JoC Week articles from April 2002

JoC Week archives from April 2002

Hong Kong's edge.(logistics management)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... HONG KONG -- Panic is probably too strong a word to describe the mood in Hong Kong these days when it comes to logistics. High alert might be more to the point. Though it is still the largest container port in the world, Hong Kong's...

Radar screen.(logistics traffic and markets in Asia and Europe)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Negotiations continue over Wallenius Wilhelmsen's proposed acquisition of the roll-on, roll-off business of Hyundai Merchant Marine. Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, president of Wilh. Wilhelmsen, told reporters last week that any opposition by antitrust...

Not so wild a dream. (Letters).
April 29, 2002... I enjoyed the piece on FastShip in your April 8-14 edition, all the more because of your reference to this project as a "quixotic venture." In 1920 my great uncle privately published a book about the family business in which he refers to the...

Correcting the record on AES. (Letters).
April 29, 2002... The Radar Screen column on Page 6 of the March 4-10 issue contains inaccuracies. In the last sentence of the first item, the statistics (our bailiwick at Census) should show that we still receive over 200,000 (not 37,000) paper export...

No agreement to withdraw capacity. (Letters).
April 29, 2002... Concerning Peter Tirschwell's editorial "Trans-Atlantic Tourniquet" (April 15-21, 2002, issue), you appear to have made the same assumption that others have made: that the sale of slots under the Atlantic Space Charter Agreement by the Grand...

Sea Star to acquire Navieras. (The Week).(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... No rival bidders emerged to challenge Sea Star Line's $32 million acquisition of bankrupt NPR/Navieras, the Puerto Rico ocean carrier owned by the Holt Group. CSX Lines, which also operates in the Puerto Rico trade, had said it was...

WTSA lines seek rate minimums. (The Week).(Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... The Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement's members plan to seek to establish minimum rates on refrigerated agricultural exports to Asia. Rates for reefer cargo to Asia have declined steadily over the last 15 months. WTSA lines said...

Kennedy Airport project under way. (The Week).(John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Airis Corp. started work on two cargo facilities at New York's Kennedy Airport. The $161 million, 435,000-square-foot project, described as the largest in the history of the 54-year-old airport, is scheduled for completion in the summer of...

BNSF, NS offer coast-to-coast guarantee. (The Week).(Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Norfolk Southern)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Norfolk Southern railroads have introduced guaranteed intermodal service between Southern California and the Northeast. The railroads said they will charge a premium rate for the service between San...

P&O volume up 13%. (The Week).(Peninsular and Oriental Group)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 29, 2002... P&O Group reported a 13% increase in its P&O Ports unit's container volume, to 2.6. million TEUS, during the first quarter. The company said strong Asia traffic outweighed a slight decline in North and South America. P&O Group's logistics...

Railroads co-market services. (The Week).(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Kansas City Southern railroads have agreed to co-market their services in the U.S. and Canada. The railroads said they will work together in several target markets in the Midwest and Lake Charles, La. The...

Railroads report higher profits. (The Week).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 29, 2002... Major U.S. railroads reported increases in first-quarter profits. Norfolk Southern posted quarterly profit from continuing operations of $86 million, up from $61 million a year earlier, though rail revenue fell 2.7% to $1.5 billion....

Purolator branches out: Canadian express courier to offer integrated logistics, air-cargo services. (Air Commerce).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 29, 2002... Being Canada's largest express courier operator is no longer enough for Purolator Courier, says Bob Johnson, who took over as president and chief executive last July. "We have to add value beyond the distribution of products," he said....

Crowded table: ILWU invites Hoffa to West Coast longshore negotiations; shipper group says mediator should be included from the start. (Ports/Intermodal).(International Longshore and Warehouse Union, James P. Hoffa)
April 29, 2002... The impending contract negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association are shaping up to be quite a party -- one that may require a large room. ILWU President James Spinosa asked...

Sharing the pain: financially strapped ocean carriers seek lower rates from harbor truckers. (Ports/Intermodal).(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Dan Gatchet, president of West Coast Trucking in Seattle, received the same letter that other harbor trucking companies did. Evergreen America Corp. was telling its harbor haulers that times are tough in shipping, and that the ocean carrier...

Slicing costs: information technology to overhaul UK grocer's inbound supply chain. (Logistics/Technology).(Tesco Stores Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Supermarkets are a low-margin business, and Colin Cobain, information technology director at Britain's Tesco Stores Ltd., looks to technology for ways to save money on operations. One way he's done this is through a remodeling of the...

Help for the `poor stepchild': trade groups seek change to account-based system of duty drawback. (Customs/Forwarding).(National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, American Association of Exporters and Importers)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Duty drawback is "the poor lost stepchild of Customs," says Anne-Marie Bush, president of Veritrade International in Seattle. While modernization is sweeping through the customs process, drawback specialists see their field mired in complex...

Airfreight's quiet man. (Snapshot Anthony Calabrese).(president of Cargo Network Services Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Anthony Calabrese, president of Cargo Network Services Corp., will be running the show next week at CNS' annual conference in Las Vegas. But he'll be quiet about it, checking on this detail and that, and making sure everything goes smoothly....

Collecting the money. (Other Voices).(tips for collecting receivables faster)(Brief Article)(Column)
April 29, 2002... Sept. 11 had a drastic impact on an already fragile airline industry. After 9/11, most airlines reduced their flight schedules and capacity, making it harder for agents and forwarders to secure airline space. The slowing economy reduced...

The more things change ... statistics underscore familiar trends in US import-export trade. (Top 100 Importers And Exporters).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 29, 2002... High-value imports. Low-value exports. A strong dollar. A U.S. trade imbalance. Global sourcing. Post-Sept. 11 uncertainty. Those are a few of the themes illustrated by JoC Week's annual list of the Top 100 Importers and Exporters. The...

A note on the lists. (Special report: top 100 importers and exporters).
April 29, 2002... JoC Week's Top 100 Importers and Exporters ranking is based on data from PIERS, the Port Import/Export Reporting Service of The Journal of Commerce, enhanced by information gathered from other industry sources. The lists are restricted...

Retail rebound: containerized imports by retailers have jumped after a fall-winter slump. (Special report: top 100 importers and exporters).(Statistical Data Included)
April 29, 2002... Retailers are still trying to outguess an uncertain economy. After Sept. 11, people stayed home and U.S. retail spending plummeted 1.8% in September, the sharpest drop since January 1987. Then an unseasonably warm winter contributed to a...

Moving information. (Shipper Profile: Ikea Sweden AB).(Ikea Sweden AB's approach)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Ikea Sweden AB's approach to logistics has changed since Kjell Roos took over as the furniture retailer's international transportation manager five years ago. "Before, the idea was more to have a physical distribution network set up for...

Staggered contracts. (Shipper Profile: Liz Claiborne Inc.).(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... All trans-Pacific service contracts used to begin on May 1 and end the following April 30. Not any more. Many shippers have staggered the starting times for their service contracts to avoid the late-April rush. "It makes the work easier,"...

Matsushita's big three. (Shipper Profile: Matsushita Electric Corp.).(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Matsushita Electric Corp. of America, which manufactures products under the Panasonic brand, values stability in its relationships with its ocean carriers. The company uses 10 container lines, but its top carriers are Maersk Sealand, APL Ltd....

China connection: China has emerged as the dominant source for U.S. footwear. (Special report: top 100 importers and exporters).(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Americans purchase more than 1 billion pairs of shoes a year, and at least 95% of them are manufactured overseas, mainly in Asia. That's one reason ocean carriers have been competing to see which line can offer the most frequent and fastest...

Bananas -- just in time: the tropical fruit usually is on grocery shelves within five to seven days of harvest. (Special report: top 100 importers and exporters).(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Discharging a shipload of bananas used to be a colorful sight. Hundreds of longshoremen would hoist stalks of green bananas from the ship's hold and muscle them onto conveyor belts for transfer to trucks and railcars. Today the operation...

Shifting gears. (Shipper Profile: Ford Motor Co.).(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Ford Motor Co. once had an advertising campaign that said the automaker "has a better idea." After three years of operation under the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, the company's transportation planners are convinced that OSRA was one of...

Beer becomes two-way trade. (Shipper Profile: Adolph Coors Co.).(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... It sounds like a frat boy's dream -- 20-foot ISO tank containers filled with chilled beer. The chilled tank containers are one of the unusual methods that Adolph Coors Co. uses to transport beer from the U.S. to Britain and Ireland....

Intermodalism's next course.(Intermodal Transportation Institute at University of Denver offers executive master's program, U.S.)(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... It's hard to believe it has been less than 20 years since APL, then known as American President Lines, introduced the first intermodal stacktrain. Intermodalism was still in its formative stage when the first stacktrain entered service...

Radar screen.(transportation industry briefs, international)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 22, 2002... In opening a Washington office, (Article, Page 14) Deutsche Post World Net will be seeking influence in a city where two of its chief competitors -- United Parcel Service and FedEx -- rule the roost. Based on data released on March 11 by the...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
April 22, 2002... A Radar Screen item that appeared on Page 6 of the April 8-15 issue should have said that Americas Systems Inc. completed the Phase 1 development of a port management software system for the Port of New York and New Jersey and that it is now...

Security must begin at point of origin. (Letters).
April 22, 2002... I read with interest your piece "Don't make matters worse" (JoC Week, March 25-31). I agree with it and with Warren Leback's letter on the same subject. I spoke to Warren about it and told him I felt that leaving the solution of security on...

Groups criticize security legislation. (The Week).(transportation trade groups oppose provision of Maritime Transportation Counterterrorism Act of 2002, U.S.)(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... Ten trade groups have signed a letter to congressional leaders and Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge opposing a provision of the Maritime Transportation Counterterrorism Act of 2002 (H.R. 3983). The groups oppose a provision that orders...

Brazil container terminal resumes operation. (The Week).(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... Three months after being shut down by labor problems, the container terminal in Brazil's northeastern Port of Suape has resumed operation. The terminal, managed by Manila-based International Container Terminal Services Inc., agreed to operate...

EU may ease ban on Russian jets. (The Week).(European Union, noise laws)(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... The European Union may soften its ban on noisy Russian jets. The European Commission will meet with officials from member states to recommend a flexible approach in the ban, which began April 1. Russia had responded to the EU noise rules by...

Airfreight rates declined in quarter. (The Week).(international rates)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 22, 2002... International airfreight rates continued their decline in the first quarter, according to investment bank Salomon Smith Barney. The biggest drop was on eastbound trans-Pacific routes, where rates fell 6.2% from a year earlier. Westbound rates...

Lloyd Triestino, CMA CGM to share slots. (The Week).(container space in the trans-Pacific area)(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... Italy's Lloyd Triestino and France's CMA CGM will share container space in the trans-Pacific. The carriers will exchange slots on CMA CGM's TPX service and the CPM/CPS loops of Lloyd Triestino's China-West Coast North America service. Each...

Panama Canal container volume rises. (The Week).(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... The Panama Canal Authority said that vessel transits and overall cargo volume were down during the six months through March 31 but that containerized volume increased 4.5% from a year earlier. The authority blamed the 4.3% decline in overall...

FMC dismisses charges by Guam. (The Week).(U.S. Federal Maritime Commission)(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... A Federal Maritime Commission administrative law judge has dismissed all but 37 of 552 charges in a 13-year-old complaint filed by the government of Guam against APL Ltd. and Sea-Land Service, a predecessor of CSX Lines. The Guam territorial...

Alameda Corridor off to fast start. (The Week).(in Southern California)(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... The $2.4 billion Alameda Corridor opened smoothly after 20 years of planning and five years of construction. The corridor handled 10 freight trains on its first day of commercial traffic. They made the 20-mile trip from the ports of Los...

Coming to America: Deutsche Post studies BAX Global, other possible US acquisitions. (Cover Story).
April 22, 2002... Two-and-a-half years after its $1 billion acquisition of Air Express International, the largest U.S. airfreight forwarder, Deutsche Post World Net remains flush with cash and poised for another North American transport acquisition. The German...

Deutsche Post goes to Washington.(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... Deutsche Post World Net has opened what may be its most important U.S. sales office -- in Washington, D.C. As a company 69% controlled by the German government that still enjoys a postal monopoly in Europe's largest economy, DP has found...

A single voice for security: Coast Guard commandant says clarity from government must be matched by commitment from private sector. (Ocean Transportation).
April 22, 2002... Businesses involved in trade logistics should expect the federal government to speak with a single voice when it comes to security, says Coast Guard Commandant Adm. James M. Loy. He believes that voice should be the White House Office of...

Crunch time: trans-Pacific carriers seek import freight rate increases in May's contract rollovers, though capacity still exceeds demand. (Ocean Transportation).(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... Frank Butters, a former shipping executive who now negotiates contracts for a national shippers organization, has seen the scenario play out before. In early spring, cargo volumes begin to pick up in the trans-Pacific after a winter lull, and...

Ace in the hole: Miami's emergence as a key transshipment point is attracting large, innovative warehouses. (Florida Trade And Transportation).
April 22, 2002... Ace Hardware Corp. likes to boast that "Ace is the place" if you need tools, paint or light bulbs. But when it comes to distributing those products to Latin America, Europe and the Mideast, the place is the Hellmann Worldwide Logistics...

Latin leap: Miami International Airport consolidates its position as the premier gateway for Latin cargo. (Special Report: Florida Trade And Transportation).(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... For years, airports in the Southern U.S. have attempted to challenge Miami International Airport's position as the dominant gateway for cargo moving to and from the U.S., Caribbean and Latin America. And one by one -- from Dallas-Forth Worth...

The shape of things to come: cargo security initiatives in Florida provide a template for ports in other regions. (Special Report: Florida Trade And Transportation).(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... Cargo security was a top issue for Florida ports well before Sept. 11. Since the terrorist attacks of that day, the issue has gained in prominence -- and increased in cost. Ports are looking for ways to secure their premises against...

Feet on the ground: BAX Global, an acquisition target of Deutsche Post, is on the road to profitability after shifting its focus from air cargo to trucking. (Air Commerce).(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... BAX Global is scrapping its heavyweight integrated air model in favor of a lower-cost, mode-neutral plan it hopes will put the company on a consistent and profitable track, something it hasn't achieved in a long time. Eighteen months...

The allure of radio frequency: interest in RFID tags is growing, but it's driven more by a desire for cargo visibility than by terrorist threats. (Logistics/Technology).(radio frequency identification tags)(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... Simon Ellis holds the title of supply-chain futurist at Unilever, one of the world's largest makers of packaged consumer goods. Like other shippers, he worries about preventing terrorists from tampering with his cargo. But he probably spends...

Customs or FDA? Customs brokers say a food-safety bill could produce duplicate regulation. (Customs/Forwarding).(food and drug administration)(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... House and Senate members are meeting to resolve differences between two versions of a bioterrorism bill that may affect food imports, and how importers report to the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. The...

Spotlight now on stevedores: changes expected for two stevedoring companies in Holt bankruptcy case.(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... The Holt Group's Chapter 11 bankruptcy case has been dominated by the group's largest subsidiary, Puerto Rico carrier NPR/Navieras. But this month Navieras shares the spotlight with Holt's stevedoring operations, two of which are expected to...

Another blow to Galveston: alliance reshuffling eliminates port's only container service.(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... Recent years haven't been kind to the Port of Galveston, Texas. Overshadowed by the nearby Port of Houston, Galveston has lost much of its breakbulk trade and has been relegated to a minor player in the container-handling business. Since...

Top Five Commodities in Major U.S. Trade Lanes. (PIERS Trade Monitor).
April 22, 2002... [GRAPHICS OMITTED]

A career globetrotter. (Snapshot: Steven Lek).(employee of Singapore Airlines Cargo)(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... Nearly a quarter century ago, Roy Stapleton and Steven Lek were cargo compadres in Singapore Airlines' modest freight department. Like many co-workers early in their careers, they later went their separate ways and lost touch -- until...

First OSHA, now Customs. (Other Voices).(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)(Brief Article)
April 22, 2002... When I first became seriously involved in global trade in the mid-1970s, I witnessed our government's intense involvement in worker and employee welfare and safety. The result was the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which is...

Past isn't prologue.(trade wars will not happen again)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
April 8, 2002... If your livelihood is tied to international trade, as is the case with many readers of this publication, President Bush's decision last month to impose hefty tariff increases on steel probably didn't improve your day. Just when the U.S. is...

Radar screen.
April 8, 2002... The concept of the "inland port" to relieve pressure on marine terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is being quietly resurrected. Transportation consultants over the past decade have preached that waterfront land in Southern...

China to delay rate-filing rule. (The Week).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... China To Delay Rate-Filing Rule: China's government said it will not implement rate-filing provisions of its controversial new shipping law until final regulations are drafted. But China apparently is proceeding with other portions of the law...

Carriers add Alameda Corridor fee. (The Week).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Carriers Add Alameda Corridor Fee: Major trans-Pacific ocean carriers plan to impose a $15-per-FEU fee on containerized cargo passing through the Alameda Corridor linking the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with downtown Los Angeles...

Forwarder wants government to verify known shippers. (The Week).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Forwarder Wants Government To Verify Known Shippers: A leading forwarder at New York's Kennedy International Airport says the federal government should take over the work of verifying known shippers. Joel Ditkowsky, vice president of Freight...

German regulators approve box pool. (The Week).(container ship owners to esablish lay-up pool)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... German Regulators Approve Box Pool: German regulators have approved a plan by container ship owners to establish a lay-up pool for the world's biggest fleet of small and medium-sized vessels. Shipowners will meet in Hamburg April 10 to draft...

Shanghai readies deepwater port. (The Week).(construction for Yangtze River port expected to begin)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Shanghai Readies Deepwater Port: Construction is expected to begin soon on a deepwater harbor near the mouth of the Yangtze River near Shanghai. Located in Shengsi County in adjacent Zhejiang province, the harbor is expected to have a...

Singapore port rules out price war. (The Week).(PSA Corp.; Evergreen Marine Corp. relocates Southeast Asian hub)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 8, 2002... Singapore Port Rules Out Price War: Evergreen Marine Corp. said it is moving its Southeast Asian hub from Singapore to the fast-growing Malaysian port of Tanjung Pelepas. Maersk Sealand made a similar move last year. Singapore's main terminal...

Brazil opens Pacem Port. (The Week).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Brazil Opens Pacem Port: Brazil's new Port of Pecem has container-handling fees that the country's acting transport minister, Alderico Lima, said are much lower than neighboring ports. Lima said container moves at Pecem will cost shippers...

Malaysia won't sell airports to Schiphol. (The Week).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Malaysia Won't Sell Airports To Schiphol: Malaysia's government has canceled a deal that would have sold control of Kuala Lumpur's airport to Schiphol International BV, the Dutch airport operator. Malaysia Airports, which operates the...

Searching for direction; the FMC is still working to define its role under the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. (Cover Story).(Federal Maritime Commission)
April 8, 2002... The Ocean Shipping Reform Act fundamentally altered the shipping industry and the small federal agency that regulates it. Three years after enactment of OSRA, the Federal Maritime Commission's role has changed -- and become more difficult to...

The shakeout begins; Sea Star agrees to purchase assets of Navieras/NPR but CSX Lines may join the bidding. (Ocean Transportation).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 8, 2002... The Puerto Rico puzzle is closer to being solved. For years, carriers operating between the commonwealth and the U.S. mainland have been losing money and waiting for a shakeout that everyone agreed was inevitable. The first move toward the...

FastShip stays the course; Bullard says that nearly a decade after it was unveiled, the venture is still moving forward. (Ocean Transportation).
April 8, 2002... Is there life to FastShip? The Philadelphia company trying to build four high-speed container ships for the trans-Atlantic trade has virtually disappeared from the headlines since 2000, when it announced a series of non-binding agreements...

Ice cold: the westbound trans-Pacific reefer trade is mired in a slump that shows few signs of recovery. (Special report: perishables).(refrigerated cargo shipping)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Shipping lines that carry perishable cargoes to Asia demonstrated just how weak the trade is when they announced plans in February to establish a pooling arrangement for refrigerated cargo. The plan had very little chance for success, and the...

If it's fresh, it's secure; shippers and carriers of perishables say their shipments are more difficult to tamper with than dry cargo. (Special report: perishables).(refrigerated-shipping industry)
April 8, 2002... Government officials seeking ideas on how to tighten cargo security might want to consider the refrigerated-shipping industry. Since Sept. 11, Customs and other agencies have been intensely focused on ensuring that goods are properly...

Chicken of the sea: shipping interests and producers breathe a sigh of relief as Russia lifts ban on U.S. poultry. (Special report: perishables).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 8, 2002... In late March, Don Allee, director of the Port of Gulfport, Miss., met informally with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick and asked him what was being done to end the ban on U.S. poultry exports to Russia. Zoellick told him to be...

UPS raises the ante in Asia; carrier's Philippine hub will offer faster intra-Asia service. (Air Commerce).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 8, 2002... The intra-Asian airfreight market, like the ocean market, is growing rapidly. One consulting firm, MergeGlobal Inc., projects a 16.8% compounded annual growth for air cargo within the region between 1999 and 2005. Such optimistic expectations...

Branching out: airports are becoming involved in development projects at other airports. (Air Commerce).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... As airports expand, many find they need expertise in management, planning and financing. Some are finding it from other airports that have successfully developed their own terminals and are marketing their skills and experience elsewhere. ...

Toyota goes to Mexico; entrance into the Mexico market was the culmination of three years of logistics research. (Case Study).
April 8, 2002... "El viaje de tu vida." It won't be long until that slogan -- translated, it means "Get the feeling" -- is filling billboards and automobile dealerships in Mexico. Toyota has entered the Mexican market. For Toyota, the move into Mexico...

Split decision: delays have eased along the US-Canadian border, but shippers and carriers are concerned about the impact of proposed security programs. (Customs/Forwarding).(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... Six months ago, newspapers published dramatic aerial photographs of trucks in two-mile-long queues at the U.S.-Canada border. Automakers and other manufacturers, dependent on the just-in-time flow of cargo across the border, were forced to...

Opening volleys: US chamber of commerce study focuses attention on links between ports and inland transportation. (Ports/Intermodal).
April 8, 2002... As Congress and the administration prepare for next year's reauthorization of the law that guides billions of dollars in funding for the nation's highways, various policy groups are gearing up to try to influence the debate. "You are...

The broker professor: Stewart B. Hauser. (Snapshot).(D. Hauser Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... When he was young, Stewart B. Hauser had an unsurprising ambition -- he wanted to be a customs broker, following the footsteps of his mother and father, partners in D. Hauser Inc., a firm they started in the 1930s. His parents, however, had...

Ask a stupid question ...(Peter J. Rose of Expeditors International of Washington Inc)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2002... One of our favorite writers is Peter J. Rose. Haven't seen his work at your bookstore? Maybe you've been looking in the wrong place. Try the website of his publisher, the Securities and Exchange Commission. Yes, it's that Peter Rose, the...

If walls could talk.(trans-Pacific discussion agreements held last month in Shanghai)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... We've always wondered what container shipping executives talk about at meetings such as the one that the trans-Pacific discussion agreements held last month in Shanghai. We suspect that if someone had recorded the session, the transcript...

Radar screen.(changes in shipping industry)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... Shippers should prepare to pay more for airfreight. Forwarders and carriers say the market has begun to tighten, giving carriers an opportunity to raise rates. The increased traffic in late March was tied in part to normal efforts by shippers...

What about "fair trade?". (Letters).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... I read with interest Joseph Bonney's column, "Try a Different Approach" (March 11-17 issue), and wish to offer some of my thoughts on the subject of steel imports. As an employee of Bethelehem Steel, I might be somewhat biased on the subject...

AST&L to join NIT League. (The Week).(American Society of Transportation and Logistics to become a separate entity within the National Industrial Transportation League)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The American Society of Transportation and Logistics has agreed in principle to become a separate entity within the National Industrial Transportation League. Ed Rastatter, the NIT League's director of policy development and research, will...

No-strike deal for Korean ports. (The Week).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... South Korea's government and port unions have signed a no-strike pledge covering the rest of the year. The agreement was signed by members of the Federation of National Harbor Unions and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. A...