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No one under 80 years old can remember worse economic times than these. What we're in now doesn't co

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Q:We have a question concerning what the time lim

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Q:I've been telling my employees for a long time

Supply Chain Management Center, R.H. Smith School Of Business, University of MarylandCopyrig

The news out of Mexico has been unsparingly awful over the past year, with murder, kidnapping, gun b

Overshadowed by ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, multinational efforts over the past seve

No sane individual would suggest that the current recession is in any way good. Several million peop

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.As the new Obama administration was lining up its people

How desperate are carriers in the trans-Pacific trade? Apparently desperate enough to risk awakening

by Dr. Sandor Boyson, Dr. Thomas Corsi, Lisa Harrington & Chaodong Han, of the Supply Chain Man

The pushback against the paranoid among us who won't sleep at night until every incoming container o

If you thought debate over government investment in transportation, including the many regulatory qu

After a year of surprises in 2008, what's ahead for 2009?

The clock is ticking on 10+2, and the timing couldn't be any worse. On top of the need to stimulate

The biggest headache associated with determining which mode of transportation to use has to do with

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Q:I have a railroad trying to bill me for moves f

• Rail Safety is No Paper ChaseDear President-elect Obama:We stand ready to work wit

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.There were plenty of kind words and advice for Ray LaHood

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 signed into law i

The stage is set and the lights are dimming. For the audience, a once-in-a-lifetime performance is a

If they were in a mood for wisecracks, the folks at the South Carolina State Ports Authority could j

Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport contains a series of spectacular ceramic, art dec

• Freight Needs Strong Voice, VisionDespite the high cost, no one can seriously question the

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Dear President-elect Obama:Although you face a mu

More than 4,600 container ships are scattered around the world's oceans, and for the most part they'

Fortunately for me, I got a week back home after my return from France, before leaving with port col

For just about anyone with a hand in moving goods or handling inventory, 2008 was a year that truly

Watching the economic meltdown over the past several months, one struggles not to feel irrelevant. A

Oetker wouldn't think of selling Hamburg SudI learned something new from your Dec. 8 cover s

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Q:I am attempting to write an over, short and dam

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.For just about anyone with a hand in moving goods or hand

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Q:I have been in transportation since 1969 as tra

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.It wasn''t all that long ago that the only thing better t

As the industry prepares to close the books on a dismal 2008, there's already speculation about whic

I find some of what I read in carrier financial reports to be confusing, at best. Let's start with t

One message came through in the presentations and all-important corridor conversations at last month

Customs and Border Protection got it right with its changes to the Importer Security Filing, or 10+2

Shippers will benefit from carriers' investmentI really liked Joe Bonney's Nov. 17 editorial

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.As you begin the budgeting process for technology spendin

At a Chicago press conference last month, a local television reporter asked Barack Obama how the pre