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Clarification needed on seawater scrubbersI read your article on seawater scrubbers ("Scrubb

The fuel crisis in the trucking industry will soon pass. Regardless of whether and when diesel price

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.So did you really want transportation to take a more prom

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Q:Your article from July 21, 2008 ("Choice Words

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The fuel crisis in the trucking industry will soon pass.

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.I read Traffic World''s interview with Transportation Sec

Frank Blake, chief executive of Home Depot, recently quoted a vendor of his to make a point. "A down

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.At first blush, the economic news doesn''t look so bad th

What a wonderful world it would be if public services and facilities could somehow be provided witho

Members of Congress and presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are all talking about "

A recent New York Times article says that globalization is slowing, and that transportation costs, f

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Q:I have used 10 contract carriers and three brok

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The airline business model is broken and the people who r

Most businesses faced with a downturn in demand respond by reducing prices to attract price-consciou

The airline business model is broken and the people who run the industry don't know how to fix it or

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Having read the article "End of the Truce?" (Traffic Worl

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Q:After attending Air Cargo China 2008, my collea

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.I would like to add John Simourian''s name to run for pre

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Many thanks for Traffic World''s 2008 "Guide to LTL Truc

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.I am a Member of the Commodity Classification Standards B

When I was growing up on Manhattan's West Side, the North River piers were filled every day with the

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Your editorial about highway funding ("Toll Booth," July

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.After weeks of calls across the transportation industry f

The Doha Round of world trade talks round has already died a thousand deaths, so last month's failur

The following is a hypothetical letter that expresses what the International Longshore and Warehouse

Contrary to the expectations of the political cognoscenti, the upcoming presidential election seems

Toward the end of a telephone conversation last month, Rick A. Rude remarked on his history with car

West Coast longshoremen and employers agreed to a new six-year contract last week, after 2 weeks of

So where do we go from here? The West Coast waterfront labor contract has been completed after anoth

Asia, in general, and China, more specifically, have been like a second home to me for much of my ad

Exporters, as we have been reporting all year, are agitating for more space on ships and greater acc

Today, the bottom line tends to dominate business concerns. However, firms can enjoy tangible saving

Can trade sanctions ever be an effective weapon of U.S. security policy? However much faith we may h

Get on with the work on cargo securityI enjoyed Peter Tirschwell's column "10+2 should be a

I like to follow the trends in rates in major trades as published by a couple of sources. The one I

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Q:We are a consignee that received product that w

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The Department of Transportation released a report last w

We have all received those last-minute calls from the office, calls that are somewhat of an annoyanc

It's been a busy summer for shipping news. The ILWU negotiations, fuel surcharges, increased exports

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Q:Dumb question here.If a mistake is made