Commentary

Heads are still shaking in bewilderment over the House's provision in the SAFE Port Act calling for

Politics seems to have come back into the transportation world and, to borrow a phrase, there's noth

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Q:In the Jan. 29, 2007 issue, you wrote that clai

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.In jurisprudence and law enforcement, "chain of custody"

The New Year is barely a month old and articles, speeches and rhetoric regarding the "state of the i

In jurisprudence and law enforcement, "chain of custody" refers to the integrity of evidence and req

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.If rhetoric were concrete, the nation''s transportation c

Last week, we asked whether West Coast terminal operators had regrets in hindsight about locking out

Maersk Line's plan to reduce intermodal rail routings for customers has raised many questions, and t

The U.S. economy rebounded at the end of the year on the back of unseasonably warm weather and lower

With the 2002 contract with West Coast dockworkers coming up for renewal next year, and with early n

When Capt. James McNamara sees one of the big, new container ships entering service, he sees potenti

More and more we hear from Congress that we must physically inspect all containers entering the U.S.

In 1984, "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw went to France to make a documentary marking the 40th

President Bush came painfully close to talking about transportation during his State of the Union ad

In November, the Department of Homeland Security announced the start of six pilot projects to scan c

Corporate logistics managers can identify with Col. James Lovell. The Air Force officer is point man

In November, the Department of Homeland Security announced the start of six pilot projects to scan c

Truckers and shippers are already looking to take a leading role in the next highway spending plan,

Some freight is missing. No, this isn't a column about claims, but we are concerned that somewhere o

Malcom McLean is lionized as the founder of container shipping, but many in the industry will never

I recently attended Customs and Border Protection's 7th Annual Trade Symposium, held in the spacious

In January 1991, I became Nike's director of international transportation. Within weeks, I met a man

The governor sat at the head of the table. The silverware gleamed, the china was immaculate, and the

The port and maritime industry appears to be fixated on the theme of congestion and high utilization

In international logistics, the financial supply chain runs parallel to the physical supply chain it

Service is king in transportationI could not pass up an opportunity to support another JoC e

An often-repeated analysis of the November election went like this: The Democrats won control of Con

Service is king in transportationI could not pass up an opportunity to support another JoC e

It was more than interesting to take part in a recent professional conference with a focus on ports

Among the many pages of requirements described and detailed in the hefty piece of legislation labele

With the start date coming up fast, federal officials are still facing questions about the new Trans

A year ago, I called for a freight policy dialogue with a possible title of "Wanted: Dangerously goo

In his autobiography, John Adams, the nation's second president, reminisced: "I had heard my father

Welcome to Traffic World's second century. With its publication this week, the magazine begins its c

Reading the newspapers over the holidays was like opening a time capsule. The death of ex-President

Softer freight rate increases and added capacity in the trucking and ocean sectors have not reduced

A lot of words have been uttered and printed about the lack of a peak shipping season in late 2006.

Container lines in 2007 will take possession of about 80 post-Panamax ships, with more than half of

Looking back over 2006, it cannot be said that this was a momentous year for international trade and