNER CONLEY |
Twenty-six years ago, Johnson & Johnson set the gold standard for product recall risk management in
Fallout from Wall Street
BY JOSEPH BONNEY |
Talk at last week's Trans-Pacific Maritime Asia conference in Shenzhen centered on events 12 time zo
Technology Must Advance Forwarding
Gene Gander |
With purchasing decisions increasingly being made at the C-level executive or boardroom level and th
Trusty Markets
Paul Page |
Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.<br><br>One of the truisms of business, one that just about every
A dark future for trucking
PETER TIRSCHWELL |
Last week's ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Christina A. Snyder refusing to halt the truck-conce
Surprise, surprise
BY JOSEPH BONNEY |
So Oct. 1 is the date. Barring a judicial reversal, that's when the ports of Los Angeles and Long Be
A new chapter in Incoterms
BY DAN GARDNER |
Since their introduction in 1936 by the International Chamber of Commerce, Incoterms have provided a
Count Now, or Count Later?
Colin Barrett |
Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.<br><br><br><br>Q:<br><br>We are a consignee that receives produc
Death by Doha
BY TED PRINCE |
A Hobson's choice is a free choice in which only one option is offered. Thomas Hobson (1544-1630), a
Courting
JOC Team |
Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.<br><br>A federal judge will likely decide sometime this month on
Peak Oil: Time To Tell the CEO
Chuck Taylor |
Since 2004, the transportation industry has been warned about the challenges of "peak oil" - the poi
Confronting costs
BY PETER TIRSCHWELL |
In covering transportation and logistics since the early 1990s, one sees and hears a lot, but I neve
Beyond Oct. 17
JOC Team |
BY JOSEPH BONNEY<br><br>Speaking at a recent Containerization and Intermodal Institute forum in Balt
Relationships Still Key to LTL Success
JOC Team |
Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.<br><br>I found your comparison between the past and present in T
China: Past, present and future
BY GARY FERRULLI |
The Olympics concluded two weeks ago among a combination of shock and awe. Many writers and media pe
Forwarder Throws Its Weight Around
Colin Barrett |
Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.<br><br>Q:<br><br>Last fall we shipped a 40-foot container of a c
Peak Oil: Time To Tell the CEO
Chuck Taylor |
Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.<br><br>Since 2004, the transportation industry has been warned a
A worldwide epidemic
BY ALAN F. SPEAR |
Global companies need to plan globally and act locally, which is another way to say that while they
Demands
JOC Team |
Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.<br><br>I just wanted to say "hats off to you" for stating the un
A flimsy seal rule
BY PETER TIRSCHWELL |
For many container importers, Oct. 15 will come and go virtually unnoticed. That's the day that seal
Congratulations to . . .
BY BARRY HOROWITZ |
Presumably you have restarted normal breathing; that is, since the notice on July 28 that the Intern
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
JOC Team |
Clarification needed on seawater scrubbers<br><br>I read your article on seawater scrubbers ("Scrubb
Intermodal rail: the long-term solution
BY W. GORDON FINK |
Container dwell time is a growing challenge to the efficient operation of the marine terminal. It is
Who Pays If the Third Party Doesn''t?
Colin Barrett |
Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.<br><br>Q:<br><br>A client just asked me the following question a
Renaissance Now
Paul Page |
Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.<br><br>Just a couple of years ago, when there was no talk about
Not only in California
BY JOSEPH BONNEY |
Credit crunch? What credit crunch? While banks continue to take a hit from bad mortgage loans, there
Clarifying Wording for Prepaid Shipments
Colin Barrett |
Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.<br><br>Q:<br><br>Your article from July 21, 2008 ("Choice Words
Too Much Freight, Not Enough Drivers?
Joe White |
Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.<br><br>The fuel crisis in the trucking industry will soon pass.
Too Much Freight, Not Enough Drivers?
Joe White |
The fuel crisis in the trucking industry will soon pass. Regardless of whether and when diesel price
Shortfall
Paul Page |
Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.<br><br>So did you really want transportation to take a more prom
The economics of rail rate increases
BY LAWRENCE H KAUFMAN |
Most businesses faced with a downturn in demand respond by reducing prices to attract price-consciou
Globalization is here to stay
BY GARY FERRULLI |
A recent New York Times article says that globalization is slowing, and that transportation costs, f
Speculators Did Not Create Air Woes
Lawrence H. Kaufman |
Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.<br><br>The airline business model is broken and the people who r
Weight and See
JOC Team |
Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.<br><br>Having read the article "End of the Truce?" (Traffic Worl
Speculators Did Not Create Air Woes
Lawrence H. Kaufman |
The airline business model is broken and the people who run the industry don't know how to fix it or
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