Commentary

It has been a tectonic shift in the intermodal landscape that has produced many tremors and one bona

Unless one believes in alchemy - the ability to turn dross into gold - it is obvious that needed tra

Busy with other things on the first weekend after Thanksgiving, most Americans probably missed the s

Many believe the most pressing task facing U.S. transportation is to replace and expand our national

The shipper we spoke with recently has had a persistent, seemingly intractable logistics problem tha

Many of us recall Ronald Reagan during a presidential debate saying, "There you go again." Those wor

From the perspective of the trade community, it was a truly grotesque spectacle of policymaking when

Juergen Sorgenfrei grew up 40 kilometers from the border between East and West Germany, and during h

Many who work in the surface freight transportation industry spend a lot of time traveling, and it h

A recent change to the terms and conditions typically offered by trade warehouses could put importer

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Q:We filed a claim against a motor carrier''s BMC

Just when U.S. exporters are better positioned then they have been in years because of the plummetin

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.When looking for insight into bold new transportation ini

Enrollment in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program is just getting under way,

Buried in the costs of operating vessels employing U.S. citizen crews are protection-and-indemnity i

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Q:The weighing and inspection process seems to ha

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.There is something that sounds distinctly right and pract

In my apparently na?ve, New Yorker's conception of Washington, D.C., when the champion of a fledglin

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Thanks for your outstanding article on the Northwest Pass

Listening to a recent panel discussion at an industry conference, I had a sudden realization: If I h

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Studies following the debate over risk of terrorist attac

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Shippers and transportation carriers may not like congest

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.I enjoyed reading your article on freight payment compani

I read recently of the last LASH vessel being removed from service, and the writer had several quote

When I am in the U.S., which is most of the time, I am reminded almost daily in some way of the coun

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.I hesitate to say that Congress should devote "far more m

Unfavorable yet far-reaching consequences of 100 percent screening on the shipper community seem

Up until 40 years ago or so, federal law enforcement could not obtain a warrant for "evidence" of a

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Q:I have a question regarding undercharge claims.

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The November 5 article titled "Rails Targeted on Safety"

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Q:We''re a truck broker. We contracted with a car

Many intermodal officials seem to think they are in some discrete new business. Ocean liner people a

Now that the government's racketeering lawsuit against the International Longshoremen's Association

I do not believe there is a great deal of concern among shippers about next year's scheduled repeal

On April 26, 1956, Malcom McLean loaded 58 containers onto the Ideal X and shipped them from Port Ne

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.A trailer load of negative numbers from the transportatio

Ditto truckers and air carriers. Bulk carriers are enjoying flush times driven by strong demand for

The annual meeting of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals is a great place to catch

This month, the intermodal industry celebrates a silver anniversary with its 25th Intermodal Expo. A

Of the many trade initiatives and outreach efforts to help developing countries, there is one in my