Commentary

The mystery of why EgyptAir Flight 990 dove into the Atlantic, killing the 217 people aboard, is onl

A certain shipping line called me a couple of Sundays ago (no prizes for guessing the company name).

he U.S. Customs Service has begun a final push to get shippers to sign up for its Automated Export S

The Clinton administration released a study recently on the environmental impact of free trade that

As intensive talks continue in preparation for the upcoming World Trade Organization summit in Seatt

The Chinese market is an apt candidate for rapid industrial growth. But there are also a number of f

The pressure groups about to descend on Seattle are not the only ones threatening the launch of seri

Regrettably, National Trade Education Day came and went last week without making much of a ripple in

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sounded positively giddy in press reports of her rem

There are few issues that better reveal the importing community's second-rate status in Washington t

As Congress debates a bill to allow the U.S. Postal Service to enter new markets, a report to lawmak

Several recent industry developments serve to remind us that the transportation industry is more fam

''Blacklisting'' regulations promised by Vice President Al Gore to the AFL-CIO Executive Council are

Britons are an easy lot to please if the results of a survey of national lottery winners are any ind

I was listening to a news report. United Parcel Service stock had hit the market with a bang in the

Anybody who reads this column regularly knows that I am not exactly the biggest fan of Microsoft. So

After more than 30 years as a key catalyst of regional economic development, the Asian Development B

Universal serial bus (USB) technology may finally be living up to all the hype.It seems like

Brian Doherty's recent opinion piece, ''Clubbing America with the anti-sprawl agenda' (Nov. 4, Page

The Jones Act, which provides a protective cocoon for the U.S. shipbuilding industry through a build

Talk about slow-moving inventory: A Florida food company was asked in 1962, during the fearful days

We're a nation of snoopers. When visiting someone's home, four out of 10 Americans can't resist the

I had a call last week from someone who reckons he has his finger on the Mediterranean container pul

The trans-Atlantic dispute over beef injected with growth hormones concerned a trade worth a relativ

Perhaps more so than any other U.S. metropolis, New York City - a harbor, a destination for immigran

The news of an agreement between the United States and the People's Republic of China paving the way

The flap in California over automated-teller-machine fees is instructive. But the way it's going, no

The United States is enjoying what is becoming the longest economic boom in peacetime history.

Maritime forums often mention the ''human factor'' in incident prevention, but little attention is g

Albert Einstein was selfish. By 1905 he had already characterized the motion of molecules in a fluid

U.S. and foreign companies should understand that current political pressures in the United States p

I just read your article about FDX allowing customers access through their program (FedEx lets users

In addition to providing an infusion of capital, United Parcel Service's initial public offering sho

U.S. port executives got an important lesson this month with the announcement that Maersk and Sea-La

The profitability of most carriers depends on asset utilization. But to steal a term from psychology

For most Americans, Japan is seen as being at the heart of the unfair trade problem. There is strong

If you take a close look at the Southern California ports these days, you will find that under the b

An American tanker executive offered a penetrating observation the other night in a thoughtful speec

Geography doesn't seem to be a major factor in bad driving. That's one conclusion you could draw fro

Industry ecology, the blending of environmental and business goals, has come of age. But one thing i