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Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Dear Readers and Supporters All:We owe total grat

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Sometimes a man gets jealous of The Traffic World and hid

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.I used to think 10 years was a long time. After spending

As we at Traffic World prepare to celebrate the magazine's 100th birthday this very week, we want to

Coordination is key to cargo congestionLawrence Kaufman's recent Intermodal Insights, "The r

Three months into 2007, we've had no shortage of transportation news. There's been the difficult bir

No policy could better serve the common progress of humanity than genuine free trade, but support fo

The trucking industry has long viewed free trade as an important tool in improving our country's eco

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.In your story reporting on Ed Emmett''s being appointed t

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Gail Rutkowsi''s letter to the editor entitled "NASSTRAC'

IDC deserves 'Charleston 5' creditJoseph Bonney's review of the book, "On the Global Waterfr

U.S. trade policy is undergoing a thorough reassessment due to the convergence of two events: the De

The song "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" was a staple in the Grateful Dead's concert set from 1970

While most of the heat over transportation these days is being generated by tough issues such as Mex

When I moved to Philadelphia in 1981, it seemed like someone was turning out all the lights. Most of

The original plan called for buses to take me and the other attendees of the inaugural Global Rail F

NYSA also has crane simulatorsWe were happy to read the article by R.G. Edmonson entitled "V

The globalization of commerce has made it necessary for companies both large and small to have a wor

A bit of a debate has broken out recently as railroads have raised rates charged to container carrie

It's easy to pick on the Transportation Security Administration, but let's face it, the TSA deserves

A rush of surprise coursed through the freight world when private equity firm Apollo Management star

Proposals for new container fees are being presented up and down the West Coast. The fees deal with

I have fielded a lot of questions from shippers about the impact on transportation rates and capacit

Will he or won't he? John Bowers hasn't said publicly whether he'll seek re-election as president of

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The phone keeps ringing, your Blackberry is buzzing, your

The cover of the in-house journal of one transportation group headlined its recent recitation of for

I had the opportunity after the recent TPM conference in Long Beach to visit with a company that bec

U.S. efforts to secure global supply chains after the Sept. 11 attacks were stunning in their scope

The recently held Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference was well attended and well produced. And it pres

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.I take rather strong exception to some of your comments i

Two of the country's largest transportation companies in their fields, trucker J.B. Hunt Transport S

This is the time of year when logistics managers start to negotiate their annual shipping contracts.

This past month I attended what I felt to be a truly exceptional export compliance seminar that may

It was a startling display of good sense in an unlikely place - the United States Senate. In a 58-38

Here are a few observations from the JoC's 7th Annual Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference last week in

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.This is in regards to the article in the Jan. 29 issue of

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Q:We''re a large retailer, and one of our vendors

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.I have a black-and-white photo, taken in 1956, of a truck

This week, with the TPM conference set for March 5-6 in Long Beach, our attention turns to the trans