JoC Week articles from December 2002

JoC Week archives from December 2002

It's EDI, or else.(electronic cargo manifests)
December 23, 2002... It is the proverbial calm before the storm. In the final six weeks before U.S. Customs' 24-hour advanced manifest rule takes effect, the parlor game among U.S. importers is assessing the practical impact of a rule demanding that ocean...

Radar screen.(Mexican trucks crossing the border)
December 23, 2002... Mexican trucks and buses got the regulatory green light to cross the U.S. border, but issues related to operating authority will delay crossings until the first part of 2003. Industry officials and the Department of Transportation have been...

Carlyle Group acquires CSX Lines. (The Week).(Brief Article)
December 23, 2002... Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in CSX Lines for $300 million. CSX Lines, a subsidiary of CSX Corp., is the nation's largest ocean transportation company. It operates 17 U.S.-flag vessels to...

Senator Line slashing U.S. services. (The Week).(Brief Article)
December 23, 2002... Senator Line will cut nine of its 13 services to the U.S. under a restructuring plan unveiled last week. The cutbacks, which involve mostly trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific services, will begin in January. Hans-Hermann Mohr, Senator's chief...

Pacific carriers hike meat rates. (The Week).(Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement)(Brief Article)
December 23, 2002... The Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement, a discussion group that includes 12 of the largest carriers in the U.S.-Asia trade, said it plans to raise rates on refrigerated beef, pork and poultry exports by $800 per FEU on July 1. The...

CP Ships quits Asia-Europe slot deal. (The Week).(Brief Article)
December 23, 2002... CP Ships said it plans to withdraw from its slot-charter agreement with CMA CGM in the Asia-Europe trades. The carriers began the slot charter in March 2001. It will end in early March. Under the agreement, Contship Containerlines and Lykes...

Hong Kong on pace for another box record. (The Week).(Port of Hong Kong statistics)(Brief Article)
December 23, 2002... The Port of Hong Kong expects to handle 18.6 million TEUs in 2002, enough to make it the world's largest container port for the 10th time in 11 years. The total would represent growth of 4.6 percent over 2001 and establish a new record....

Port of NY-NJ to offer inland service. (The Week).(Port Authority of New York and New Jersey)(Brief Article)
December 23, 2002... The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is expected to start a new barge service to upstate New York in the first quarter of 2003. The twice-a-week service, aimed at alleviating congestion at the port and on area roads, will move...

Customs to require E-lists of empty boxes. (The Week).(Empty Container Module; Automated Manifest System)
December 23, 2002... The Customs Service, in a procedural change, said ocean carriers will be required to electronically report lists of empty containers aboard a vessel bound for the U.S. Carriers will have to report lists of empties through the Empty Container...

Target Logistics acquires air forwarder. (The Week).(Cassady Air Transportation)(Brief Article)
December 23, 2002... Target Logistics Services has acquired Cassady Air Transportation, a Columbus, Ohio-based forwarder. Terms weren't disclosed. Cassady operates a 40,000-square-foot facility near Rickenbacker International Airport, a gateway for several...

Building blocs: long-awaited US-Chile trade agreement could set pattern for other deals. (Cover Story).(Cover Story)
December 23, 2002... Chile finally caught the bouquet. The South American country and the United States signed their long-delayed free-trade agreement this month, fulfilling a vow made after the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994. "It's...

Airfreight to benefit from trade accord: US-Chile pact will help reduce north-south cargo imbalance. (Cover Story).
December 23, 2002... On northbound flights from Santiago to the U.S., cargo space is full of commodities such as salmon and produce. Southbound, it's a different story. U.S. air-cargo exports to Chile are barely one-seventh the volume of imports, and consist...

Winter blahs in trans-Pacific: holiday sales patterns may set tone for next spring's service-contract negotiations. (Container Shipping).
December 23, 2002... Trans-Pacific shippers and carriers pay close attention to U.S. retail sales during the Christmas season. This year, they haven't been thrilled with what they've seen. Holiday sales have shown only modest growth, reflecting the uncertainty in...

Bracing for a storm: electronic transmission of manifest data to the carrier may be the best way to avoid longer transit times under Customs' 24-hour rule. (Container Shipping).(Customs Service requires advance notice)
December 23, 2002... Marian Duntley, corporate customs manager at Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., is confronting the same issue as thousands of other importers as the clock ticks down to implementation of U.S. Customs' 24-hour advance vessel manifest rule. That is how...

Test site for port ID cards. (Supply Chain Security).(Port of Wilmington, Delaware)
December 23, 2002... Even before the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, Bill Boles saw the need for an employee access card at the Port of Wilmington, Del. "We're a small port, but we handle a lot of product," said Boles, the port's security manager. He began to...

Gangs of New York: port employers plead with Waterfront Commission for permission to hire more workers. (Ports).(Port Authority of New York and New Jersey )
December 23, 2002... The Port of New York and New Jersey's bright future and dark past came face to face this month in a hearing room in Manhattan. The bright future is the expectation that cargo volume will continue to grow strongly in the decades to come,...

Private ports pick up speed in India: shippers, carriers say early experience is good but that more changes are needed. (Ports).(port of Chennai, India)
December 23, 2002... Until a few months ago, carriers using India's state-owned port of Chennai never knew what to expect. Cargo handling was slow and inefficient, and ships had difficulty getting out of port on schedule. Since Chennai was put under private...

Ship disasters hit insurance rates: impact of recent accidents will be concentrated on hull premiums. (Marine Insurance).
December 23, 2002... The photos have been dramatic: The gutted container ship hanjin Pennsylvania, which burned for four days off Sri Lanka; the fire and grounding of the car carrier HUAL Europe in Tokyo Bay; the sinking of a Wallenius Wilhelmsen car carrier in...

Airfreight's big question mark: Iraq poses wild card for air-cargo industry. (Air Cargo).
December 23, 2002... The fate of the airfreight industry in 2003 depends largely on whether the U.S. goes to war with Iraq. War would disrupt commercial services, especially if the U.S. military requisitions scores of U.S. freighter aircraft as it did during...

Life under Chapter 11: United cutbacks could eventually produce higher freight rates. (Air Cargo).(United Air Lines Inc.)
December 23, 2002... Cutbacks by United Airlines as it restructures under Chapter 11 could lead to higher freight rates when the economy recovers, especially in markets where United is ending service or switching to smaller aircraft. Even before it filed for...

With Jay Ahern, U.S. Customs assistant commissioner, field operations. (Questions & Answers).(Interview)
December 23, 2002... Jay Ahern, assistant Customs commissioner for field operations, manages 70 percent of the agency'S 20,000 employees and oversees a $1 billion annual budget. In 26 years with Customs, Ahern has served in top management positions in California...

Seattle seaport, by the numbers. (Close-Up).(Port of Seattle monthly container volume)(Brief Article)
December 23, 2002... The Port of Seattle hopes cargo volumes during this year's first 10 months will produce the first year-to-year increase in the port's container traffic since 1998, when volume peaked at 1,543,726 TEUs. Volume through Seattle totaled 1,170,127...

Will the streak continue?(negotiations by International Longshoremen's Association)
December 23, 2002... During this year's acrimonious West Coast port labor negotiations, all was quiet on the Eastern front. The International Longshoremen's Association, which represents dockworkers in Atlantic and Gulf ports, kept working under a contract that...

The root of the problem.
December 16, 2002... Overcapacity in the ocean container shipping market is a problem that doesn't just affect carriers. The industry's inability to keep capacity in line with demand has decimated freight rates on the major east-west trade lanes. It also has put...

Radar screen.
December 16, 2002... The 10-day employer lockout this fall and the continued congestion at West Coast ports could have a long-term impact on how cargo is routed in the trans-Pacific trade. Shippers, carriers and port executives expect trans-Pacific carriers to...

Arbitrators' rulings ease West Coast cargo. (The Week).
December 16, 2002... Arbitrators' Rulings Ease West Coast Cargo: A management-labor arbitrator's rulings against the International Longshore and Warehouse Union will help terminals clear cargo backlogs at West Coast ports. Southern California arbitrator David...

Schubert confident on MSP replacement. (The Week).
December 16, 2002... Schubert Confident On MSP Replacement: Maritime Administrator William Schubert said he is confident that a new U.S.-flag subsidy program will be approved but that it's unclear when. The Maritime Security Program, which provides $2.1 million...

Carriers endorse operation safe commerce. (The Week).
December 16, 2002... Carriers Endorse Operation Safe Commerce: The World Shipping Council says the Transportation Security Administration's Operation Safe Commerce is a worthwhile test of technology for transportation security, but that an underlying "scientific...

United filing won't halt air cargo. (The Week).
December 16, 2002... United Filing Won't Halt Air Cargo: United Airlines said its domestic and international cargo operations will continue normally while the company operates under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. United was forced to file for Chapter 11 after...

Lufthansa Chairman sees freighter growth. (The Week).
December 16, 2002... Lufthansa Chairman Sees Freighter Growth: Jean-Peter Jansen, chairman of Lufthansa Cargo's executive board, said growing airfreight volume will generate a substantial increase in the global fleet of freighter aircraft during the next two...

Prosecutors seek takeover of ILA local. (The Week).
December 16, 2002... Prosecutors Seek Takeover Of ILA Local: Federal prosecutors asked a judge to appoint an administrator to manage International Longshoremen's Association Local 1588 in Bayonne, N.J. The prosecutors cited the indictments in May of the local's...

CCSX Lines implements rating technology. (The Week).
December 16, 2002... CSX Lines Implements Rating Technology: CSX Lines has introduced rating technology developed by Management Dynamics Inc., a specialist in tariff and contract management, and Horizon Services Group, a technology subsidiary of CSX Lines....

Trade groups support Customs funding. (The Week).
December 16, 2002... Trade Groups Support Customs Funding: The presidents of Washington trade organizations representing shippers, container ship operators and ports have urged President Bush to ensure that the Customs Service has enough money to operate new...

Asia battleground: FedEx, UPS, DHL vie for supremacy in world's fastest-growing express-delivery market. (Cover Story).
December 16, 2002... Paul Yang, a China business consultant based in Bellevue, Wash., always finds something new when he visits Shanghai. But even Yang was amazed by the latest trend--people carrying two cell phones. "They've got one in each pocket one for...

No pain, no gain? US airlines, struggling with billions of dollars in losses, are scaling back capacity. So far, shippers and forwarders haven't been hurt on international routes. (Special report: air cargo survey).
December 16, 2002... Until two months ago, shippers in Vancouver, British Columbia, who wanted to send cargo by air to Dallas/Fort Worth could do so using one of two daily American Airlines flights. The carrier still operates those flights, but the only cargo it...

It's Memphis, by a mile: FedEx hub tightens its grip as the world's largest cargo airport. (Special report: air cargo survey).
December 16, 2002... Memphis International Airport gets more than 95 percent of its cargo from one carrier, but when that carrier is FedEx, it doesn't need any other traffic to keep its status as the world's largest cargo airport. A 44 percent jump in...

Adjusting to the 24-hour rule: companies say existing technology can be upgraded to handle data required for electronic filing. (Supply Chain Security).
December 16, 2002... Alan Rosenblatt, product director for Trade Point Systems, a Nashua, N.H., information-technology company, sums up the way the shipping industry views the new Customs Service rule that vessel manifests be filed 24 hours before cargo is loaded...

Rodriguez is calm in face of adversity; TSA director urges transportation industry to offer recommendations for national security system. (Technology).
December 16, 2002... With industry reaction to the new 24-hour notification rule and other legislation rising to higher decibel levels, the nation's top cargo security official is working hard to quell suspicions that federal oversight will strangle commerce. ...

Right on target: mass merchandiser says its security emphasis has yielded commercial benefits. (Technology).
December 16, 2002... Tim Kennedy Sr., an investigator for mass merchandiser Target Corp., says his company considers the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism to be a benefit, not a nuisance. Target, which has 1,307 stores including its flagship stores...

`It's not just a minor tweak': six Australia-New Zealand carriers hope new ships, round-the-world services will generate profitability. (Container Shipping).
December 16, 2002... Six thousand miles long and heavily dependent on refrigerated cargo requiring specialized equipment, the trade route between the U.S. and Australia and New Zealand has always been difficult for carriers. Now several of the lines serving the...

The quiet carrier: Mediterranean Shipping Co. has become the second-largest carrier in container ship capacity. (Container Shipping).
December 16, 2002... Mediterranean Shipping Co. is finally living up to its name. For years, the company relayed cargo to Italy and other Mediterranean points through Antwerp. "People would laugh and say `Mediterranean Shipping Co.? My goodness, you are not...

Insurance lifeline for port authorities: terrorism-insurance program offers coverage, but it's not a panacea. (Marine Insurance).
December 16, 2002... A radioactive "dirty bomb" slips through security at the Port of Los Angeles. An identical device is unloaded in Minneapolis after being trucked into the country from Canada. The same day, three suspected terrorists are arrested in Savannah...

With Joni Casey: president and chief executive, IANA. (Questions & Answers).
December 16, 2002... Joni Casey has been president and chief executive of the Intermodal Association of North America since 1997. She has been associated with the transportation industry for 21 years, working for Washington-based organizations representing...

World's leased container fleet, by the numbers. (Close-Up).
December 16, 2002... www.iicl.org Henry F. White Jr., president A Total of 7,221,048 TEUs, or about half of the world's container fleet, is leased, according to the calculations and annual survey of the Institute of International Container Lessors. Since...

Forwarders can't keep giving services away. (Other Voices).
December 16, 2002... After 48 years in the airfreight industry, I might be expected to say I had seen everything. But I still learn something new each day. There are no experts in this business. I started with SAS in 1955 as a warehouseman and marveled at the...

Customs' trade role won't disappear.
December 9, 2002... For those with an interest in the Customs Service being sensitive to the needs and concerns of importers, last month's creation of the Department of Homeland Security on some levels would appear to be a harsh blow. For years importers...

Radar screen.
December 9, 2002... Last month's tentative contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association will be costly for employers. How costly? The answer won't be known for at least a few months. There's little...

Correction.
December 9, 2002... Information about Precision Software in the Logistics Technology special report in the November 25-December 1 issue should read as follows: Precision Software Ltd. Chicago, Ill. www.precisionsoftware.com Telephone: 312-645-0577...

Trans-Pacific surcharge extended. (The Week).
December 9, 2002... Shipping lines that carry U.S. imports from Asia to the U.S. have extended their $300-per-FEU peak-season surcharge through Jan. 31. The extension is unusual because eastbound cargo volume in the Pacific normally tails off in late November...

Panalpina acquires stake in Luxair. (The Week).
December 9, 2002... Panalpina, the Switzerland-based forwarding and logistics company, has agreed to buy a 12.1 percent stake in Luxair, the Luxembourg-based passenger airline. Luxair operates 16 planes and has annual freight capacity of 750,000 metric tons....

24-hour rule takes effect. (The Week).
December 9, 2002... The Customs Service last week began implementing its rule requiring cargo manifests to be filed 24 hours before a ship leaves a foreign port for a U.S. port. Customs said it won't initiate enforcement actions or refuse to allow cargo to be...

Mexican trucks get US operating rights. (The Week).
December 9, 2002... Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has directed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to act on applications from Mexican trucking companies seeking to transport international cargo across the border into the U.S. The action...

China approves Hutchison terminal. (The Week).
December 9, 2002... Hutchison International Port Holdings Ltd. will expand its presence in China. The operator has won official approval of a third site at Yantian, part of the Shenzhen port complex. The project, expected to cost more than $700 million, will add...

APL adds feeder service. (The Week).
December 9, 2002... APL Ltd. has launched a weekly container feeder service linking Asia, Central America and the U.S. West Coast. The Mexico-Central America Express connects at Los Angeles with several of APL's trans-Pacific services. APL said the new feeder...

Forwarders, brokers to honor Kelly. (The Week).
December 9, 2002... New York Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, the former customs commissioner, will receive the 2003 Person of the year award from the New York/New Jersey Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association. The award will be presented at the...

EU OKs Wallenius Wilhelmsen purchase. (The Week).
December 9, 2002... European Union regulators have approved Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines' $1 billion acquisition of Hyundai Merchant Marine's car-carrier unit. The purchase was approved on the condition that Wallenius Wilhelmsen quits a rate-setting agreement with...

Free, but with a price: Free Trade Area of the Americas must navigate internal politics of 34 nations. (Cover Story).
December 9, 2002... Soon after the creation of the European Union's single market and the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement, leaders of 34 Western Hemisphere nations agreed to pursue an even bolder trade-liberalization plan. The Free Trade Area...

Bitter aftertaste: some coffee roasters agree to pay more to offset trade liberalization's negative effects. (International Business).
December 9, 2002... When price supports and import quotas for coffee were lifted in 1989, global production soared and prices plummeted. It was bad news for producers, and both good and bad news for coffee roasters. For roasters--which grind, roast and...

Sign of the times: mergers and acquisitions of niche carriers are likely to continue next year. (Special report: container shipping).
December 9, 2002... In October, German container carrier Senator Lines, which is 80 percent owned by Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co., announced it would scale back its services, including its trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific strings. In early November, the...

Waiting game: congestion, new laws force marine terminals to radically change how they operate. (Special report: container shipping).
December 9, 2002... The severe congestion that West Coast ports experienced following the 10-day employer lockout of longshoremen in September and October has convinced shippers and trucking companies that marine terminals still have innate operational...

Top 50 container carriers: U.S. imports, January-August, in TEUs. (Special report: container shipping).
December 9, 2002... U.S. imports, January-August, in TEUs 2001 2000 TEUs Rank Carrier 2001 TEUs Market 2000 TEUs Market percent share ...

Top 50 container carriers: U.S. exports, January-August, in TEUs. (Special report: container shipping).
December 9, 2002... U.S. exports, January-August, in TEUs 2001 2000 TEUs Rank Carrier 2001 TEUs Market 2000 TEUs Market percent share ...

Marching to a different drummer: TNT's expansion in US has emphasized third-party logistics. (Forwarding).
December 9, 2002... In the global sweepstakes of express carriers, TNT Express is the odd man out. Unlike rivals FedEx, United Parcel Service and Deutsche Post World Net, TNT has no U.S. domestic service and has no plans to offer one. Instead of operating its...

Coastal shipping: can it be revived? Marad is interested in providing incentives to encourage development of coastwise shipping. (Domestic Shipping).
December 9, 2002... Maritime Administrator William G. Schubert says the question is when, not if. He cites forecasts that U.S. international trade will double in 20 years, and says U.S. coastwise shipping must be developed to handle more of it. "It's not...

Special delivery: Air Canada Cargo's new AC Cool service is part of an effort to tailor services to industry-specific groups. (Air Cargo).
December 9, 2002... Rodair International, a Toronto-based air forwarder, ships significant amounts of pharmaceuticals, often to far-away places such as Angola and Cambodia. The long distances of those shipments create a logistics problem: If the cargo isn't...

With David French, chairman American Institute of Marine Underwriters. (Questions & Answers).
December 9, 2002... David French is the newly elected chairman of the AIMU, which represents 85 percent of U.S. marine-insurance underwriters. French is president of AIG's American International Marine Agency and senior vice president of global marine operations...

Report from ringside.
December 9, 2002... It was hyped as the fight of the century, a championship bout matching the challenger, Joe Miniace, against titleholder Jim Spinosa, known for his powerful left. The pre-fight publicity buildup began months before the combatants entered...

Port trucking on the hot seat.
December 2, 2002... Whether they want to or not, international logistics interests are being forced to pay more attention to port trucking. Long at the bottom of the heap in the transport Chain, port trucking is asserting itself more vocally and successfully...

Radar screen.
December 2, 2002... So far, the Customs Service's Container Security Initiative has shown a Northern-hemisphere bias. Customs has now extended the program to 15 of the 20 largest container ports that export to the U.S., but there are no CSI ports in Africa or...

4 airlines get Hong Kong cargo rights. (The Week).
December 2, 2002... 4 Airlines Get Hong Kong Cargo Rights: The U.S. Department of Transportation has granted four U.S. airlines--United Parcel Service, FedEx, Polar Air Cargo and Northwest--interim authority to launch new all-cargo services between Hong Kong and...

Hamburg-Sud acquires Ellerman services. (The Week).
December 2, 2002... Hamburg-Sud Acquires Ellerman Services: Hamburg-Sud, the German shipping company that owns Columbus Line, said it will acquire the Ellerman deep sea liner services owned by Andrew Weir Shipping in London. Terms were not disclosed. Hamburg-Sud...

Customs to hold cargo-manifest meetings. (The Week).
December 2, 2002... Customs To Hold Cargo-Manifest Meetings: The Customs Service will hold a series of meetings to hear ideas from the trade community on implementing advance electronic cargo-reporting rules for all modes of transportation. (See related article,...

CF AirFreight shuts down. (The Week).
December 2, 2002... CF AirFreight Shuts Down: CF AirFreight said it has ceased operations, less than three months after parent Consolidated Freightways Inc., the nation's third-largest less-than-truckload carrier, closed its doors and filed for bankruptcy. The...

Nafta panel to hear UPS case. (The Week).
December 2, 2002... Nafta Panel To Hear UPS Case: A North American Free Trade Agreement tribunal has ruled that it has the authority to consider allegations that Canada Post uses its mail monopoly to cross-subsidize its competitive courier operations. In April...

AIMU chief touts single marine underwriter. (The Week).
December 2, 2002... AIMU Chief Touts Single Marine Underwriter: The outgoing president of the American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU) called for the creation of a single provider of hull insurance to help strengthen the industry in the U.S. market....

CN to slash jobs. (The Week).
December 2, 2002... CN To Slash Jobs: Canadian National Railway announced plans to eliminate 1,146 jobs in a cost-cutting effort and taking two charges totaling $252 million against its earnings for severance costs and a new accounting method for U.S. personal...

Neither black nor white: contract agreed to by ILWU and PMA is not a clear-cut victory or defeat for either side. (Cover Story).
December 2, 2002... Now that the dust is beginning to settle and the terms of the proposed West Coast waterfront contract are becoming clear, it looks like longshoremen and employers each gave up a good deal and gained a good deal from the agreement. The...

Panama flak: the Panama Canal authority's aggressive move to raise tolls angers shippers and carriers. (Special report: Latin America trade and transport).
December 2, 2002... Two years after Panama took control of its famous canal from the United States, it has a lot to be pleased about. By reducing transit times and cutting the number of accidents, the Panama Canal Authority has won over its skeptics, proving...

Ports aplenty: transshipment hubs are sprouting up all over the region. Will there be enough cargo to go around? (Special report: Latin America trade and transport).
December 2, 2002... A mere seven years ago, cargo volume at Manzanillo International Terminal in Panama was a tidy 160,000 TEUs. This year, it will exceed 1 million TEUs for the second straight year. The phenomenal growth is indicative of several trends:...

Closed door to Cuba: U.S. businesses will lobby to widen opening for agricultural exports. (Special report: Latin America trade and transport).
December 2, 2002... Nearly two years ago, Beckmann-Coulter Inc.'s U.S. headquarters banned the company's German subsidiary from sending a laser analyzer to Cuba, citing the 1996 Helms-Burton Act. The California-based company even threatened to remove the...

Cargo-reporting: as clear as haze: trade symposium brings to light complexities and uncertainties of Customs' 24-hour rule. (Customs).
December 2, 2002... The Customs Service has defined the future of supply-chain security in two significant ways: The trade will provide Customs with data in advance of any import shipment, and that data will be in electronic form. "The days of presenting...

Out in the cold: Great Lakes ports covet high-growth container traffic but are unlikely to attract much of it. (Container Shipping).
December 2, 2002... Four decades after it opened, the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes navigation system remains one of the world's great engineering achievements--a 2,300-mile link between the Atlantic and North America's industrial heartland. But the...

Downside of a labor agreement: PMA-ILWU contract could eliminate some non-union jobs. (Ports).
December 2, 2002... Michael Bourgault is a veteran marine terminal planner at the Salt Lake City, Utah, office of Stevedoring Services of America. He relocated to Utah from Southern California when SSA moved its yard, rail and vessel-planning functions there in...

FMC invited to enter the fray: New York port truckers want to earn detention charges for the time spent waiting on line outside terminals. (Trucking).
December 2, 2002... Until now, truckers upset with their treatment at the hands of marine terminals have found relief principally at the state level. Case in point is the recently enacted "Lowenthal bill" in California, which imposes fines on terminals if they...