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Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Q:After attending Air Cargo China 2008, my collea

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.I am a Member of the Commodity Classification Standards B

The Doha Round of world trade talks round has already died a thousand deaths, so last month's failur

The following is a hypothetical letter that expresses what the International Longshore and Warehouse

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Your editorial about highway funding ("Toll Booth," July

Contrary to the expectations of the political cognoscenti, the upcoming presidential election seems

When I was growing up on Manhattan's West Side, the North River piers were filled every day with the

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.After weeks of calls across the transportation industry f

West Coast longshoremen and employers agreed to a new six-year contract last week, after 2 weeks of

Toward the end of a telephone conversation last month, Rick A. Rude remarked on his history with car

Asia, in general, and China, more specifically, have been like a second home to me for much of my ad

So where do we go from here? The West Coast waterfront labor contract has been completed after anoth

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The Department of Transportation released a report last w

I like to follow the trends in rates in major trades as published by a couple of sources. The one I

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Q:We are a consignee that received product that w

Exporters, as we have been reporting all year, are agitating for more space on ships and greater acc

Can trade sanctions ever be an effective weapon of U.S. security policy? However much faith we may h

Today, the bottom line tends to dominate business concerns. However, firms can enjoy tangible saving

Get on with the work on cargo securityI enjoyed Peter Tirschwell's column "10+2 should be a

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.There are few disciplines quite as meaningful these days

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Q:Dumb question here.If a mistake is made

We have all received those last-minute calls from the office, calls that are somewhat of an annoyanc

It's been a busy summer for shipping news. The ILWU negotiations, fuel surcharges, increased exports

Recent news out of the West Coast shows why some container gateways are in decline while others are

As many of the nation's largest retailers, including Wal-Mart, have embraced inland ports accessed v

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Q:We are a third-party logistics company and have

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters is trying, as she

The sky is falling because of globalization's failings. Headlines such as "The China Misconnection"

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Higher fuel prices and the war in Iraq are two of the mos

Three months from now, carrier conferences in European liner trades will fade into history. It will

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Traffic World''s interview with Transportation Secretary

Benjamin Disraeli, the great 19th century British prime minister, once said, "There are lies, damned

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Shippers, truckers and others facing skyrocketing fuel co

In early 1970s, at the Copenhagen headquarters of A.P. M_ller (Maersk Line's parent), N.J. Iversen,

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Q:We ship rail carloads of a raw material from th

As much as Alaska's infamous "bridges to nowhere" costing hundreds of millions of dollars came to ep

Transportation industry insiders frequently complain about the lack of infrastructure and capacity b

Last month's House subcommittee hearing on U.S. regulation of international shipping doesn't mean Co

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.A vice president of logistics for a major North American

We live in a world strongly influenced by cycles of various descriptions: the circadian rhythm of da