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Earth Day on the High Seas

As noted in yesterday's blog post on environmentally conscious wine shipping, container ships can offer a relatively carbon-friendly means of moving goods around the planet. By line Overwrite:[...]

Survivor: Container shipping

Conventional wisdom has been that the current crisis in container shipping will produce a shakeout of global carriers. Will it? Don't be so sure. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Media Advisory: United States Senate Candidate Josh Mandel to See Trucking ...

Shipping key to economic development in archipelagic nation

Almajdouie Logistics Wins SCATA Award

Carriers Follow Traffic Flow

After I tweeted a link to the AP article below on South China losing its position as a low-cost manufacturing region, I received the following comments. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Don't Hold Back on 10+2

When the 10+2 Importer Security Filing interim final rule was announced in November, those who opposed its issuance in the first place could take some, but perhaps not much, comfort in Customs' decisi[...]

YRC Concentrates On Home LTL Road Haulage Freight Market

YRC reduces operating losses in Q1

Fresh Business Approach for The Freight House

Andy Abbott on Ocean Carrier Service Contract Filing Rule

In reporting my column this week on the ocean carrier service contract filing rule, I reached out to Andy Abbott, CEO of Atlantic Container Line, who believes the requirement is unnecessary. By[...]

A New Manhattan Project: Electric Trucks

If you think one truck is much like another, talk to Frank Rubino. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Finding Wine's 'Green Line'

If you plan on celebrating Earth Day with a bottle of wine, you might want to pay as much attention to its carbon footprint as its taste. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Accident closes Highway 501

LMS Again Named a Top 100 Logistics IT Provider

Unionizing TSA

Card check isn't the only labor issue on the table in Washington. Airport screeners checking baggage for the Transportation Security Administration may soon win the right to unionize, the Federal[...]

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NEW OFFICES

New office in New Zealand

Packaging IKEA's Supply Chain

You don’t often see close looks at how corporate culture influences a company’s supply chain, and you see insightful, perceptive pieces even less often. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Another Hearing and a Video on Piracy

Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips will be back for a second round of testimony on Capitol Hill May 5, when a Senate subcommittee takes on "Piracy on the High Seas." By line Ov[...]

Air and sea

In his maritime blog, attorney Dennis Bryant notes a news release from the Washington State Department of Ecology, which stated that a commercial airliner jettisoned approximately 5,000 gallons of jet[...]

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Dangerous Liaisons

During this economic crisis, while port tenants are fighting for survival and the City of Los Angeles is furloughing workers, the Port of Los Angeles continues to operate in a world of its own —[...]

The Maritime War Within

The federal government appears to be at war with itself over maritime policy. By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson

Seattle should listen to shipping industry's concerns about proposed arena

A Logistics Scammer's Ponzi Scheme

Glyn Richards wasn't in the same league as Bernie Madoff, but the Ponzi scheme he ran under the cover of All Freight Logistics did as much damage to its victims as Madoff's much larger scam. By[...]

Recycling Exports, American Dreams

The SA Recycling terminal at the Port of Los Angeles is helping the country to meet President Obama’s goal of doubling U.S. exports within five years. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Ziegler Nederland joins the WPA Network

We are pleased to announce that the Rotterdam, Netherlands office of Ziegler Nederland BV has joined the WPA Family in respect of their Freight Forwarders - AirOcean services.

Con-way Freight Receives Department Of Defense Award

Osama bin Laden

The first time I remember hearing about Osama bin Laden was in the days and weeks following the Feb. 26, 1993, bombing of the World Trade Center. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Slow Truck To China

 If you have problems with slow freight transportation, remember that someone else always has it worse. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

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Ocean or Air? Who Has the Upper Hand?

For the past year the conventional view has been that shippers were flocking away from air cargo for the more friendly pricing in ocean transport, particularly as container shipping rates plunged to h[...]

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Quality Distribution Reports 1Q Growth

Judson Mobley Logging Ordered to Shut Down

Bobcat to Expand Operations in North Dakota

Virginia is for Bloggers

To provide "regular insight into the maritime industry and its daily work," the Virginia Port Authority unfurled a blog this week. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Two Who Made a Difference

The Containerization and Intermodal Institute chose well in selecting recipients of awards at CII’s annual New York-New Jersey luncheon. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Equipment Builders Point the Way

The economy may still have the slows, but suppliers of equipment to the freight transportation sector say solid demand is filling their order books. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Bersin's Long Shot

There is nothing on the books that President Obama can’t keep Alan Bersin at the head of Customs and Border Protection by makin By line Overwrite:  [...]

LEAD DISPATCHER for Freight Transportation

Universities' supply chain rankings

It's a little early for pre-season football forecasts, but AMR Research has issued a ranking that is sure to generate lively debate among supply chain professionals. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Legal Desperation

A wise man once said, “Desperation has no conscience.” By line Overwrite:  John McLaurin

Gleason & The Green

There'll be no St. Patrick's Day parade of containers in and out of the Port of New York and New Jersey. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy [...]

Acquiring Drivers, Not Trucks

When Steve Russell buys a trucking company, it’s not because he wants trucks. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

YRC reduces operating losses in Q1

Central Freight Lines, Inc. Settles Age Discrimination Lawsuit with ...

Caterpillar selling logistics unit stake for $750M

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AAPA Protests Get Creative

The annual conference of the American Association of Port Authorities in Seattle isn’t just an ideal occasion for top port executives to discuss successes and challenges. By line Overwri[...]

Trucking In the City

We all know trucks bring us good things, but are trucks good things? Not if they make deliveries in the early morning or at night, some New Yorkers think. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Seattle should listen to shipping industry's concerns about proposed arena

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The Big TPM Question

One question above all will be in the minds of shippers and carriers attending the Journal of Commerce’s annual Trans-Pacific Maritime conference in Long Beach next week: Can the industry end th[...]

McCollum's Column: UCA, Conway officials to bid for all-star games for 2013

CaroTrans expands ocean freight business with new office in Kent

Shine Express Japan joins the WPA Network

We are pleased to announce that the Tokyo, Japan office of Shine Express has joined the WPA Family in respect of their Freight Forwarders AirOcean services.

Cautious Optimism

A quick survey on the eve of NASSTRAC’s 2010 conference and exposition found “cautious optimism” replacing the exuberant pessimism of 2009. By line Overwrite:  [...]

More on the trans-Pacific

I thought I'd pass along these thoughts from Drewry's Neil Dekker in response to my column last week on the deteriorating eastbound By line Overwrite:  [...]

Guest Commentary: Considerations When Evaluating Supply Chain Visibility Solutions

Earlier this year, I put together a short list of “Big Box” retailers to evaluate for an upgrade to my entertainment system. As I visited each retailer and discussed my criteria and timeframe with[...]

How to solve piracy off Somalia

As many commentators have observed about the piracy crisis off the Horn of Africa, the problem starts on land and needs to be solved there. By line Overwrite:  [...]

California: Where's the Love for Jobs?

Politics, like romance, involves interest, commitment, and an active pursuit. Unfortunately, for California, there seems to be no love for private sector jobs. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Blogging Security

Not to be outdone by the Department of Transportation, the Department of Homeland Security now has its own blog. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassid[...]

Ports Gain Clean-Truck Visiblity

Although the trucking industry and environmental interests are claiming victory following a federal court of appeals By line Overwrite:  Bill Mongell[...]

Recovery Stalled on Tracks?

Blame it on soaring fuel prices, broader commodity prices or an unending flow of harsh weather. For whatever reasons, this spring has seen the freight recovery stall. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Hours Away from HOS Certainty

If you’re biting your nails watching the clock waiting for the new final rule on truck driver hours of service to hit the presses today you might as well relax — it’s not going to ha[...]

Will They Never Learn?

It’s not a problem of too much vessel capacity, but rather good old-fashioned rate wars that have destroyed pricing on the Asia-Europe and

AARP's Transport Wish List

You know the debate over the next highway bill is getting serious when AARP chimes in. It just goes to show that transportation affects everyone — and every stage of life. By line Overwr[...]

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Uncharted Economy?

It's somewhat heartening to hear from Christina Romer, the departing chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, that she believes freight rail volume numbers are a great indicator of re[...]

Congress & Trucker Hours

Will Congress determine how long truckers are allowed to work each day, or will that decision rest with the Department of Transportation? By line Overwrite:  [...]

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China Still Rising, But More Slowly

As an addendum to my column in the May 11 JoC exploring the critical question of whether China will maintain its market share as a source of U.S. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Gulftainer to play major role in Arab Federation for Freight Forwarders and ...

Union Pacific Railroad Named 2011 Rail Carrier of the Year by Lowe's Home ...

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Higher Rates, Volumes Triple Con-way Profit

MOL looks beyond 125

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines marks its 125th anniversary this year, and MOL President Akimitsuu Ashida used the occasion to provide some historical perspective on the current economic downturn. By line [...]

Countdown to Occupy Protest Shutdown Attempt

Importers and exporters are getting nervous as momentum builds for a Dec. 12 shutdown of West Coast ports by the Occupy movement. West Coast ports handle more than 50 percent of the U.S. By lin[...]

Early Warning on Economy

Weeks before Washington politicians took government dysfunction to a new level and the Eurozone crisis threatened to engulf Italy, a respected forecasting firm signaled an economic slowdown ahead.

Interchange problems- are they for real?

Researching a column this week on the next highway bill, I called two trucking companies and a major port to ask them what, in their experience, are the worst road bottlenecks they confront. By[...]

Garuda Indonesia targets freighters

YRC Worldwide Achieves Continued Year-over-Year First Quarter Operating ...

The Best Relief: Cash

Here’s a tip for anyone who wants to help tornado survivors: Send money. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Two Minutes on Trucking: Truckload Carriers and Profit

Bill Cassidy reports an impressive string of rising profits at truckload carriers as tight truck capacity pushes over-the-road rates higher. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Hills Are Alive with Talk of Container Line Mergers

For the first time in a number of years we’re hearing serious talk about major container line mergers. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

Problem Astern

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Trucking Sector Gains Momentum -- YRC Worldwide and Arkansas Best ...

Emirates Group announces 24th Consecutive Year of Profit/ 2nd and final add

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LA-LB's Overlooked Gates to Growth

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are spending so much money these days to build larger container terminals, on-dock rail facilities and a new bridge in the harbor area that the transportation c[...]

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Drivers Debate Shortage Claims

There's no shortage of opinion about truck driver shortages. Some say they exist, some say they don't. Some say they're all about pay, while others cite demographics. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Air France-KLM report April cargo plunge

US Manufacturer Provides Reshoring Lesson

A Seattle manufacturer’s decision to expand in the U.S. instead of China provides an excellent case study on the advantages American businesses can find reshoring. By line Overwrite:&nbs[...]

Top of the List: Largest Women-Owned Companies

Cycling Through Transport Issues

The direction of U.S. transportation policy is in the hands of a couple of gung-ho bicyclists. By line Overwrite:  John D. Boyd

Pirates' Mistaken Identity

Never assume. Seven pirates in the Gulf of Aden got a lesson in that adage when they opened  fire on a tanker that turned out to be a German naval vessel, the Spessart. By line Overwrite:[...]

Checking Shippers' Credit

Prudent shippers check their transportation and logistics service providers for financial soundness. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

Maersk and U.S.-flag

The pirate attack on the Maersk Alabama has spawned questions about why a Maersk ship is flying the U.S. flag. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

Fat times for commodities

Consumer spending, housing starts, inventories --  there's no shortage of economic indicators. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

A pulse, but that's it, in real estate

I Spoke this morning with Blaine Kelley, senior vice president focusing on industrial/distribution center real estate at broker CB Richard Ellis. By line Overwrite:  [...]

400 lit to gbr pound GBP in LTL Exchange Rates British Pound ...

SUPPLY CHAIN CANADA: Ontario close to completing draft of goods movement strategy

Media Advisory: United States Senate Candidate Josh Mandel to See ...

Freight One to Sell Transoil 10000 Cisterns, Kommersant Says

DHL's Standard Forwarding Earns SmartWay Partner Status Again

Container fleet efficiency

It is a commonly held notion that container lines are inefficient in the management of their container fleets. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

Media Advisory: United States Senate Candidate Josh Mandel to See Trucking ...

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Freight Shipping Increasing, Old Dominion Expected To Grow ...

FMC: 40 Years of Lessons Learned

We tend to look at the history of U.S. By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson

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States Pick Up Fuel Tax Debate

Any increase in the federal fuel tax is dead on arrival in Washington, but the idea of raising fuel taxes to pay for highways is alive and kicking beyond the Beltway. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Football and Shipping

Shippers develop all kinds of strategies to cope with seasonal shipping trends, but one we had not heard about was the impact of college football on coal shipping; another is the conflict between ener[...]

YRC Concentrates On Home LTL Road Haulage Freight Market

YRC Worldwide Named to 2012 FORTUNE 500 List

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Wal-Mart's Direct Purchasing Challenge

Wal-Mart Stores is quickly setting the tone for the shipping industry in the New Year by working to cut even deeper into its transportation and logistics spending. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Shipping Lines Cut Emissions to Save Cash

For many shipping lines, reducing diesel and carbon emissions is now as much a part of the industry’s culture as is reducing the cost of carrying cargo. In fact, the two go hand-in-hand. [...]

Visiting the 'Ghost Fleet'

Britain's Daily Mail newspaper recently featured an article on “the biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history," the empty container ships anchored off Singapore.

DHL's Standard Forwarding Earns SmartWay Partner Status Again

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DOT’s Transport Policy Trail

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was touring the Federal Railroad Administration's Transportation Technology Center complex this summer in Pueblo, Colo., when his group approached a three-foot ratt[...]

Name Game

Anyone who reads indictments of organized-crime figures must wonder: Where do these guys get their nicknames? By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

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Schedule integrity has never been more critial

Shippers have run inventory stocks down so low that their demands for on-time performance by their carriers are at an extreme high. Any disruption could lead to a dreaded stock-out. By line Ove[...]

Sea and Land

Lines between ocean and land transportation continue to blur. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

Preparing for 'The Great Comeback'

Supply chain consultant and blogger Jim Tompkins is increasingly bullish about the prospects for economic recovery, despite the bad news of the first quarter. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Cats use 7-run inning to rally past Har-Ber in quarterfinals

China's Domestic Logistics: Poised For Liftoff

I mentioned in JoC columns over the past few weeks an overwhelming impression from nearly a month traveling in China: The stage is being set for a quantum leap in internal consumption that will drive [...]

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Schneider Predicts Rate Increases

Trucking operator Schneider National — one of the largest truckload and intermodal carriers in the United States — released its own 38-page “state of the industry” report, with[...]

Blaming Game

When Maersk Line Chief Operating Officer Marcus Engelstoft opened a shipping conference in London by saying a look back to assess the industry’s economic pain over the past two years was “[...]

Scientists: LNG terminal, NPP in Lithuania won't make energy ...

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Almajdouie wins Scata logistics award

The Cost of Freight Culling

Every silver lining, it seems, has its cloud. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

The mob, the feds and the ILA

Federal prosecutors are ready to have another go at proving links between organized crime and the International Longshoremen's Association. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Ghost Fleet

When you drive along Highway 680 to Sacramento and go over the bridge between Martinez and Benicia, if you look off to your right you will see an armada of “ghost ships.” There are dozens[...]

Speed Bumps For Chassis

Container lines have surprised even themselves by moving so quickly, after years of dithering, to quit providi By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

Gadhafi's Shark Tank

Hannibal Gadhafi, son of the now-deceased Libyan dictator, had built a 3,500 passenger cruise ship, called the Phoenician. By line Overwrite:  David P[...]

Residents rage over container truck traffic in Melbourne's west

Bridge Toll

What's the biggest infrastructure challenge at the Port of New York and New Jersey? Hands down, it's the Bayonne Bridge, but a solution won't come easily, quickly or cheaply. By line Overwrite:[...]

Security and Efficiency

Although I, along with many fellow Americans, occasionally question the effectiveness of the Transportation Security Administration, there are voices out there that go far beyond that. By line [...]

Caterpillar Selling Majority Stake in Logistics Unit

Heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. said Thursday it is selling a majority stake in its third-party logistics business to Platinum Equity for $750 million.

YRC Concentrates On Home LTL Road Haulage Freight Market

The Truck Driver Problem

As long as I've been covering transportation, the alleged truck driver shortage has been an issue for motor carriers and shippers alike. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Higher Rates, Volumes Triple Con-way Profit

Con-way Freight Receives Department of Defense Award

Industrial colossus: Region heavy truck companies generate millions in revenue

Conway girls reach state soccer title game again

Truckers and Turnover turns 10

Markey's 100 Percent Solution

No one can say that Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is soft on security. By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson

Truck vs oncoming freight train at speed

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For whom the road tolls

One victim of the recession has been toll-road privatization, according to an article in this week's Barron's.

Time to Get Intelligent

Business intelligence tools and accurate, integrated data will increasingly empower individuals and organizations in the emerging post-recession economy. By line Overwrite:  [...]

In Q1 Lithuanian insurance market contracts due to lower life assurance volumes

Auctioning Off Arrow Trucking

How do trucking companies exit the industry? One desk, chair and belt buckle at a time. By line Overwrite:  William B. cassidy

Another container shortage?

Could a new shortage of containers for U.S. exports be emerging? One steamship executive thinks so. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

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Capping Pallets, Creating Capacity

When is a pallet more than a pallet? By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Reverse Logistics On Tap

When beer goes bad, where does it go? Not just down the drain, says Kevin Brady of Satellite Logistics Group in Houston. By line Overwrite:  William B[...]

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Avoiding 'Hour-mageddon'

Trucking interests are issuing dire warnings about the proposed changes to truck driver hours-of-service rules they say would cut driver and truck productivity, jack up transportation costs and potent[...]

Davenport Freight House adds 2 more businesses

Freight Bill Post Audit - What Most CFO's Are Missing

So most likely you fall into one category or another on this issue. Either you recognize that freight bill post payment audit services is a viable option for you, or you don't. If you do, you realize[...]

Company will try again for permit to build drilling waste treatment plant in Mills

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Self-Inflicted Wounds

It has to be tough to work in the marketing department of one of California’s container ports. By line Overwrite:  John McLaurin [...]

Zenith Global Logistics Expands Furniture Shipping in Northeast

Shipping's public image

Shipping is an industry that doesn't spend much time on its image among the general public, and it pays a price for it when there's an accident, oil spill or some other incident that casts the in[...]

Caterpillar sells 65% stake in 3PL business to Platinum Equity for US$750mn

The Word is Golden

We call it infrastructure. President Obama calls it infrastructure. By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson

EPA Official Urges Ports to Aim for Zero Emissions

The goods movement industry in recent years has made significant strides in reducing air pollution, but the major trade gateways must continue to innovate until they approach zero emissions, said a to[...]

Will TSA succeed?

The shipping industry is buzzing over this week's extraordinary announcement by the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement, whose members plan to ask customers to renegotiate recently signed service [...]

Steam Coffin

Two centuries ago, the big question for shipping wasn’t the size of the new generation of ships. It was whether a steam-powered vessel could cross the ocean without burning and sinking. B[...]

Diesel Engine Retailer Adds New Ford Diesel Engines to its Online Inventory

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Rose's Studied Silence

Where in the world is Peter Rose? By line Overwrite:  Paul Page

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Rethinking Fuel Surcharges

Disputes over fuel surcharge revenue were a major point of contention between shippers and carriers of all modes and types last year during the big run up in fuel and oil prices. By line Overwr[...]

Bobcat Expands Operations, Brings Jobs to Bismarck

Bobcat Company and Menlo Worldwide Logistics today announced the expansion of operations at Bobcat’s Manufacturing Support Center (MSC) in Bismarck. Bobcat also announced plans to acquire additi[...]

Draft Order

The release of the Obama administration 2012 budget this week offers a revealing snapshot of the state of East Coast preparedness – or lack thereof - for the scheduled 2014 expansion of the Pana[...]

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Ash Refugees

In Kenya, exporters in the country's huge flower shipping industry are said to have burned 400 tons of flowers over the weekend because they could not get flights to Europe and the flowers were going [...]

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Symbolism and substance

As the Teamsters and environmental groups continue with their all-out push to change the dominant business model for port trucking, they’ve won statements of support of several politicians calling f[...]

DHL's Standard Forwarding Earns SmartWay Partner Status Again

Thinking About a New Career?

U.S. Xpress wants to hire me as a truck driver. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Straw men and oil

If they aren’t using straw to soak up oil in the Gulf of Mexico, it’s probably because the available supply has been exhausted by politician By line Overwrite:  [...]

Con-way Truckload Announces February 2012 Drivers of the Month

Con-way Truckload, a full truckload carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW), today announced the recipients of its Driver of the Month recognition for February 2012.“We congratulate th[...]

The Faces of the ILA Strike

A colleague and I went out to Port Newark midday Wednesday to see firsthand what was going as striking longshoremen walked a picket line, and it was interesting to see the difference in moods between [...]

OPIC and the Deficit

A funny thing happened on the way to writing several big deficit-cutting reports – the authors suggested slicing a trade finance program that helps shrink the deficit. By line Overwrite:&[...]

Breakbulk lifts globalization

Containerized shipping is rightfully credited with spurring globalization by adding speed and reliability to international freight transportation. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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FedEx and Jim Oberstar

You won’t be hearing many elegies from Memphis lamenting Rep. James L. Oberstar’s departure from Congress. By line Overwrite:  Paul Page [...]

Supply chain uncertainties deter inland move

Buffetted by Shipping?

Warren Buffett had something surprising to say about shipping and transportation today in this interview on CNBC marking the sor By line Overwrite:  [...]

Will Marine Highways Save US Shipbuilding?

The Department of Transportation’s announcement last week to advance their marine highways initiative was arguably the biggest single boost the fledgling industry has had since everyone started [...]

Pace of Freight Tonnage Slows Down in 2012

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Matty Moroun’s Last Stand

There were no reports of dancing in the streets of Detroit or Windsor, Ontario. By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson

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Cash Call for Shipowners

As container shipping struggles with its worst-ever crisis, some carriers are approaching owners of their ships for help. By line Overwrite:  Joseph B[...]

Cathay Pacific to Cut Air Cargo Capacity

ILWU Turbulence Hits West Coast Ports

It’s a reporter’s worst nightmare, or close to it. You file a story, it gets published in print and events overtake it that makes you as the writer look like an ignoramus. By line O[...]

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This Week in Logistics News (April 30-May 4, 2012)

Roads to Afghanistan

Think you have a tough logistics job? Imagine running a supply chain to a landlocked, mountainous country where people keep trying to blow up your personnel and cargo. By line Overwrite: [...]

Not Ready for Post-Panamax Ships by 2014? Relax.

I’ve been getting a lot of questions recently about the impact on East Coast ports that may not be fully “ready” for the Panama Canal to expand in 2014. By line Overwrite:&nbs[...]

Insurance Institute Pushes For Stronger Semi Truck Underride Guards; NHTSA Waits

Granite State officials celebrate Railroad Day

Magomed Abdusalamov To Face Maurice Byarm Next - Can “Mago” Stop “Freight Train?”

Con-way Inc. Schedules Date for Release of 2012 First Quarter Financial Results

Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW) announced today that it will release its financial results for the 2012 first quarter, ended March 31, on Tuesday, May 1, after the close of the stock market. The company will[...]

YRC Worldwide Highlighted in Barron's 500

Hunger at Camp David

Engines of Profit

We'll skip the cliche that great minds think alike, but we can't help but point out the timing of Berkshire Hathaway's $34 billion offer for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. By line Overwrite[...]

Winds of change

As go oil prices, so goes the breakbulk industry. That's an exaggeration, but there's more than a grain of truth to that statement. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Stand By Your Shipper

The story of 2010 for container lines and their customers isn’t just one of carriers reneging on their contracts. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirs[...]

Industrial colossus: Region heavy truck companies generate millions in revenue

Bill of Lading Software- Can it Help You?

  A bill of lading is a legal contract between carrier and shipper for transporting goods. It also specifies the terms and conditions of carriage, and influences the rates and charges associated [...]

"In 100 Yards, Hit the Bridge"

Trucks have rammed into low bridges 46 times this year in Westchester County, New York, doing enough damage that New York state is considering severe penalties against truckers. By line Overwri[...]

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Container Ships and Airlines

The bizarre comparisons between the container shipping industry and passenger airline service are coming too often to ignore. By line Overwrite:  Paul[...]

How International Regulations Are Changing American Supply Chains

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Budget ‘Cut’ Axes Money Not Sought

As the budget deal that finally prevented a shutdown of federal agencies took hold, Congress passed a one-week budget extension with a big "cut" in rail grants. Uh, sort of. By line Overwrite:&[...]

Northwest Passage

I just returned from a visit to the Pacific Northwest, a refreshing respite from California’s all-politics-all-the-time environment. By line Overwrite:  [...]

DHL's Standard Forwarding Earns SmartWay Partner Status Again

Ghosts of Shipyards Past

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach contain a rich history of shipyards – all long gone. By line Overwrite:  John McLaurin [...]

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A Bridge Too Near

When people gather to talk about the Port of New York and New Jersey, conversation almost inevitably turns to the port authority-owned Bayonne Bridge. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Stuck in Traffic

Even the president of the United States can’t escape the United States’ jammed highways. By line Overwrite:  Paul Page

Seminars push health supply chain reform

Loving the Freight Rails

It should be clear by now that the Obama administration and those planning its transportation policies have a thing for railroads -- both passenger and freight. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Paying for Infrastructure: A Modest Proposal

I recently sat through a House hearing in which members of Congress spoke at length about the need to come up with “creative” ideas to fund highway infrastructure. Creative what? By[...]

Think About it When You Bite the Bunny

That chocolate bunny you bought for Easter cost more this year. There has been a flood of bad news about sweet stuff which has played hob with chocolatiers and other confectioners. By line Ove[...]

Congress' Transport Buzzword: 'Pay-For'

The surface transportation bill needs additional funding, so where are we going to get the pay-fors? By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson [...]

Rotterdam Rules, Still Alive

Remember the Rotterdam Rules? It’s been two years since the U.S. By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson

Coming Clean?

You have to wonder what Federal Maritime Chairman Richard A. Lidinsky Jr. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell

Pacer and CSXT, Schneider National and BNSF renew intermodal pacts

Twitter Shows Mettle in Michigan

Those who want evidence Twitter is worth a tweet can turn to the Michigan Department of Transportation, which used Twitter to communicate with thousands of motorists July 15 after a tanker truck crash[...]

Mexico's Insecurity

The Transported Assets Protection Association's two-day meeting in San Diego this month looking at U.S.-Mexico cross-border security couldn't have been more timely. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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In the Keystone State, It’s Trucking or ‘Fracking’

Many truckload carriers are pumping money into driver recruitment and training programs and still say they’re having trouble finding enough drivers. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Baltic sea index rises on higher capesize rates

Veteran of the Jones Act wars

Philip M. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

You Are the New Vice President of Supply Chain Management! Now What?

If you were hired as the top Supply Chain Management executive at a company, what would be your top three initiatives to improve the company’s capabilities? Here is my list: 1.   Get the right peo[...]

Economy Percolates at Truck Stops

The nation’s truckers are not only movers of freight, they’re consumers, and they’re buying more goods on the road, according to the McLane-NATSO Index. By line Overwrite:&nbs[...]

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ILA's Quiet Leader

John Bowers enjoyed a good, rousing speech and could deliver one himself when the occasion demanded. But that wasn’t his preferred style. By line Overwrite:  [...]

The Art of Boxship Supply and Demand

Asked recently to explain an ocean container market in which freight rates and liner profits have collapsed this year after soaring in 2010, the Asia-based CEO of a Top 20 container line channeled bes[...]

Swine Flu Infects Supply Chains

The swine flu outbreak in Mexico is rattling supply chains across the globe,  Adrian Gonzalez writes on ARC Advisory Group's Logistics Viewpoints blog. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Slow steaming gains speed

Slow steaming by container ships seems to be here to stay. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

WPA releases a Social Media Package

During the recent 2nd Annual Conference, Worldwide Partners Alliance released its Social Media Package that has been under development for the past 6-months.

Platinum Equity Buys Caterpillar Logistics

A Loss For Us All

Dick Steinke is retiring as Executive Director of the Port of Long Beach. By line Overwrite:  John McLaurin

Conway accident claims life of bike passenger

Dick Lawrence, Journalist

The newspaper world in Washington was better off when Richard A. Lawrence decided not to pursue a career in electrical engineering. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Mushrooming Inventory?

Carriers of all kinds are getting as interested as shippers in inventory management, and software companies are coming in right behind them with technology aimed at tracking, forecasting and otherwise[...]

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Finding Holes in Export Controls

Are U.S. export controls keeping dangerous goods and technologies out of the hands of hostile powers? By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy [...]

Conway woman dies in bike crash

Cutting ‘Legacy’ Tariffs at YRC

YRC Worldwide eliminated another legacy of its former Roadway and Yellow subsidiaries — their tariffs. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy [...]

DHL's Standard Forwarding Earns SmartWay Partner Status Again

Caterpillar sells most of logistics unit

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Caterpillar sells majority stake in its logistics division

Offshore Group Company Certified as an Indirect Air Carrier

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Hunt’s Historic Gamble on Driver Pay

One objection to raising truck driver pay to address what’s called a driver shortage is that shippers won’t stomach higher rates needed to support higher pay. By line Overwrite:&nbs[...]

Remembering Tom Mentzer

Supply chain education lost one of its giants and the world lost a good man with the death last week of Dr. John T. Mentzer at age 58. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Daggett's Grenades

Harold Daggett fired up his troops with a pugnacious inaugural speech after his election last week as president of the International Longshoremen’s Association. By line Overwrite:  [...]

TransForce Announces Solid 2012 First Quarter Results

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China and India - a Story of Contrasts

It has been observed many times that China and India, the world’s two fastest growing developing nations, are evolving in remarkably different ways. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Tracking Tons & Truckers

How tightly is growth in trucking employment tied to rising freight tonnage? Not as tightly as you might think, based on a review of U.S. payroll and tonnage data. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Labor, Pacific Ports and Bob McEllrath

One of the most memorable images from last week's highly heated and sometimes violent actions by Internatio By line Overwrite:  Bill Mongelluzzo [...]

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DHL's Standard Forwarding Earns SmartWay Partner Status Again

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ILA Rolls Stones to 2012

“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, well, you just might find you get what you need.” That line was used by the British philosopher Mick Jagger in a differ[...]

Expedited Freight Shipping - A Budget Buster

How many times have you ordered something really cool on line and just before checking out you check out the shipping options? "Hmmm..., I can get it in 3 to 5 days for $15.00, but I can have it tomor[...]

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Warring Web Sites

During recent longshore contract negotiations for Atlantic and Gulf ports, labor-saving technology was a sticking point. By line Overwrite:  Jose[...]

Truck rentals drop after steady rise for 6 quarters

Logistics Dynamics revenue moves to record level

A Terrifying ‘Dance of the Trailers’

The lasting image of the April 3 tornadoes in Dallas will be rows of trailers being demolished and tossed into the air at or near a Schneider National terminal. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Major Carriers Set Asia-Europe Peak-Season Surcharges

Coast Guard Deserves Thanks

As the East Coast deals with the destruction and aftermath of Hurricane Irene, it’s at times like this the nation appreciates the work of emergency responders, especially the heroism of the wome[...]

Changes Coming to Asia-Europe

I spoke yesterday with Rolf Habben-Jansen, the CEO of Damco, the By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell

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Barone is Back — And Not Happy About It

Octogenarian labor racketeer George Barone, the government's star witness in a waterfront racketeering trial in 2006, delivered an expletive-filled encore when he took the witness stand in the federal[...]

Don't Be Fooled by Freight Volume Surge

Two things are clear at the moment: Freight volumes are too strong given a weakening economic climate and are likely to catch up with reality later this year. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Canada Strikes Back

Canada is reacting with fury to yesterday’s action by the Federal Maritime Commission to launc By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

Crane's Double Play

Jim Crane made it back into freight forwarding after he lost an epic battle for his company, and now he’s made it back into the sports world. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Slowing economic growth moderates expectations

Avoiding Another Jones Act Fiasco

This just in from the “Closing the Barn Door after the Horse Escaped” department, Congress is saying “never again” to the U.S. flag cargo preference fiasco last summer. [...]

Con-way first quarter profit rises, beats estimates

Home, Auto Sales Drove Container Import Growth

The ‘House Sold’ signs popping up in your neighborhood and shiny new cars parked in driveways are a reflection of containerized import growth on the docks in January. By line Over[...]

New Budget Cuts Bite Transport

After the full scope of looming transportation spending cuts sank in this week, one industry official said "we feel like shrimp up against the whales." By line Overwrite:  [...]

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YRC Worldwide Named to 2012 FORTUNE 500 List

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Asia-Europe Capacity Stays Firm

A quick digest of my Journal of Commerce column this week: Capacity is being pulled from the trans-Pacific but not Asia Europe. By line Overwrite:  Pe[...]

YRC Worldwide, Arkansas Best Report Losses, but First Quarter Is ...

Norfolk Southern Outbids Jets?

The shipping and sports worlds have long been intertwined — you could field some pretty good teams from the ranks of vice presidents at shipping and logistics companies — but generally the[...]

FedEx to Buy French Delivery Firm

FedEx Corp. said Thursday it will acquire French express-delivery company Tatex as it pursues European growth through small deals and expansion of existing businesses.

Sen. Al Franken, a Friend to Captive Shippers

By line Overwrite:  Mark Szakonyi

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Plugging Into Transport

From Detroit to Beijing, electric power is getting a lot of attention these days as an alternative to fuels derived from petroleum, natural gas or biomass. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Knocking Out Competitors With Mega Ships

In his speech on October 11 at our 5th annual TPM Asia event in Shenzhen, Alphaliner’s Hua Joo Tan took square aim at the most obvious explanation as to why the largest container lines are rushi[...]

Piracy: Mapping a Shift

Two maps from the International Maritime Bureau clearly depict a shift in the worldwide battle against piracy. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy[...]

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Rival Carriers Ready Response to Daily Maersk

While most shippers applaud the call by Maersk Line CEO Eivind Kolding for a change in the way the container industry conducts business, rival carriers see it as a campaign by the world’s larges[...]

Near-Near-Sourcing

It’s all about the carbon footprint. By line Overwrite:  Dana L. Brundage

CFF moving to the hub

Six Steps to Prepare for a Pandemic

The swine flu virus will have a significant impact on global supply chains, a consultant with supply chain management services firm Ariba warns. By line Overwrite:  [...]

The ILWU and Panama

Thursday’s announcement that the Panama Canal Pilots Union voted to affiliate with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union sent shivers down the spines of employers on both the East and [...]

Singapore Air Posts Loss, Cathay Slows Growth

Truckin': What a Long Strange Trip It's Been

The settlement agreement reached between the Port of Long Beach and the American Trucking Associations resolving a successful legal challenge by the ATA is the latest evolutionary step of a program th[...]

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'Coal, Grain and Autos'

Tim Rhein, the former CEO of APL, tapped into a deep reservoir of angst in the transportation industry concerning railroads. By line Overwrite:  Pete[...]

Port was there first

At the edge of New Orleans' French Quarter, the Gov. Nicholls Street Wharf occupies a site that's been in continuous maritime commerce since shortly after the city's founding in 1718. By line O[...]

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ACE Launches New Global Mapping Tool to Help Clients Evaluate Catastrophe and ...

Hey, Supply Chains are Fun!

Angel Mendez knows a secret about supply chains not many logistics managers will share: they’re fun. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy [...]

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Carrots, Earmarks & Infrastructure

Will President Obama offer any carrots or does he just keep swinging a stick to pressure budget-cutting lawmakers for new transportation spending? By line Overwrite:  [...]

YRC can keep auction money under new debt agreements

The Enemy Within?

The Port of Long Beach, one of the better-managed port facilities in the United States, operates in an extremely competitive environment. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Con-way Freight Recognized by Avery Dennison for Superior Service Performance

Con-way Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW), today announced it has been awarded the distinction of 2011 Best Collaboration by an Indirect Supplier b[...]

1 Killed, 3 Injured After Crash Involving Semi On I-70 At Avon Exit

New US Rules Will Benefit Rail Freight Carriage

YRC Worldwide Achieves Continued Year-over-Year First Quarter ...

Lithuania: gross wages up, real earnings down in Q4

Industrial colossus: Region heavy truck companies generate millions in revenue

Fire and Smoke

When shippers hear the word “strike,” they have the same reaction as when someone yells “fire.” That goes double when they hear it from someone like the president of the Intern[...]

Young adults not immune to strokes

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A Puzzling Port Report

With things comparatively quiet on the port trucker front in Los Angeles-Long Beach, the issue is starting to pick up steam in East Coast ports. By line Overwrite:  [...]

CIT bankruptcy a problem for retailers

Carriers have been waiting and hoping for retailers to restock depleted inventories. With consumer demand still weak, retailers have been cautious about ordering more goods. By line Overwr[...]

Will the ILA truce hold?

The truce between the top two officers of the International Longshoremen's Association will be tested this week in Orlando, where the ILA's 200-member wage scale committee is expected to receive water[...]

Seattle should listen to shipping industry's concerns about proposed arena

Penske Truck Leasing, Co., L.P. and PTL Finance Corporation Issue $1.75 ...

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This Week in Logistics News (May 7-11, 2012)

This was a busy week for supply chain and logistics conferences, with Manhattan Associates, RedPrairie, and Transplace (among others) holding events this week. With 52 weeks in a year, why cram so man[...]

Clearing air at ports

Environmental issues have become top priority at ports. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

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YRC Worldwide Narrows Loss to $48.8 Million

Five Steps to a Leaner Supply Chain

The lean manufacturing model pioneered by Toyota may be far too fat for today’s recession-wracked companies. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cass[...]

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Hawaii's Harbor Problems

Plans to renovate Hawaii's harbors could cause headaches for Aloha State shippers and shipping lines. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy [...]

Diesel Costs, Slow Manufacturing Reduce Freight Transportation Demand

Asian Bulk Carrier Freight Declining

'Make or Break' Week for Transportation Bill

Time is running out for those who want a six-year, transformational transportation bill to make it through Congress before the current surface transportation law expires Sept. 30. By line Ov[...]

PRCANADAnet Trucking Companies Can Be Held Liable for Distracted ...

Truckers Attend 'Anti-Occupy" Breakfast

Northern California motor carrier Devine Intermodal couldn’t send any truckers to the Port of Oakland Monday because the

Freight Volumes Show Slow But Continued Growth

Maersk follows the money

You could see this one coming: A.P Moller-Maersk's chief executive was quoted as telling a Danish newspaper that the comp By line Overwrite:  Joseph [...]

Schneider’s Reinvention

Schneider National, one of the largest U.S. trucking companies, reached a 75-year milestone this week not just by surviving tough times but changing with them. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Old Dominion Still In Overdrive (ODFL, CNW, YRCW, UPS)

Obama's High Speed Rail Plan

President Obama released plans today for a national high speed passenger rail network that could have major implications for freight railroads and supply chains. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Freight rates down on easy availability of trucks

Feeling Gouged Yet?

President Obama ordered the attorney general to hunt down gas price gouging, as his most visible action aga By line Overwrite:  John D. Boyd [...]

ProcessWeaver, Inc. Presents Industry Leading Multi-Carrier ...

Logistics: Haiti's Lifeline

Logistics is both the most important factor and the biggest obstacle facing a massive international aid operation rushing emergency supplies to Haiti. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Container Line Consolidation? Not so Fast.

I have speculated in recent weeks about the possibility the container industry will see consolidation in 2012. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

Upcoming ILWU Protest of EGT To Be Restrained

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is preparing to protest the hiring of non-ILWU labor at the soon-to-be-opened EGT export grain terminal in Longview, Wash., although its response will m[...]

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Diesel Engine Retailer Adds New Ford Diesel Engines to its Online Inventory

Double Brokering, Vicarious Liability, Oh My

Your brokerage firm has contracted a load out to a carrier, but that carrier has passed on the shipment to another trucking company. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Terrible Five

The first five months of the year "are by far the worst of the year" for ocean carriers' customer service, says Claudio Bozzo, president of Mediterranean Shipping Co. By line Overwri[...]

Bank of New Hampshire in Conway robbed

Off-Road, for Wal-Mart

Not many people are fooled by the announcements that corporate executives, football managers and others are leaving jobs paying big salaries to, as the line goes, “spend more time with my family[...]

Guest Commentary: Want Your Mobile Initiative to Succeed? Tie Use to Compensation

One of the biggest challenges to large-scale mobile rollouts is consistent use by the workers in the field. Unfortunately, it’s not unusual to hear that companies have mobile initiatives that are st[...]

Transport Plans Ring Hollow

The logic behind the two competing proposals for a long-term transportation spending plan sound pretty good unless you go outside the Beltway’s infrastructure circles. By line Overwrite:[...]

FastShip's $35 Million Wake

Remember FastShip? By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

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Producer Price Index Falls for First Time in Four Months

Prices paid to U.S. producers fell in April for the first time in four months, the Labor Department reported Friday.

Only 4 Big boys: LTL trucking

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Called Shot

Wal-Mart is renowned for its supply chain forecasting but we never realized it extended to baseball. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

UP's Grand Circle

Vacations are supposed to take you away from your job, but when you work in transportation and design a family road trip in the American Southwest the shipping business can turn up in surprising ways.[...]

Mexico Raises Stakes on Trucking

The long battle over allowing Mexican trucks to haul freight throughout the U.S. has taken an ominous turn with Mexico's announcement that it slap retaliatory tariffs on 90 U.S. By line Overwr[...]

Recoveries, Past and Future

Is this an early sign of the long-awaited economic rebound or just a pocket of optimistic exuberance? By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy [...]

Oppenheimer Initiates Coverage on C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW)

Trust Fund Needs TUF Love

With President Obama first striking a deal with car makers to double fuel efficiency by 2025, and now finalizing By line Overwrite:  John D. Boyd [...]

APM Terminal Bets on Indian Trade Growth

APM Terminals expects India’s emergence as a major global trader to create huge opportunities for port operators in the years ahead. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Forgotten tragedy

What was the deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history? By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

Putting Leadership Development and Learning Back on Your Calendar…and Budget!

I’m too busy (in meetings, on the road, dealing with operational issues, sifting through countless emails and voicemails…) to invest time in leadership development and learning. Sound familiar[...]

Caterpillar to sell 3PL stake to Platinum Equity

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Residents rage over truck traffic

Port in a Storm II

Hey Joe, in regard to your  "Port in a Storm" post this morning, do you know if there are any international treaties or co By line Overwrite:  [...]

Globalization and its Disconnects

By line Overwrite:  Paul Page

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Family, community reflect on the late Jesse Keen

Virginia is for Port Lovers

If you thought port privatization was as dead as the rest of this economy, think again. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

Earmarks – Good, Bad or Ugly?

Earmarks are like cholesterol, there are good and bad varieties of both. The difference is that bad congressional earmarks can’t be treated with Lipitor. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Truck rolls over car and bursts into flames on I-70 near Vail

YRC CEO: Focusing On Main Trucking Market After Paring ...

Teamsters Use Occupy Protest to Drive Home Message

The Teamsters union played no active role in organizing the Occupy movements that attempted to shut down West Coast By line Overwrite:  Bill Mongelluz[...]

Coast Guard Weighs In For Heavier Americans

Americans are a little schizophrenic about fat. On one hand it's a bad thing. First lady Michelle Obama is leading the charge against childhood obesity. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Shipping container "cities" bring creative, funky approach to green construction

Tick-Tock Goes the Gridlock Clock

Remember the digital National Debt Clock? By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Truck Order Cancellations Hit Two-Year High

Employment: Truckers Out in the Cold?

In his Rational Irrationality blog, John Cassidy of The New Yorker tries to make By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Judson Mobley Logging Ordered to Shut Down

Con-way Inc. Reports 2012 First Quarter Results

Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW) today reported 2012 first-quarter net income of $25.6 million, or 46 cents per diluted share. The results compare to first-quarter 2011 net income of $6.9 million, or 12 cents [...]

Looking for Growth in the Right Places

With container volumes still way down from last year and coinciding with a glut in new capacity, good news is scarce in container shipping these day By line Overwrite:  [...]

XPO Logistics Reports 1Q Loss, Buys Brokerage Firm

XPO Logistics reported a first-quarter loss and announced its first acquisition, saying it will buy brokerage firm Continental Freight Services for $3.4 million.

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Trucking Executives Warn Shippers on Costs

Breakbulk 'rides the wave'

The mood at The Journal of Commerce's Breakbulk Europe conference in Antwerp wasn't giddy -- probably a good sign -- but it didn't have the gloom that surrounds most container shipping gatherings th[...]

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Con-way Freight Receives Department of Defense Award

Con-way Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW), was presented the Patriotic Employer Award at its Coldwater facility in Fremont, Ind., by the Northeast [...]

Truckers torn over transportation legislation

AMC releases White Mountain Guide

One Well-Connected World

Economic research is proving it's not a small world, after all, just a well-connected one. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

ILA Continues Fight With Del Monte

The International Longshoremen’s Association is still smarting over the 200 jobs it lost in Philadelphia last year when Fresh Del Monte shifted its fruit imports to a terminal that employs non-I[...]

Hong Kong, Twice Cooked?

The Hong Kong Development Council’s annual Asian Logistics and Maritime Conference is coming up in a couple of weeks, and it comes at what looks to be a critical time of change in one of the wor[...]

Manufacturing's Overhyped Recovery?

From President Obama trumpeting its resurgence to economists praising the sector for leading the U.S. By line Overwrite:  Mark Szakonyi [...]

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ESC: high and dry

Now that the International Chamber of Shipping has added its backing to a new international agreement governing liability for cargo lost or damaged at sea, the European Shippers' Council looks increas[...]

Ties that bind

R2 Logistics Promotes Leadership

Press Release - Signature Account Program | PITT OHIO

Con-Way's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

The Container Situation

Every few months I touch base with Tom Kim, the Hong Kong-based shipping analyst for Goldman Sachs, who meets regularly with the major Asian container lines. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Back on the road

Harry Potter and the Deathly Transportation Bill

It’s probably a good thing that fictional characters usually keep away from the business of Congress, but J.K. Rowling’s favorite wizard briefly swooped into a U.S. By line Overwrit[...]

Caterpillar sells 65% stake in 3PL business to Platinum Equity for US$750mn

Risks of 'shoot to kill' on the high seas

Economic stimulus -- or not

Sometimes a person has to wonder whether the U.S. is basing its economic future on museums and coffee shops. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonn[...]

Transportation & 'Animal Restoration'

The Heritage Foundation’s Ronald Utt is going all Jonathan Swift on the Obama administration. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy [...]

Truck Cancellations Hit Two-Year High as Rebound Slows

Seamen’s Church Institute Moving to New Jersey

One of the last vestiges of the shipping industry in Lower Manhattan is following the liner shipping industry to New Jersey. By line Overwrite:  Josep[...]

How HIGH can it go?

Demand for auto parts is remarkable. By line Overwrite:  Mario O. Moreno

Things You Missed in the House Transport Bill

The combative congressman from Oregon, Democrat Peter DeFazio, took the Republican majority of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to task for not giving Democrats enough time to re[...]

With Stimulus, Caterpillar Builds Toward Recovery

Business leaders are keeping a steady drumbeat of support for more transportation funding, but they’re finding it hard to be heard above the din raised by the health care debate. By line [...]

We’re From the Gov’t., And ....

Sometimes the process behind the news deserves a mention, as when the Department of Justice finally told rail materials supplier L.B. Foster last week it could acquire Portec Rail Products. By[...]

Down the Rabbit Hole

 The City of Los Angeles, with the assistance of the Los Angeles City Council, is slowly but steadily spiraling down the rabbit hole towards bankruptcy. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Trucking Forecast: Clearly Costly

I’ve got good news and bad news. Okay, here’s the good news first. If you’re a trucker, you should have a pretty good year in 2012, with steady if slow freight demand from U.S. [...]

Major Carriers Set Asia-Europe Peak-Season Surcharges

YRC Worldwide Announces Agreement with 100 Percent of Its Lenders

CaroTrans Opens Office in Seattle

Blogging for Crossborder Trucking

Here's a blog by one truck driver decidedly in favor of a crossborder trucking program with Mexico: mexicotrucker.com By line Overwrite:  William B. C[...]

YRC Worldwide shrinks its loss, hauls more freight in first quarter

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Container Shipping in Pirates' Crosshairs

Those who ship goods by container have barely been impacted by piracy off East Africa. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell

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Boxing Up the Supply Chain

The prospect of cutting hundreds of millions of dollars out of your freight bills is enough to drive some big shippers into mergers. Just ask International Paper. By line Overwrite:  [...]

ATA: March Truck Tonnage Rises 2.7 Percent, Moderate Growth ...

Rockefeller’s Must-See TV

To get the unvarnished view of a top Senate committee chairman venting his frustration, to see how serious he is in threatening a long-running fight to toughen rail regulations, you might need to see [...]

Batliboi Impex of India joins the WPA Network

We are pleased to announce that the Mumbai, India office of Batliboi Impex has joined the WPA Family in respect of their ProjectHeavy Lift Cargos services.

Peaks and valleys

This is the annual peak season for speculation about how strong the fall peak season will be for imports for the holiday sales season. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Should the Feds Help YRC?

YRC Worldwide's reported request for $1 billion from the federal bailout fund is sending shock waves across the trucking world. By line Overwrite:  W[...]

Weekly Jobless Claims Fall by 1,000

Initial jobless claims fell last week to the lowest level in a month, the Labor Department said Thursday.

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A World Without Stimulus

It’s easy to forget that one of America’s best-loved movies, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” was built around the idea of an apparent failure. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Mark Warner on Transportation

As governor of Virginia, Mark Warner often wondered why Congress, with 535 members, couldn’t come up with a national transportation policy. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Industrial colossus: Region heavy truck companies generate millions in revenue

CAT Sells Stake In Logistics Biz.

Growing One Part at a Time

Auto parts imports kept expanding to partly offset losses in the overall U.S. inbound trade this past August. By line Overwrite:  Mario O. Moreno [...]

Road Systems Inc. Receives 2011 Award from Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association

Road Systems Inc. (RSI), a trailer manufacturer and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW), today announced that it has been honored with the 2011 Plant Safety Award from the Truck Trailer Manufacturer[...]

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LTL Freight Consolidation, Can it Work for You?

Negotiate, negotiate, negotiate, that's the mantra in today's freight shipping environment. True, it's currently a buyers market and most LTL carriers are willing to entertain a rate reduction in this[...]

CSCMP Plans 'Lab of the Future'

With its current annual conference under way, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals is looking ahead to next year with plans for a live lab where attendees can test the latest technolog[...]

The Humanitarian Logistics Gap

The chaos in delivering aid to Haitians more than a week after the Jan. 12 earthquake is all too familiar to José Holguín-Veras. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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The Protectionism Equation

Is there a bright line between fostering local business and trade protectionism? Where does one end and the other begin? By line Overwrite:  Paul Pag[...]

Con-way Inc. Board Declares Quarterly Dividend on Common Stock

At a meeting today, the Board of Directors of Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW) declared a cash dividend of 10 cents per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable June 15, 2012 to shareholder[...]

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What the Nominees Said

Three top transportation nominees appeared before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee yesterday. Here are some brief highlights from their testimony. By line Overwrite:&nb[...]

Freight rates down on easy availability of trucks

Con-way on the Internet Highway

Sean Devine of Con-way Freight gives an interesting definition of LTL trucking in his new corporate blog. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy [...]

Doubling Up on Exports

Keep those fingers crossed, but the U.S. is on track to accomplish an important job-creating goal from President Obama — doubling the nation’s exports in five years. By line Overwri[...]

Conway Police Department receiving funds for computer equipment

LMS Again Named a Top 100 Logistics IT Provider

Building Jobs

Construction employment is increasing across most of the country, bringing good news for the economy but mixed news, perhaps, for the trucking industry. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Maersk adjusts course

Container shipping lines are responding to the recession in different ways. Some are struggling to survive. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

China shippers profit from sanctions on Iran petchem trade

Predictions for 2010?

The big question for the international shipping industry 2010 is what kind of cargo volumes we'll see next year. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

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Housing Market Raises the Roof for Shipping

Increasing home sales is without a doubt a positive for the economy. By line Overwrite:  Mario O. Moreno

Intermodal Traffic Rises 3% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 3% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

Caterpiller sells logistics unit for $750 mln

Shrinking SKUs

Friday's Wall Street Journal has a front-page story that homes in on a key issue for retail supply chains. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

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Transloading's Big Push

Big-box retailers looking to keep a lid on inventory and related costs will increasingly turn to transloading near major seaports. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Con-way Blog Sustains Debate

For trucking and logistics company Con-way, blogging isn't just about touting new services at Con-way Freight or Menlo Worldwide. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Mica Wrestles TIGER

As new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rep. By line Overwrite:  John D. Boyd

ILA Strike Threat Could Spark Early Peak Surcharge

Harold Daggett did trans-Pacific carriers a favor by threatening to strike East Coast ports this year, a veteran carrier executive said. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Speed Kills

We live in a world of immediacy. We want our news now. The Internet delivers. Shippers want their goods now. By line Overwrite:  Chris Brooks [...]

Caterpillar to sell majority stake of third-party logistics business

Con-way Freight Retrofits Lighting to Reduce Energy Use

Understanding the energy impact of different types of light bulbs is important, and plays a much larger role in energy efficiency than most realize. Short of turning the lights off, one way to cut bac[...]

DHL's Standard Forwarding Earns SmartWay Partner Status Again

Something Fishy in Trade Dollars

While U.S. and Chinese officials huddled in Washington in recent days on big trade and global finance issues, there’s plenty of small trade frictions that point to another problem. By lin[...]

Is 'Supply Chain' Obsolete?

“Don’t shackle yourself to the notion of a chain.” By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Old Dominion Still In Overdrive (ODFL, CNW, YRCW, UPS)

Truckers’ Lagging Earning Power

By now, those who know me know I’m a driver shortage skeptic. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor

Jobs, Trade and California

For the past several years, legislators in California have been focused almost exclusively on the state budget crisis. By line Overwrite:  John McLaur[...]

Residents rage over truck traffic

VTA backs move to night and weekend freight movements

Optimism in Tampa

Shippers have reason to breathe easier, if not yet celebrate, with the kickoff of contract n By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor [...]

Who's Driving the Transport Bill?

The Obama administration and House transportation leaders both grabbed for the wheel of the surface transportation bill yesterday. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Pacer, Schneider Sign New Rail Agreements

Pacer International and Schneider National have announced new intermodal agreements with rail carriers.

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Following Ray LaHood

Anyone who follows Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood must agree he has no peer in the Cabinet or anywhere in government when it comes to supporting the infrastructure of social media. By lin[...]

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Singapore Air Posts Q4 Loss, No Quick Fix

The Coast Guard Rebuilds Rail Bridges

It's not just states that are getting funds for "shovel-ready" infrastructure projects as part of the federal stimulus package. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Minnesota Shutdown Troubles Truckers

From the cab on an 18-wheeler, a government shutdown means fewer places to park, as truckers driving in and through Minnesota found over the past two weeks. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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ATRI Studies Large Truck Rollover Locations

The American Transportation Research Institute last week released findings from the first phase of its three-part research effort aimed at mitigating large truck rollovers.

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Ed Brown's legacy

It was a nice gesture by Virginia International Terminals to halt work at By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

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Con-way Truckload Announces Drivers of the Month for March 2012

Con-way Truckload, a full truckload carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW), today announced the winners of its Drivers of the Month recognition for March 2012.“These drivers have all [...]

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LTL Transportation & J.I.T. Scheduling - Small Change Adds Up to Big Savings for a Textile Manufacturer

In today's uncertain economic times, most companies are seeking ways to cut costs.  Smart companies are looking long and hard at their business processes to identify new opportunities for savings[...]

Waterfront Family Feud

Family connections between mobsters and International Longshoremen’s Association officials and members were a central theme of recent hearings by Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. [...]

Plugging into Electric Trucks

It's been almost a century since electric trucks were a common sight on city streets, but they may be poised for a comeback. By line Overwrite:  Willi[...]

Charleston vs. Savannah For Southeast Port Title

It’s out in the open now. South Carolina is now officially opposed to deepening the Savannah River. I see this as a big deal with huge long-term implications for where cargo moves in the U.S. [...]

Cargo We Don't Want

Hundreds of idled container ships may be picking up a different kind of cargo — invasive species that could be spread around the globe when those ships go back into service. By line Overw[...]

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Coal train complexities face Bellingham City Council

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Noble Global Logistics of Qatar joins the WPA Network

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Rocky Road to a Transport Plan

Before President Obama can achieve his vision of a new world for transport infrastructure, he may first have to accommodate Sen. Jay Rockefeller. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Singapore Air Posts Loss, Cathay Slows Growth

Complex supply chain behind rhino poaching

Davenport Freight House Opens On Busy Saturday

Refrigerated Trucking Options

If you are fortunate enough to be shipping your frozen or temperature maintained product in full truckload quantities you have a fairly wide range of refrigerated (reefer) carriers to negotiate w[...]

Blogging the Marine Highway

The nation's top transportation official is making a big push for marine highways, in speeches, in interviews and now online. By line Overwrite:  Will[...]

Legal Reckoning Ahead For EGT Dispute

The contentious and sometimes violent dispute between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the EGT grain export terminal in Longview, Wash., may reach an important legal milestone this [...]

Schneider's 'Green Wheels'

Schneider National is looking for fuel savings close to the road — from its wheels. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

US Ports Aim for European Efficiency

As waterfront land available for terminal development becomes scarcer and costlier, U.S. ports are beginning to resemble high-productivity ports in Asia and Europe. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Service in Contracts?

Annual shipper-carrier contracts in the trans-Pacific trade typically take effect May 1 but many cargo interests are still negotiating beyond that deadline, as they've done in previous years. B[...]

Shopping for Shippers

Mergers and acquisitions in the transportation world are likely to pick up speed in 2012, as financing falls into place and “organic growth” hits a ceiling. By line Overwrite: [...]

The “R Word” Returns

 With the prefab debt ceiling crisis behind us for now, a truly serious threat is emerging. More and more people are again talking about recession. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Signs of the Times

An anti-terrorism campaign along interstate highways may have inspired the letter bombs sent to Maryland's governor and transportation secretary. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Caterpillar to sell 3PL stake to Platinum Equity

Transport Industry Drives Emission-Cutting Innovation

The freight transportation industry in California continues to develop technology that cuts diesel emissions and greenhouse gases, and harbor trucking is considering zero-emission vehicle usage. [...]

Port in a Storm

When a ship is in distress, others want to help — but not if it's going to cost them a pile of money that they can't recoup. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Change in Washington?

President Obama and the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee may be in the same political party, but Tuesday brought another reminder that they are not on the same page wh[...]

Highway Bill's Funding Pothole

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is expected to release its version of the next highway bill in a matter of minutes ... or hours ... or perhaps tomorrow. By line Overwrite:[...]

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What’s in a Name? Too Much?

Among the thousands of bills piled up before Congress this year, you'll find the BABE RUTH Act. By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson

Transportation Spend Management (TSM)

The concept and practices of Transportation Spend Management (TSM) have been taught in business schools for years. In reality it is a little used and understood discipline in most small to m[...]

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XPO Logistics Announces First Quarter 2012 Results

Curiosity Killed the Container

National Public Radio recently published a story about an ocean container lying on the ocean floor. By line Overwrite:  Dana L. Brundage [...]

FTR's Trucking Conditions Index Begins Steady Climb in March

What's Next in Puerto Rico?

Sea Star Line’s guilty plea to price-fixing and the indictment of its former president a By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

A ‘Rock Star’ Leaves the Stage

When Ron Widdows retires as group president and CEO of Neptune Orient Lines at the end of this year, the container shipping industry will lose a tireless advocate and its most visible spokesman. [...]

Gusher of Nonsense

While BP struggles to plug its wild well in the Gulf of Mexico, misinformation continues to flow about the alleged role of the Jones Act in delaying the spill cleanup. By line Overwrite: [...]

The Long Beach Dash for Cash

The international trade community views the Port of Long Beach as one of the better managed ports in the United States. By line Overwrite:  John McLau[...]

China's Sourcing Share Shrinks

It’s no surprise that China tops the list of the top sourcing sites for U.S. imports in 2011, but the Asian manufacturing engine’s share appears to be shrinking. Overall U.S. By lin[...]

Hapag-Lloyd Posts $172 Million First Quarter Loss

E-Commerce Booms Abroad

As it seems with most trends these days, the U.S. market for e-commerce will be big but China’s will be bigger. By line Overwrite:  Mark Szakon[...]

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Jaguar to fuel supply chain with a £1bn boost as Evoque demand rises

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Bayonne Bottleneck

Container ship lines were happy to see the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey decide how By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

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Container Imports Roared Back in March

U.S. By line Overwrite:  Mario O. Moreno

The Asia-Europe Capacity Disconnect

The disconnect between carriers’ unwillingness to withdraw Asia-Europe capacity and the need to do so to put a floor

Goodbye to Monson Trucking

When trucking analysts talk about the need to reduce capacity in the industry to bolster rates, revenue and stock value, it's important to remember that "capacity" has a name. By line[...]

YRC Worldwide Highlighted in Barron's 500

Happy Birthday, Bar Code

The bar code is a small thing, but it’s changed our lives in a big way. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

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TeliaSonera: TeliaSonera completes TEO transaction with East Capital and ...

Oppenheimer Initiates Coverage on C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW)

Shake, Rattle and Roll On

Tuesday’s Virginia earthquake again tested the nation’s infrastructure, which came through pretty well. But it also reminded us of vulnerabilities. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Kohl's in the LEED with Energy Efficiency and a More Sustainable Supply Chain

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Out With the Old Trucks, In With the New

If the economic recovery is slowing, why are truck sales breaking speed limits? By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

LTL industry's focus on yield management continues to serve as ...

What goes around comes around

Shippers have always talked about the need to maintain relationships with carriers in good times and bad. Lately we're seeing signs that some of them mean it. By line Overwrite:  [...]

No jinxing Conway no-hitter

Shipping Ministry asks Finance Ministry for tax incentives to help growth

Guillaume Pacteau joins Thistle International Freight

Thistle International Freight Limited has announced the appointment of Guillaume Pacteau as Business Development Executive. Guillaume, who took up the position in February 2012, will be responsible fo[...]

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DOT’s Big Plans Take Shape

Two new documents that are expected shortly from the Department of Transportation could do a lot to shape freight infrastructure policy for the next few years. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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The Impact of Transportation Services & Logistics Costs on Corporate Profitability

Surely the days of viewing freight shipping services and logistics costs as a fixed cost are behind us right? Key corporate decision makers who are tasked with the measurement and management of all li[...]

Another Sign of the Times

Norton Lilly International has for years hosted a popular Christmas party for customers and friends at the New York Yacht Club. By line Overwrite:  Jo[...]

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APL's Bob Sappio on Long-Term Contracts

In researching a column last week on why long-term ocean carrier contracts remain so rare in the U.S. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

Reporting on Piracy

This week the JoC launched its online special report on piracy, featuring stories by JoC staff and links to external resources. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Woman robs Conway, NH, bank

Transportation: Leading or Lagging Indicator?

Is transportation still a leading economic indicator? I’m beginning to wonder. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Davenport Freight House adds 2 more businesses

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Warning of community backlash over port traffic

Bernanke’s Export Initiative

President Obama's goal to double U.S. exports in five years is getting a boost from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. By line Overwrite:  John D.[...]

Consumer Confidence Climbs to Four-Year High

Consumer confidence rose to a four-year high this month, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Post-mortem on ILA contract vote

Atlantic and Gulf ports are still buzzing over this month's rejection by ILA delegates of a two-year contract extension -- and are wondering what it means for next year. By line Overw[...]

Derivatives for containers?

Maersk Line CEO Eivind Kolding told a JOC Trans-Pacific Maritime conference audience that he wasn't enthusiastic about container derivatives market that Clarkson Securities is trying to develop. [...]

A More Accurate Commodity Price Indicator

A Financial Times blog post suggests the Baltic Dry Index is "a By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney

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An Optimistic View of Container Stocks

I met this morning with Tom Kim, the Hong Kong-based transport analyst for Goldman Sachs, and learned more about his upbeat assessment of container shipping companies. By line Overwrite:  [...]

ABF's 'Lost' Profit

Teamsters at ABF Freight System rejected a 15 percent wage cut in May, convinced the company could improve its bottom line without labor concessions. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Bulgarian Transport Minister Vows Sale of Freight Railroads

A vision for the valley: Gibson-Woodbury Foundation carries on founders' legacy

Pilot Pay: How Much Is Enough?

The San Francisco Bar Pilots are a monopoly in which individual pilots receive almost $400,000 for six months of work. By line Overwrite:  John McLaur[...]

Shipping For Free

Many freight transportation carriers say they've learned a lesson from the cheap shipping that nearly killed off large swaths of the industry, and their retailing customers have learned a lesson as we[...]

Conway to have Tommy John elbow surgery

Wood or plastic?

Providers of wood and plastic pallets are in a bitter argument over which kinds of pallets are best. By line Overwrite:  Joseph Bonney [...]

Conway takes 3-2-1A Crown, Hutch Trinity and KCC take individual titles

A Tale of Two Airports

This is about a belt buckle, two airports and the Transportation Security Administration. I’m not a frequent traveler, and I plead ignorance about some of TSA’s rules for air passengers. [...]

YRC Worldwide Named to 2012 FORTUNE 500 List

Coal train complexities face Bellingham City Council

China Logistics

China says logistics industry there up 15.4 percent in 2008 in value, down from 19.9 percent in 2007. Business volume up 19.5 percent after 26.2 percent in '07. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Maersk Pushes Shipping's Green Frontier

Cap and trade carbon dioxide if you like, but A.P. Moller-Maersk wants to ship it. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

How to Deal with Pirates

How should governments and shipping lines deal with Somali pirates? By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Fortescue ramps up production with supply chain software

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Darden names new supply chain chief

VTA backs move to night and weekend freight movements

YRC reduces operating losses in Q1

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Farmers Lead Export Charge

Farmers may have to lead the way to achieving President Barack Obama’s goal of doubling exports by 2015. By line Overwrite:  Bill Mongelluzzo [...]

R2 Logistics Promotes Leadership

Just Wrong?

You would think that after all of the verbal and written complaints of cargo interests in recent months that carriers would be doing everything possible to calm the waters, quiet the rhetoric and simp[...]

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No Falloff in China's Import Dominance

We’ve been saying for a while that we don’t buy into the story that the sourcing of U.S. containerized imports will be greatly diversified away from China. By line Overwrite: [...]

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Empire Global Logistics of Thailand joins the WPA Network

We are pleased to announce that the Bangkok, Thailand office of Empire Global Logistics has joined the WPA Family in respect of their Freight Forwarders AirOcean services.

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Fitch Affirms Con-Way's IDR at 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable

JUTC pushes tyre subsidiary into difficulty

Oil Shock and Aw, Shucks

When you pump gasoline (or diesel) into your vehicle these days -- whether personal car or commercial truck -- do you comfort yourself by saying it's still not as bad as the worst days of 2008? No? [...]

FMC to Enter ‘Twilight Zone’

When Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard Lidinsky looks across the U.S.-Canada border, he sees a “twilight zone.” By line Overwrite:  [...]

See You in September

After the storms of August – political, financial and most recently natural – things may seem to be getting back to normal. It won’t last. By line Overwrite:  [...]

U.S. Trade Deficit Jumps 14%

The U.S. trade deficit jumped by 14% in March as imports rose, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Recession hits the ILA

The International Longshoremen's Association is doing what a lot of businesses and households are doing -- looking for ways to cut costs. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Trains in the Storm

Karen Rae had to catch a train, so the Federal Railroad Administration's deputy administrator departed early from a high-powered Jan. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Bloggers Track Battle Over Transportation Bill

Transportation bloggers — especially advocates of high-speed rail and transit — may like Rep. James L. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cass[...]

Barone 'a Handful' in Court

George Barone was a government witness, but the 85-year old former mob killer and onetime International Longshoremen's Association official apparently gave prosecutors a rough time during hi[...]

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Give Small Business a Bigger Voice in Trade Talks

Small businesses that want a bigger voice in trade policy may soon get a break. By line Overwrite:  William B. Cassidy

Carriers Get their Mojo Back

Tired of being a punching bag, container ship lines seem to be starting 2010 with a new attitude and a new message. The message: We ain't stupid. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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How 10+2 can be put to real use

Implementing 10+2 may be a costly hassle for many importers, but for many it will reveal data about their supply chains that until now had been beyond their reach. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Happy Birthday, Elder Interstate

At 55, the Interstate Highway System is not really that old in years. But like Indiana Jones once said, “It’s not the years; it’s the mileage.” By line Overwrite:  [...]

Uptick in consumer confidence

Those watching container shipping from Asia are taking note of this week's uptick in consumer confidence. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

February Imports Fell for First Time in Four Months

Steep declines in imports of furniture, toys and footwear in February helped pushed U.S. containerized imports down 5.8 percent year-over-year, the first decline in four months. By line Overwri[...]

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Holly Jolly Retail Season

Either holiday shoppers are so tired of bad weather that they are flocking into stores for relief, or we are about to see the strongest yearend retail activity in years. By line Overwrite: [...]

The Problem with the HMT

Canadians have shot back in response to the Federal Maritime Commission’s notice of inquiry on By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

CII awards go bicoastal

The Containerization and Intermodal Institute's Connie Award luncheon, held annually in early December, invariably draws capacity attendance. This year, in addition to its Dec. By line Overwrit[...]

Corporate Canada Comes Shopping

Cities and towns along the northern U.S. border have long drawn Canadian shoppers seeking lower-priced U.S. goods. Now Canadians are shopping for companies. By line Overwrite:  [...]

LeanCor to Open Summerville Office

Zenith Global Logistics Expands Furniture Shipping in Northeast

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Shipbuilding goes east

A.P. Moller-Maersk's announcement that it will close its Odensk Steel shipyard in Denmark must have been a wrenching decision at the company's Copenhagen headquarters. By line Overwrite:  [...]

Oil Rises to Over $97 a Barrel

Oil rose for the first time in more than a week Thursday, gaining 27 cents to just over $97 a barrel, after falling for six straight trading days, Bloomberg reported.

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Empties Inflating Asian Port Stats?

Asian port throughput figures these days need to be taken with even more than the usual grain of salt. By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell [...]

Counting ships in Singapore

The New York Times reported a few days ago that a recent count showed 735 ships jamming anchorages in Singapore and its environs, an indication of the state of the shipping market. By line Over[...]

Voinovich, Canada and the Kiwanis

How close is Sen. George Voinovich, Republican of Ohio, to Canada? Right now, “I feel very, very close to Canada,” he said May 12. By line Overwrite:  [...]

The Coast Guard’s Can-Do Spirit and Desperate Needs

“Semper Paratus” – Always Ready – is the U.S. Coast Guard’s proud motto. By line Overwrite:  R.G. Edmonson

Bainbridge and the Pirates

Interesting story from Jake Tapper of ABC News on the man the USS Bainbridge was named for: Commodore William Bainbridge, one o By line Overwrite:  Wi[...]

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Golden Spiked

It’s accepted faith that the railroads helped build the American industrial economy with their push toward transcontinental networks. By line Overwrite:  [...]

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Stirrings of West Coast Competitiveness

The quote below is from the opening statement of a new five-year strategic plan adapted on A By line Overwrite:  Peter Tirschwell

Lufthansa Cargo Traffic Slumps 10.5 Percent

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Shopping the LTL Brokers - How Do I Get the Best Price?

Simply defined an LTL Broker is a non asset based (does not own or operate tractors & trailers) service company who has pricing agreements directly with LTL carriers and offers LTL pick up and del[...]

Katrina Plus Five

When out-of-town journalists parachute into New Orleans for a quick story on Hurricane Katrina’s impact, they tend to make a beeline for the city’s Lower Ninth Ward. By line Overwr[...]

Best Job in the World?

The latest battle in the seemingly endless war between French port employers and dockworkers has taken an interesting twist. By line Overwrite:  Josep[...]

Steinke Explains Port's Success

The willingness of the Port of Long Beach, its harbor commissioners and its customers to adapt to containerization and intermodalism have helped to make the port the second busiest container gateway i[...]

TPC Global Limited appoints Group Chief Executive

TPC Global Limited has announced the appointment of Douglas McGhee as Group Chief Executive. Douglas, who took up the position in March 2012, will oversee the continuing growth of the Scottish logist[...]

Pace Logistics of Saudi Arabia joins the WPA Network

We are pleased to announce that the Jeddah, Saudi Arabia office of Pace Logistics has joined the WPA Family in respect of their Freight Forwarders AirOcean services.


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