Traffic World articles from August 2005, page 3

Traffic World archives from August 2005

GAC Logistics.(Laurance Langdon appointed)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... GAC Logistics named Laurance Langdon as its new route development manager for logistics business between the Asia-Pacific/Indian subcontinent region and North America. Based in Hong Kong, Langdon has 10 years of logistics experience in Asia...

The National Mining Association.(appoints Kraig R. Naasz)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... The National Mining Association's board of directors named Kraig R. Naasz, president and CEO, effective September 6. Naasz succeeds Jack Gerard, who became president and CEO of the American Chemistry Council. Naasz joined the NMA after three...

Central Freight Lines.(Tom Biggs appointed)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Central Freight Lines, Dallas, appointed Tom Biggs vice president for its Plains division. A 20-year industry veteran, Biggs had been a division vice president at USF Dugan for seven years and before that was a terminal manager for Overnite...

TBB Global Logistics.(William W. Fox appointed)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... TBB Global Logistics, New Freedom, Pa., promoted William W. Fox III to vice president of agency business development. A one-time assistant vice president for freight management services at the Bank of Boston, Fox had been a regional sales...

Dayton Freight Lines.(Desiree Casper appointed)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Dayton Freight Lines appointed Desiree Casper to the position of sales representative in Des Haines, Ill. Casper has five years experience in transportation industry sales.

Savi Technology.(David Kranzler appointed)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... RFID software provider Savi Technology named David Kranzler to senior vice president of engineering, overseeing application, middleware and hardware development. Kranzler had been with Broadcom.

Matson Navigation.(Dan Robinson appointed)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Matson Navigation, Oakland, Calif., named Dan Robinson director of trans Pacific service. Robinson most recently was vice president of eastbound trans-Pacific pricing for Hyundai Merchant Marine and earlier worked at APL for 14 years and...

Crowley Maritime.(Art Mead appointed)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Crowley Maritime, Jacksonville, Fla., promoted Art Mead to vice president and general counsel. Mead joined Crowley in 1996 after working at the U.S. Department of Justice, admiralty and shipping division and held commercial marine...

Los Angeles.(mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa appoints Board of Harbor Commissioners)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa appointed five new members to the city's Board of Harbor Commissioners. The new commissioners are: David Freeman, former general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Doug Krause,...

Chaparral Steel.(Von Mundy appointed)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Chaparral Steel, newly spun off from Texas Industries, named Von Mundy vice president of procurement and logistics. Mundy had been with Texas Industries since 1994, most recently as director of transportation and purchasing.

Fleet Defender Consulting Services.(William C. Wilson appointed)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Fleet Defender Consulting Services, Tulsa, Okla., named William C. Wilson, who is vice president of safety/risk management for Arrow Trucking, to its board of directors. A 15-year transport industry veteran, Wilson is active on several...

Delta Nu honors Hempstead.(Gerald M. Hempstead)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Delta Nu Honors Hempstead Delta Nu Alpha, the national transportation fraternity, named Gerald M. Hempstead, a 33-year industry veteran who is now vice president of national accounts at DHL, as its 20052006 Transportation Person of the Year....

TW Calendar.
August 15, 2005... AUGUST 18. Select Committee on Security Teleconference (National Industrial Transportation League). (703) 524-5011 or www.nitl.org. 22-25. Homeland Security R&D Directions and Opportunities 2005 Conference (Department of Homeland...

Logistics seminars & courses.(Calendar)
August 15, 2005... AUGUST 15. National Motor Freight Classification Training Seminar (National Motor Freight Traffic Association), Pittsburgh. (703) 838-1810 or www.nmfta.org. 24-Sept. 14. Global Logistics Specialist, Module Three, (four Wednesday...

National & regional averages: August 8, 2005.(Doe Diesel Price Index)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 15, 2005... National & Regional Averages: August 8, 2005 United States $2.407 East Coast $2.386 Midwest $2.336 Gulf Coast $2.323 Rocky Mountain $2.486 West Coast $2.801

Full vs. zero mileage railroad rates.(Q & A)
August 15, 2005... Q: One of my railroad clients, which desires to use full mileage rates for its rail fleet, has been told by a Class I rail carrier that it will no longer provide full mileage rate quotations. Is there a statutory requirement for railroads to...

Double hull.(The BackPage)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Can it possibly be true that the chief spokesman for Matson navigation is the appropriately named Jeff Hull?

Quack.(The BackPage)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Consultant Michael Boyd has set some very clear limits on what carriers he wants at Florida's Sarasota Bradenton International Airport. He told the Tampa Tribune, "We are recruiting everything that flies except ducks and Russia's Aeroflot."

Nickname.(The BackPage)(OOIDA)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... While many companies and trade associations are shortening their names, one trucking group refuses to budge. Although commonly known as OOIDA (pronounced Oh-Eye-da), the Owner-Operators Independent Drivers Association steadfastly refers to...

Summer.(Transportation Security Administration's marketing)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... While much of the nation's capital shuts down in summer, the Transportation Security Administration is hard at work. Check out the new "TSA Summer" logo on the agency's Web site. The logo depicts a laid back surfer catching a wave. It's smart...

More summer.(The BackPage)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... We're thinking of spending our summer in Monroe County, Pa. That's where the highway bill earmarked $400,000 to "enhance existing directional markers and increase way-finding signage infrastructure." That's some pretty expensive signage, so...

Cat logistics.(The BackPage)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Country Home Products has an interesting reverse logistics program. A customer in South Carolina sending some goods back to the company's distribution center accidentally packed five kittens along with a garden tool. The kittens were none the...

Safe-tea last.(Editorial)
August 8, 2005... Any celebrations for passage of the highway bill might start outside Anchorage, Alaska, at what has been called Knik Arm Crossing. It won't be called that for long, however, so the caterers will have to make sure they have an updated map to...

The Vancouver Port Authority.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... The Vancouver Port Authority took a tough and unusual action to end, at least temporarily, the five-week-old strike by truckers that had crippled activity at the Canada port. The port authority said it would issue a 90-day license...

The U.S. Postal Service.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... The U.S. Postal Service is halfway there on the postal reform the USPS and mailers say it needs to compete with private operators. The U.S. House passed a postal reform package by a large margin late last month, leaving it to the Senate...

Manufacturing looking up.(This Week)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... A key measure of U.S. manufacturing activity reached its highest level of the year in July and sharp growth in new orders and production suggested still more goods will be moving through supply chains in coming months. Despite spring...

As growth slows, the semiconductor industry will likely cut shipments.(This Week)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... Just when things were looking up for the global semiconductor industry, a few dark clouds are appearing on the horizon. Research group Gartner said global semiconductor equipment sales are on pace to drop nearly 12 percent in 2005, with...

Finding the passing lane: lawmakers send president $286.4 billion highway bill; freight backers see more funding, actions on HOS, fuel surcharges, chassis safety.(Cover Story)
August 8, 2005... The logjam is over. Nearly two years and 12 extensions after the last full Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century expired, Congress sent President Bush a six-year, $286.4 billion highway bill that settles a series of political debates,...

Counting on CAFTA: trade pact delivers for businesses such as Miami's Seaboard Marine, but critics say it's 'no bonanza'.(Government & Regulation)
August 8, 2005... The Central American Free Trade Agreement may not mean much to the U.S. economy as a whole, but it means a lot to companies like Seaboard Marine. The Miami-based ocean transporter is gearing for a spike in business now that CAFTA is law....

FMC to expand NVO contract rule.(Government & Regulation)(Federal Maritime Commission)(non-vessel-operating common carriers)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... In a major boost for non-vessel-operating common carriers, the Federal Maritime Commission moved to allow shippers' associations with NVO members to enter into confidential service contracts. The five-member panel voted unanimously last...

Surveying labor's divide: shippers edgy after Teamster, AFL-CIO split, call for renewed organizing drive in trucking.(Government & Regulation)
August 8, 2005... Shippers concerned about potential labor unrest are warily watching a historic union split. Union officials say--and many shippers believe--the International Brotherhood of Teamsters move last month to sever ties with the AFL-CIO will be...

NTSB blames CN for Amtrak derailment.(Government & Regulation)
August 8, 2005... The National Transportation Safety Board blamed a freight railroad for a fatal 2004 Amtrak derailment. The national investigative agency for transportation accidents found Canadian National did not properly maintain or inspect its tracks...

CBP begins pallet enforcement.(Government & Regulation)(customs and border protection)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... Shippers using ubiquitous wooden packaging take note. Beginning Sept. 16, Customs and Border Protection will turn away wooden packaging--and the goods the packaging is holding--if it has not been treated for pests and marked as having been...

Tagging's bursting bubble? Shakeout among RFID vendors tracks change in technology's hype and real-world use.(Logistics & Technology)(radio frequency identification)
August 8, 2005... In the midst of the massive hype over radio frequency identification technology's promise for supply chain management, it was easy to miss the recent announcement by one small Boston-based company. Venture-backed GenuOne, formed in 1999...

Globalizing the warehouse: logistics facility developers see crossing borders, follow shipper supply chains with global maps.(Logistics & Technology)
August 8, 2005... When one small distributor of specialty books was looking to upgrade its warehouse capabilities in the Southeast, it found the answer in Hong Kong. That's where this distributor, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said a prospective...

Coleman selects Nistevo TMS.(Logistics & Technology)(Coleman Natural Products Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... Coleman Natural Foods chose the Web-hosted Nistevo Network to automate its transportation planning, execution, carrier management, customer service and reporting processes. The Nistevo Network will let Coleman execute different...

NOL, Sun team up on RFID project.(Logistics & Technology)(radio frequency identification)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... A leading freight carrier and top technology provider are teaming up to press radio frequency identification in Asia. NOL Group and Sun Microsystems will invest $2.7 million in a Singapore RFID testing center, the latest move by a...

Manhattan software loading up.(Logistics & Technology)
August 8, 2005... Manhattan Associates insists that stronger growth in the United States this year will offset weaker international performance that is hurting the supply chain management software provider. Manhattan Associates' second quarter net profit...

Tapping into Asia: from Alaska to Texas, U.S. airports seek bigger share of lucrative from fast-growing Asian markets.(Special Report: AIR CARGO: TOP AIRPORTS)
August 8, 2005... Asian markets are not only drawing the attention of U.S. airlines but also airports eager to bolster their cargo operations with the strong flow of goods coming out of the region. Airports from Anchorage to Houston are forging strategies...

Forward Air's kick start; Global Xpress acquisition helps restore double-digit revenue growth, sends profits up 41.2 percent in 2Q.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)
August 8, 2005... With "a kick" from its acquisition of U.S. Xpress Global Systems, Forward Air tallied solid double-digit revenue and profit growth in the second quarter. The Greeneville, Tenn.-based company reported record operating revenue of $77.5...

TNT to sell French business; will drop unprofitable transport operations, renew focus on contract logistics in France.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)
August 8, 2005... TNT, reporting its logistics business lagging behind its growth in mail and express, says it will sell its money-losing transportation management operation in France to focus its business there on contract logistics. The...

DHL says U.S. service better, losses large.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)
August 8, 2005... DHUs financial performance in the Americas is improving but the express company is still on track for more big losses this year. DHL parent Deutsche Post World Net said DHL Express reported $2.7 billion in revenue for the Americas, 4.4...

AA ramps up online.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)(American Airlines Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... American Airlines is expanding its online cargo booking options in hopes of pushing more freight customers to the Web. The carrier last week introduced a suite of new tools, including block-space booking allocations and pre-booking...

LAN adds freighters.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... Chile's LAN Airlines is looking to solidify its role as the top latin America-based cargo carrier with a new order for 767-300 freighters. Aircraft manufacturer Boeing confirmed last week that LAN ordered six of 767s in addition to six...

Expeditors posts record June; forwarder on track to $4 billion year as imports from China boost 2Q net profit 19 percent.(Transportation: Air & Expedited)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... If June is supposed to be a relatively slow month in the freight world, Expeditors International of Washington should be gearing up for some very strong months later this year. The Seattle-based forwarder had the best month in its history...

ABF chases next-day; nationwide LTL carrier pursues tighter transit times as long-haul volume declines in second quarter.(Transportation: Trucking)
August 8, 2005... With its long-haul business showing a decline in volume, national LTL carrier ABF Freight System is eyeing the shorter-haul, second-day and overnight markets. The Fort Smith, Ark.-based company launched premium service offerings from 13...

Arkansas Best CFO to retire.(Transportation: Trucking)(chief financial officer)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... Arkansas Best E. Loeffler, chief financial officer of the of LTL carrier ABF Freight System for the last eight years, will retire early next year. The Fort Smith, Ark.-based company said Loeffler, 58, is retiring for health reasons and...

Untangling a Northeastern knot: Yellow Roadway must untangle service, labor issues in balancing USF Holland, New Penn operations.(Transportation: Trucking)
August 8, 2005... The restructuring of USF by its new parent didn't end with the closure of USF Dugan. Yellow Roadway now is considering what to do about the overlap in the Northeast of USF Holland and its New Penn Motor Express unit. An interregional LTL...

Allied files bankruptcy; citing automakers' woes, escalating costs, nation's largest autohauler moves into Chapter 11.(Transportation: Trucking)
August 8, 2005... The nation's leading autohauler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as troubles in the automobile industry that have wounded auto parts manufacturers reverberated among the industry's transport and logistics providers. Citing escalating...

U.S. Xpress profit falls.(Transportation: Trucking)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... U.S. Xpress said declining truckload revenue and the costs of leaving the airport-to-airport trucking business brought the company's net profit down to $428,000 in the second quarter. Without a one-time charge for shedding the Xpross...

FedEx Freight delivers pro-active notification.(Transportation: Trucking)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... FedEx Freight is taking shipment tracking to what it says is another level by pushing "exception reporting" to shippers and consignees, alerting them to potential late deliveries. The regional LTL carrier says it gives customers a chance...

Railroads' slow coal burn: Powder River Basin coal service woes are eating into producers' profits and endangering utilities' stockpiles.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)
August 8, 2005... Western utilities are feeling the summer heat on their balance sheets, the result of the railroads' struggle to keep up with intense demand for coal out of Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Derailments on a critical rail line into the key...

Intermodal good to FEC: growth in international and domestic markets gives regional railroad strong second quarter results.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Florida East Coast Railway Co.)
August 8, 2005... Florida East Coast Railway posted a strong second quarter as a result of its exposure to growing international trade and booming construction within the state. Revenue at the 351-mile regional railroad, which operates between...

Iowa Interstate scores FRA loan.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Federal Railroad Administration)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... The Iowa Interstate Railroad won a $32.7 million loan from the Federal Railroad Administration for infrastructure improvements that will help the short line compete for more business. The funds will be used to upgrade about 300 miles of...

Grain cars moving at DM&E.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Dakota, Minnesota and eastern railroads)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... Regional railroads Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad and the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad bought 600 covered hopper cars from Dallas-based Trinity Industries and Hamilton, Ontario-based National Steel Car for $45 million to meet the...

Profits full steam ahead: eastern carriers load on earnings with yield programs, see pricing staying firm.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)
August 8, 2005... Strong pricing translating into record financial results for eastern rail carriers Norfolk Southern and CSX, and the eastern railroads say the trends driving prices higher should continue through the rest of the year. Norfolk Southern...

Coal drives business for car builder.(Transportation: Rail & Intermodal)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... Helped by strong demand for coal cars, rail car builder FreightCar America generated sales of $230.7 million during the second quarter compared to sales of $94.9 million last year. The Chicago-based company, which changed its name from...

Going back to boxes: Port of Baltimore's new director pursues container services, but Seagirt terminal needs bigger berth.(Transportation: Maritime)
August 8, 2005... Under former director Jim White, the Port of Baltimore became a highly successful handler of niche cargoes such as automobiles, farm and construction equipment, coal, metals and forest products. Now his successor wants to break out of the...

Portland's container volume in slide.(Transportation: Maritime)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... The decline in containers moving through the Port of Portland is reaching epic proportions. Through the first half of the year, total containers were down 52 percent to just 72,380 TEUs. Even worse, export boxes declined nearly 61...

Louisiana's plastic port: biggest cargo win in years takes Baton Rouge in new direction, gives Osprey opportunity.(Transportation: Maritime)
August 8, 2005... In a boost for the container-on-barge business, the London Metal Exchange chose the Port of Baton Rouge, La., as a warehouse site for its plastic futures market. Phillip Andrews, commercial manager for projects for Katoen Natie Gulf...

Philadelphia has intermodal incentives.(Transportation: Maritime)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority is hoping an incentive system designed to attract more intermodal service by ocean carriers. The program will give ship lines that use any of the port's Class 1 railroads $25 per container for each...

ILA wins evergreen round.(Transportation: Maritime)(International Longshoremen's Association)(Evergreen America Corp)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... An administrative law judge recommended that the National Labor Relations Board require Evergreen America Corp. to bargain with the International Longshoremen's Association on a contract for the company's New Jersey office workers. The...

Honeywell International.(People)(appointments.)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... Manufacturer Honeywell International elected UPS Chief Financial Officer D. Scott Davis to its board of directors. Davis will also serve on Honeywell's company audit committee and retirement plans committee.

SYSCO.(appoints Jeff A. Kimmich)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... SYSCO, the United States' largest food service products distributor, named Jeff A. Kimmich assistant vice president of its Baugh Supply Chain Cooperative perishables division. A 19-year company veteran, Baugh had been senior director,...

NAI Global.(People)(appointments.)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... NAI Global, Princeton, N.J., named Anthony Pusillo vice president of business advisory services at the industrial real estate company. Pusillo has more than 30 years of consulting and management experience in various industries.

RailRunner, N.A.(appoints Wolfgang Graaff)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... RailRunner, N.A., East Point, Ga., hired Wolfgang Graaff as vice president and chief operating officer. Graaff has more than 30 years experience in rail equipment, trailer and container manufacturing. Previously he served as vice president of...

Cornerstone Systems.(People)(appointments.)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... Cornerstone Systems, Memphis, Tenn., named Wayne Hamm, Cindy Dougherty and Jon Veneklase account executives at its Memphis office. Hamm, a transportation and logistics veteran, spent the past 18 years as a salesperson with Pacer Global...

PNM Resources.(People)(appoinments.)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... PNM Resources, a New Mexico-based energy company, named Thomas J. Olesen vice president of supply chain. Olesen most recently was vice president of supply chain for NiSource Corporate Services and is certified in production and inventory...

Brokers Logistics.(Carlos Ramirez appointed)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... Brokers Logistics, El Paso, Texas, named Carlos Ramirez general manager of the corporation. Ramirez, a 20-year industry veteran who has worked at Azar Nut, Lear and Tri-State Wholesale Associated Grocers, had been Brokers' document management...

Lynden International.(People)(appointments.)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... Lynden International named Kent Biden ocean manager at the forwarder's Seattle headquarters. A 20-year freight industry veteran, Biden joined Lynden's international operations department in January. Lynden also promoted Dennis Mitchell to...

Integres Global Logistics.(appoints Gary Freeberg and Jim Campbell)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... Integres Global Logistics, Rancho Cordova, Calif., named Gary Freeberg and Jim Campbell area managers at the technology-focused forwarding operator. Freeberg had been at United Airlines Cargo and was a domestic supervisor for AEI. Campbell...

Con-Way Central Express.(Gary Tankersley promoted)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... LTL carrier Con-Way Central Express, an operating company of Con-Way Transportation, promoted Gary Tankersley to director of linehaul. Tankersley spent 24 years at Consolidated Freightways before joining Con-Way Southern Express in 2002...

RFTrax.(John Felty appointed)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... RFTrax, Sugar Land, Texas, hired John Felty as business development manager for Rail Car Business.

Watkins Motor Lines.(appoints Mike Kevitch, Mike Roberts and Gary Young)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... Watkins Motor Lines promoted Mike Kevitch, a 30-year real estate veteran, to vice president of real estate and development services. Kevitch had been properties director. Mike Roberts, a 25-year sales veteran, joined the national LTL carrier...

The National Transportation Safety Board.(Jim LaBelle appointed)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... The National Transportation Safety Board named Jim LaBelle director of the board's regional aviation office in Anchorage. LaBelle is a senior NTSB air safety investigator who has been working in the Alaska office for 10 years, most recently...

Simmons Bedding Co.(People)(appointments.)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... Simmons Bedding Co. named Robert Burch executive vice president of operations. Burch, who spent 26 years with with office furniture manufacturer Steelcase, will be responsible for Simmons' manufacturing and supply chain.

Pilot Air Freight.(People)(appointments.)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... Pilot Air Freight, Lima, Pa., promoted Michelle Brick to district manager and Reynaldo Luarca to terminal manager in San Francisco.

Airport leader Conrad dies at 58.(Blair Conrad of Dayton International Airport)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
August 8, 2005... Blair Conrad, a visionary airport leader who was the director of aviation at the Dayton International Airport, died last month. He was 58 and had cancer. Conrad managed several airports during a career that saw significant successes on...

TW calendar.(Calendar)
August 8, 2005... AUGUST 18. Select Committee on Security Teleconference (National Industrial Transportation League). (703) 524-5011 or www.nitl.org. 22-25. Homeland Security R&D Directions and Opportunities 2005 Conference (Department of Homeland...

Logistics seminars & courses.(TW Calendar)(Calendar)
August 8, 2005... AUGUST 10. Export Marketing: Strategies, Outlook and Opportunities (NEXCO), New York. Contact Gerri Cristantiello at (877) 291-4901 or www.nexco.org. 11. Export Essentials Seminar, half-day (Samuel Shapiro & Company), Baltimore....

DOE diesel price index.(Update)(Department of Energy)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 8, 2005... National & Regional Averages: August 1, 2005 United States $2.348 East Coast $2.356 Midwest $2.292 Gulf Coast $2.279 Rocky Mountain $2.421 West Coast $2.594 Note: Table made from...

Phony 'consignee' picks up shipment.
August 8, 2005... Q; We're a motor carrier, and my question deals with a cargo claim involving an arcade game for $2,100. It was shipped LTL from a company in Texas to a private individual in Detroit. Once the product arrived at our Detroit facility, a...

Artistic.(The BackPage)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... Traffic World has a new member of the family. Art and Production Director Jay Sevidal and his wife Sheila are the proud parents of Evan David Sevidal, born July 29 at 7:34 p.m., coming in at 8 lbs. 15.6 ounces and 21 3/4 inches. The parents...

Pottered out.(The BackPage)(J.K. Rowling)(Brief Article)
August 8, 2005... We hear that J.K. Rowling's next series of books will focus on freight. In "Harry Potter and the Cursed Container," it takes magic to find capacity and a "time-turner" to comply with new hours of service rules. He'll get held up at the dock...