Commentary

-- The June 5 cover article quoting a Drewry Shipping Consultants report on carriers' on-time arriva

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.In the midst of an era of logistics industry convergence,

The last few years have seen the emergence of a potent new concept in international logistics - the

"A modern, efficient highway system is essential to meet the needs of our growing population, our ex

Abe Lincoln's been dead a long time, and presidential speeches aren't what they used to be. Today th

The destruction caused by last year's hurricanes should serve as a wake-up call for any third-party

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Q:I''m the shipping manager at a pipe company and

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.The destruction caused by last year''s hurricanes should

After fighting bitterly for decades to organize Overnite Transportation, now UPS Freight, the Teamst

The more seamlessly integrated the global economy becomes, the more difficult it becomes for many Am

Last week in this space, I noted that the recently unveiled Transportation Worker Identification Cre

In the systems arena, we are at the mercy of technology even as we seem to control it. Five years ag

As one looks at the changes in the ocean carrier industry, in terms of growth, consolidation and eme

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Rail ''Incentives''I have a message for Glenn Eng

Company press releases often contain well-worn phrases that we try to avoid. One is "state of the ar

The trade community can and should applaud the recently published notice of proposed rule-making fro

In a recent piece focusing on energy, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman noted that critics

Since Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast roughly nine months ago, we see many signs of pr

Everything you thought you knew about the less-than-truckload industry is wrong. That certainly was

Korea, by following market economy principles and maintaining a strong security alliance with the U.

Fifty years after Malcom McLean established containerized shipping as a system, and 40 years after i

There can be no denying that one of the reasons for the DP World blowup was inaction on security. Be

Major U.S. industries have begun complaining bitterly over China's export subsidies, which they say

The Transportation Security Administration hasn't drawn much praise in its relatively few years of e

Here is a true story. It's peak season, and the main character - a large electro

Most customers of NVOs don't want NSA contractsI've just read Peter Tirschwell's May 8 colum

Years before the North American Free Trade Agreement was launched, I traveled deep into the western

What's the outlook for U.S. economic growth? Although gross domestic product expansion rebounded sha

The debate over rail fuel surcharges, the subject of a public hearing by the Surface Transportation

Norman Y. Mineta says he is setting "an ambitious schedule" to get his "National Strategy to Reduce

Few sectors of our economy are as dependent on transportation as the retail sector. Without shipping

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Q:I am attempting to write a procedure that will

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.From steam engine to jet engine, the innovations that tru

I was recently contacted by a company that expressed an interest in participating in Customs and Bor

A few minutes after 5 p.m. on May 6, loudspeakers cut through the background noise of 158,000 people

On April 18, the Chinese Ministry of Communications announced in a ruling that the way that terminal

I want to thank all of you who wrote to me following the publication of my column on Lou Dobbs ("The

Tantlinger left mark on the industryAs I was catching up on my reading, I came across Joe Bo

A revealing window into the state of the non-vessel-operating common carrier industry opened last mo

For the past five years or more, a quiet revolution has taken hold in the manufacturing sector, at l