Commentary

The letter to the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce came from the Turkish government, and it asked an u

This is the time of year when people shake off the last of the holiday doldrums and begin to fix the

During my annual office-cleaning weekend last month, I came across a copy of my first published edit

Old Dominion Freight Line, Thomasville, N.C., announced a series of changes in its LTL system. The c

Fifteen years ago there wasn't much to distinguish between the German and French mail monopolies, De

Container ship lines have a love-hate relationship with intermodal chassis. Carriers complain about

You may recall back in September when a major new element of the container security system - a requi

In the early and mid-1990s, when I was U.S. Customs' regional commissioner for the Northeast, we wor

You get what you pay forPeter Tirschwell's Jan. 17 column ("New trucker crisis brewing") was

Does the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration get a restart provision in its rulemaking on ho

Manhattan Associates, Atlanta, appointed Steve Norton senior vice president and chief financial offi

New regulations could shut off an important market for U.S. agricultural-products exporters in 2005

Many cities learned years ago that the best way to open up parking spaces is to issue tickets accomp

If you're in business, where does your customer service end and the order begin? It's an interesting

If you are a shipper who uses California ports, the minefield you already tread in coaxing your carg

Transportation industry prognosticators got an early holiday present in December when a rumor emerge

ArvinMeritor, Troy, Mich., named Stephen Luc managing director for Worldwide Trailer Products at the

In the last 15 years, U.S. industry has globalized in a big way. Initially, these efforts were aimed

William J. DeWitt is a professor of logistics, transportation and supply-chain management at the Uni

Currency valuation should be market-basedWho benefits from the falling dollar? Unfortunately

Remember the Palermo Senator? That was the container ship that in September 2002 was ordered out to

Block Imaging International, a radiology equipment reseller based in DeWitt, Mich., named Paul Crawf

The United States and Europe have settled - or, rather, agreed to settle - a trade dispute over subs

I read with interest Bill Mongelluzzo's article in the Dec. 22 JoC about the potential for a large s

The following is an anecdote from the president of an NVOCC about a recent experience with port truc

The growth of intermodal was one of the big stories of 2004. Traffic increased across the board and

I have a working assumption that will seem unwarranted to most, but if you will suspend judgme

When the Union Pacific Railroad issued an embargo last week on intermodal freight moving out of Sout

Viewed from the highway, they're bland and indistinguishable - vast, rectangular buildings with flat

CP Ships, the British container ship company, named several new executives to its financial group as

The Intermodal Association of North America named its new officers for 2005: Chairman Barry D. Micha

If you've been following the numerous articles and press releases over the past year about the World

We're all aware of troubling perceptions of American brands abroad. Collectively, we are painted wit

It's not your typical supply chain, the kind we usually write about that starts in a raw materials s

I believe that 2005 will be the year of internationalization of a strategy to better secure the inte

Like millions of others, I've spent much of the last two weeks following the terrible news of the ts

The U.S. freight-transportation industry is on the brink of an infrastructure meltdown, but only a f

The Department of Homeland Security hit the nail on the head the other day when it described the sec

Bangladesh's apparel industry and economy face a grave danger. It comes from stiff U.S. tariffs on t

Just five years ago, the world was paralyzed with fear about the potential technical failure from th