JoC Week articles from April 2009

JoC Week archives from April 2009

TWIC's Forgotten Few.
April 21, 2009... BYLINE: R.G. Edmonson With a high-tech identification card now mandatory at all U.S. ports, you might think the Transportation Security Administration could take a bow for its labors. After all, after years of delays and missteps, it...

The Coast Is Clear.
April 7, 2009... BYLINE: R.G. Edmonson When the Environmental Protection Agency last week declared an offshore zone to control air pollution from ocean shipping, it was one of those rare occasions when everyone from the American Lung Association to the...

Whose Priority?
April 6, 2009... BYLINE: Paul Page Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood gave an impressive performance last month when he spoke at the spring conference of the American Association of Port Authorities, but that only proved the freight transportation...

The Big Picture.
April 6, 2009... BYLINE: Peter Morici President Obama’s strategy to combat the recession courts disaster. He proposes huge federal deficits from 2009 to 2011 to prop up domestic demand and break the negative feedback cycle of rising...

Breaking Cross-Border Barriers.
April 6, 2009... BYLINE: R.G. Edmonson The Obama administration is moving quickly to head off a trade war with Mexico over allowing Mexican truckers access to the United States. Congress axed funding for the Department of Transportation’s...

Congress May Remake Rail Regulator.
April 6, 2009... BYLINE: John D. Boyd The Surface Transportation Board may be on a path toward big changes in the way it oversees railroad rates and service. Even as Francis P. Mulvey took over leadership of the three-seat board late last month,...

Time for Ports to Act.
April 6, 2009... BYLINE: Leticia Lozano A lot has changed at South American ports in the few months since the global recession struck. Ocean terminals that were overwhelmed with cargo generated by the global trade boom are quiet, and there are no signs...

Business Makes a Call.
April 6, 2009... BYLINE: Bill Mongelluzzo When the Port of Long Beach held its annual Pulse of the Ports conference late last month, Executive Director Richard Steinke noted wryly the nation’s largest port complex still had a pulse, although one...

Railroads Track Competition.
April 6, 2009... BYLINE: Bill Mongelluzzo In many ways, cargo business on the West Coast can be as much about railroad operations as port operations. Port executives say that is why the West Coast took a major hit the past two years as railroads...