JoC Week articles from October 2002

JoC Week archives from October 2002

A consistent message.
October 28, 2002... In this issue we look back at the JoC's history, somewhat belatedly celebrating the publication's admirable 175th birthday on Sept. 1. As we describe in a 64-page special report beginning on page 26, it is a rich and colorful history, full of...

Radar screen.
October 28, 2002... If Congress passes the Port and Maritime Security Act of 2001, S. 1214, the Customs Service will be about where it wants to be in gathering advance cargo information for its Container Security Initiative. The agency soon will publish its...

Correction.
October 28, 2002... A production problem resulted in missing type in last week's page 52 chart comparing cargo handling at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. [GRAPHICS OMITTED]

Homeland Security Department may use ACE. (The Week).
October 28, 2002... Homeland Security Department May Use ACE: Customs officials say the agency's unfinished Automated Commercial Environment is being considered as the host computer system for the proposed Department of Homeland Security. Woody Hall, assistant...

EU warns Britain against open-skies talks. (The Week).
October 28, 2002... EU Warns Britain Against Open-Skies Talks: The European Union, whose highest court is expected to ban bilateral aviation agreements by EU member states. warned Britain against bilateral air-transport negotiations with the U.S. The EU's...

Evergreen completes Malaysia move. (The Week).
October 28, 2002... Evergreen Completes Malaysia Move: Evergreen has completed the shift of its regional hub from Singapore to Malaysia's nearby Port of Tanjung Pelepas. The Taiwan carrier began phasing in its use of Pelepas in late August and now makes 15 calls...

Savannah Cargo is up. (The Week).
October 28, 2002... Savannah Cargo Is Up: The Georgia Ports Authority said its Savannah terminals handled 117.357 TEUs in August, a 24 percent increase from a year earlier. The total was a record for August. In July and August, the first two months of the port's...

Waterman to revive LASH service. (The Week).
October 28, 2002... Waterman To Revive LASH Service: International Shipholding Corp. plans to revive the LASH (lighter-aboard-ship) service of its Waterman Steamship unit with a single ship. The parent company said the aftermath of Sept. 11 has boosted shipments...

Charleston reports higher volume. (The Week).
October 28, 2002... Charleston Reports Higher Volume: A surge of imports pushed the Port of Charleston's container volume up 11 percent to 409.000 TEUs during the July-September quarter. George Young, the South Carolina State Ports Authority's executive vice...

Descartes buys rest of Tradevision. (The Week).
October 28, 2002... Descartes Buys Rest Of Tradevision: Descartes Systems Group has acquired the 30 percent of Tradevision AB that Descartes did not already own. Terms were not disclosed. Descartes. which provides logistics management software and services, in...

Container ship fleet tops 3,000. (The Week).
October 28, 2002... Container Ship Fleet Tops 3,000: For the first time, more than 3.000 container ships are in service, according to London shipbroker H. Clarkson. which said the global container ship fleet soon will exceed the world's 3,400 tankers. Clarkson...

Mediterranean Shipping splits service. (The Week).
October 28, 2002... Mediterranean Shipping Splits Service: Mediterranean Shipping Co. has split its weekly service between the U.S. East Coast and the east coast of South America and the Caribbean. The new arrangement adds calls to New Orleans and Miami and four...

Port backups continue: though West Coast ports are open, shippers still face delays. (Ports).
October 28, 2002... The call that Weber Distribution received from its customer, a furniture importer in North Carolina, was one of desperation. The importer was scheduled to exhibit its new line of furniture at a trade show, but the shipment was a victim of the...

Full steam ahead on port security: Hollings bill appears set for passage despite questions on funding. (Ports).
October 28, 2002... The port and maritime security bill is kind of like distant relatives who come for a weekend and stay for a month. After a while, it's a relief to see them go. It's taken more than a year for the Port and Maritime Security Act of 2001, S....

Clouding the issue on in-house brokers: customs proposal leaves questions unanswered for brokers, importers. (Customs).
October 28, 2002... At least everyone agrees on two points: First, corporate customs compliance offices should be able to provide advice to subsidiaries and sister companies as envisioned by the 1993 Customs Modernization Act. Second, compliance officers should...

Different business, `different mentality': trucking companies have had lackluster results in forwarding. (Forwarding).
October 28, 2002... Five years ago USFreightways Corp. saw opportunity in freight forwarding. The trucking company acquired Seko Worldwide, a mid-sized domestic forwarder that became the core of USF's forwarding operation. Now USF is getting out of the...

More service via Hong Kong: bilateral US-Hong Kong agreement adds options for shippers. (Air Cargo).
October 28, 2002... If you're a U.S. importer shipping goods from China or other Asian countries, you soon will have more airfreight options. A new bilateral aviation agreement enables U.S. carriers to add dozens of flights a week between Hong Kong and countries...

Container leasing and logistics: box-leasing companies expanding beyond their traditional services. (Container Shipping).
October 28, 2002... Last year, the German shipowner Oldendorff took over Hoegh Line's Indotrans liner service, which links North America, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East. Though Oldendorff is one of the world's largest bulk-ship...

Turning back the years: from Morse to the new Millennium, The Journal of Commerce has survived because of its ability to change with the times. (Special report: 175 years of change).
October 28, 2002... "The proper way to peruse The Journal of Commerce is to be dressed in your best work-day business suit with both feet planted firmly on the floor. God intended it that way. It was not meant for fun reading. Not even its most rabid follower...

What hath God wrought! (Special report: 175 years of change).
October 28, 2002... If The Journal of Commerce was ever branded conservative, cantankerous or stubborn--and it was--those traits could be traced directly to the most famous of the publication's founders, Samuel F.B. Morse. The inventor of the Morse code was, in...

Brothers in arms: the Tappan brothers made their mark in commerce and in abolitionism. (Special report: 175 years of change).
October 28, 2002... Brothers Arthur and Lewis Tappan were successful businessmen, but commerce was never their foremost interest. They viewed making money as less important than saving souls, which is one reason they helped found The Journal of Commerce as a...

`The captives are freed': Lewis and Arthur Tappan, along with the JoC, played a leading role in freeing captive Africans. (Special report: 175 years of change).
October 28, 2002... In Hollywood's version of the 1839 mutiny aboard the Amistad slave ship and the two-year fight for the imprisoned slaves' freedom, brothers Lewis and Arthur Tappan were depicted as supporting characters in the drama. In real life, the roles...

A journalism pioneer: the JoC's David Hale was the first president of the Associated Press. (Special report: 175 years of change).
October 28, 2002... David Hale and James Gordon Bennett didn't agree on much. Bennett, publisher of the New York Morning Herald mocked the religious devotion of The Journal of Commerce business manager, calling him "Rev. Hale." But when Hale showed up at...

Why Lincoln closed the JoC: democratic-leaning paper was victim of 1864 hoax. (Special report: 175 years of change).
October 28, 2002... The Journal of Commerce, a Democratic-leaning paper that viewed the Civil War more as disruptive than necessary, was no favorite of the Lincoln administration. In 1961 the JoC ran a list of more than 100 northern newspapers that were opposed...

Birth of the Federal Reserve: panic of 1907 underscored JoC's campaign for bank reform. (Special report: 175 years of change).
October 28, 2002... Today's newspapers and television networks use many words to describe the dips and plunges in the stock market and economy, but "panic" usually is not one of them. It wasn't always so. Through much of the 19th century and into the early...

The double life of H. Parker Willis: multidimensional JoC editor had a key role in creation of the Federal Reserve System. (Special report: 175 years of change).
October 28, 2002... H. Parker Willis stayed busy. During his 29 years at The Journal of Commerce, there was rarely a moment when he was not also involved in shaping U.S. economic and banking institutions. The results of his efforts are still seen today. ...

How the JoC covered the Titanic disaster: wireless transmissions provided first word of 1912 tragedy. (Special report: 175 years of change).
October 28, 2002... In its edition of Monday, April 15, 1912, The Journal of Commerce was already preparing for the expected triumphant arrival in New York later that week of the Titanic, the newest trans-Atlantic liner vessel and the most lavish one ever built....

Revolution continues: many were slow to adapt to McLean's introduction of containerized shipping. (Special report: 175 years of change).
October 28, 2002... The revolution began quietly. On April 26, 1956, at a backwater terminal at Port Newark, N.J., a company owned by former trucker Malcom McLean loaded 58 specially strengthened truck trailers on the spar deck of the tanker Ideal X for a...

East is west, west is east: Bridges, Gleason personified their waterfront unions. (Special report: 175 years of change).
October 28, 2002... One was a gaunt, hawk-nosed Australia native; the other, a compact, peppery New York Irishman. Each was an effective leader, but in appearance, personality and operating style, Harry Bridges and Teddy Gleason were poles apart. The contrasts...

`Coffee weak on profit-taking': commodities coverage was a JoC specialty. (Special report: 175 years of change).
October 28, 2002... People used to say that if God did not like The Journal of Commerce, lie never would have invented commodities trading. For much of its history, commodities were a staple of Journal of Commerce coverage. Wheat, soybeans, potatoes, wool,...

Air cargo's foundation: some of the stubby DC-3 propeller planes are still in commercial use. (Special report: 175 years of change).
October 28, 2002... They went by several nicknames--Gooneybirds, Skytrains, Dakotas. Reliable and virtually indestructible, in 1940 they accounted for 87 percent of the commercial aircraft flying in the United States. The DC-3 and its military sibling, the...

They read it here first: how the JoC broke the news of the 1973 Arab oil embargo. (Special report: 175 years of change).
October 28, 2002... It was perhaps the greatest scoop in The Journal of Commerce's 175-year history. On Saturday, Oct. 20, 1973, as the Yom Kippur war raged, the world learned that Arab nations would be suspending the supply of oil to the United Stales. The...

The first attack: 1993 bombing didn't stop JoC. (Special report: 175 years of change).
October 28, 2002... It was shortly after noon on Friday, Feb. 26, 1993, when a loud explosion rocked the World Trade Center. Sitting at their desks on the 27th floor of Two World Trade Center, JoC staffers felt the building move. Immediately, computer screens...

175 years old, or 219? One of the JoC's predecessors dates back to 1783. (Special report: 175 years of change).
October 28, 2002... "If we had cared to `cash in' to that extent on our collateral ancestry, we could have harked back to our greatly honored and most venerable grandsire, the Independent Journal, or General Advertiser, which was published on Monday, November...

With Ed Emmett president of NIT League. (Questions & Answers).
October 28, 2002... Few individuals speak with as much authority and clout on transportation issues as Ed Emmett, who heads the nation's largest organization of transportation users, the National Industrial Transportation League. A former Republican state...

Canada's Port of Vancouver. (Close-Up).
October 28, 2002... Vancouver, British Columbia, is Canada's primary West Coast port. Despite a 1.4 percent decline in volume last year. Vancouver ranked No. 1 among Canadian ports, with 1.15 million TEUs. During the first nine months of this year, the port...

The move to just-in-case. (Other Voices).
October 28, 2002... Business, like fashion, loves fads. There was the conglomerate craze of the 1970s, the leveraged-buyout mania in the 1980s and the back-to-basics rage of the late 1990s. One little corner of the world--freight forwarding--was not immune to...

175th anniversary: 1827-2002.
October 28, 2002... New York's piers were the center of attention in 1827. They handled half of all U.S. imports, and the new Erie Canal was generating additional business. An average of four ships a day arrived in port, bringing passengers, cargo and the most...

Looking forward.
October 21, 2002... A week after the West Coast docks reopened following the 10-day lockout, they are beyond congested. Shippers are being told to pick up their cargo at the port where it was unloaded, regardless where the carrier ultimately intended to deliver...

The question of how shippers would react to the West Coast port lockout has been central to the issue of how the episode would play out politically. (Radar Screen).
October 21, 2002... The question of how shippers would react to the West Coast port lockout has been central to the issue of how the episode would play out politically. A shipper community hostile to the Pacific Maritime Association and, by extension, the...

This year's edition of the annual miscellaneous tariff bill, the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2002, H.R. 5385, includes goodies for shipowners and duty-drawback practitioners. (Radar Screen).
October 21, 2002... This year's edition of the annual miscellaneous tariff bill, the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2002, H.R. 5385, includes goodies for shipowners and duty-drawback practitioners. The "non-controversial" bill cleared the...

Shipping lines and terminal operators will incur additional costs once Congress passes port-security legislation, but until that happens, the maritime industry can't predict how high the costs will be and how the money will be raised. (Radar Screen).
October 21, 2002... Shipping lines and terminal operators will incur additional costs once Congress passes port-security legislation, but until that happens, the maritime industry can't predict how high the costs will be and how the money will be raised....

Further proof that big shippers are leading the adoption of supply-chain technology came this month when Wal-Mart announced it had endorsed a single data standard, EDIINT AS2, for communicating with all its suppliers. (Radar Screen).
October 21, 2002... Further proof that big shippers are leading the adoption of supply-chain technology came this month when Wal-Mart announced it had endorsed a single data standard, EDIINT AS2, for communicating with all its suppliers. The protocol is for...

Corrections.
October 21, 2002... The following companies were omitted or had incorrect information listed in the Directory of Logistics Providers in the Sept. 30 issue. * Maersk Logistics services that were not indicated in the directory: kitting, order management, TMS,...

Legal volleys fired in PMA-ILWU dispute. (The Week).
October 21, 2002... Legal sparring began last week in the contract dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. The ILWU filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing the PMA of...

Rate increases unlikely, Drewry says. (The Week).
October 21, 2002... Ocean carriers have little hope of any meaningful improvement in rates in the foreseeable future, Drewry Shipping Consultants said in its Annual Container Review and Forecast. The report predicts increased volatility in pricing during the...

South Florida NVOs file complaint. (The Week).
October 21, 2002... The South Florida NVOCC-NAOCC Association has filed a complaint with the Federal Maritime Commission, alleging contract and rate discrimination by the Caribbean Shipowners Association. The complaint comes as the FMC is investigating...

Backlogs grow at Asian airports. (The Week).
October 21, 2002... A combination of normal peak-season traffic and ocean freight diverted to air has led to growing backlogs of cargo at Asian airports. The diversion of ocean shipments comes from shippers struggling to find alternative means of moving their...

Slater urges renewal of TEA-21. (The Week).
October 21, 2002... Congress should act this year to reauthorize the Transportation Efficiency Act, former Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater told a trans-Pacific shipping conference last week. Slater, now a partner in the Washington lobbying firm of Patton...

Canadian shipping interests oppose fees. (The Week).
October 21, 2002... The Chamber of Maritime Commerce, which represents major North American shippers, carriers and ports, told a government panel that the industry shouldn't have to bear the cost of increased security measures. "These expenditures are being made...

Customs proposes in-house broker rules. (The Week).
October 21, 2002... The Customs Service has published a proposal to clarify the role that in-house customs brokerages may play when dealing with sister companies within the same corporation. The proposal would allow an in-house broker to assist a related company...

DHL plans ground service. (The Week).
October 21, 2002... DHL Worldwide Express plans to introduce U.S. domestic ground service during the first quarter of 2003. That would put DHL, which is controlled by Deutsche Post World Net, in position to challenge rivals FedEx and United Parcel Service on...

Next stop? Arbitration, litigation may follow carriers' move to stick shippers with West Coast lockout costs. (Cover Story).
October 21, 2002... Your container load of battery-operated rubber ducks was due in from China, just in time to become a hot seller during the holiday season. Then, on Sept. 29, you received bad news: West Coast ports were closed when management locked out...

The talk's new player. (Cover Story).
October 21, 2002... The face-off between West Coast terminal operators and longshore workers has given extraordinary national exposure to a small organization that's less than 2 years old. In the process, the West Coast Waterfront Coalition has become a...

Bonner responds on 24-hour rule. (Customs).
October 21, 2002... Customs Commissioner Robert Bonner has received strongly worded comments in opposition to his plan to require vessel manifests to be transmitted to the agency 24 hours prior to the loading of a vessel in a foreign port. But those are unlikely...

New sources and uses for data: DOT says program will allow better forecasting of intermodal growth. (Ports).
October 21, 2002... Transportation Department officials have long worried that the growth in intermodal freight traffic will outstrip the capacity of rails, roads and ports. Alleviating congestion in the intermodal system has therefore emerged as a high...

Diversity: more women taking places in international trade jobs. (Women In International Trade: Special Advertising Supplement to The Journal of Commerce).
October 21, 2002... Today's women executives in international trade share many common traits: They are bright, hard-working professionals, with great credentials. They often give credit to mentors for guidance and are blessed with the courage of their...

Just-in-case, not just-in-time: large 3PLs and integrated carriers emphasize logistics for service parts. (Logistics Strategy).
October 21, 2002... The model for logistics management of service parts is just-in-case, not just-in-time. The trick is to keep a wide range of needed parts--gearboxes for bulldozers, toners for computer printers, bar-code scanners for retail stores--in enough...

The scramble for space: port backlogs create quandary for air shippers. (Air Cargo).
October 21, 2002... Importers that source their goods in Asia are finding themselves in uncharted territory this fall for the second year in a row. Last year, it was the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, which threw the transportation system into turmoil. This year...

All quiet on the Atlantic front: executives see a typical fourth quarter of heavy imports and weak exports. (Air Cargo).
October 21, 2002... In contrast to the turmoil engulfing the trans-Pacific air-cargo market this fall, the trans-Atlantic is a sea of tranquillity. "It appears to be shaping up as a traditional fourth quarter," said Rich Denhart, a spokesman for American...

The big story: retailers picking Virginia as site for distribution centers. (Virginia World Trade).
October 21, 2002... The proliferation in distribution centers is a "big, big story," according to Linda Ford, port promotions director at the Virginia Port Authority. "it has brought cargo that is more or less captive to the port. Prior to five or six years ago,...

Positioned for success: trade conference spotlights ports, infrastructure. (Virginia World Trade: Special Advertising Supplement to The Journal of Commerce).
October 21, 2002... Trade slump? What trade slump? That might be the question asked by Virginia port officials. With most of the world mired in a global recession and international trade slowdown, Virginia's port of Hampton Roads is booming. "Year-to-date,...

Status quo: Virginia exports expected to remain flat for the year. (Virginia World Trade).
October 21, 2002... Recent growth in container throughput at Virginia's port of Hampton Roads is due largely to an increase in imports bound for inland distribution centers. However, exports are vital to long-term health of the ports and to the commonwealth's...

History in Virginia: P&O Ports is a service leader. (Virginia World Trade).
October 21, 2002... P&O Ports Virginia, Inc. prides itself as being one of the most trusted names in the Port of Hampton Roads. For more than 50 years, it has been one of the major stevedoring companies in the port, offering professional cargo handling...

With John Allan: chief executive of Exel PLC. (Questions & Answers).
October 21, 2002... John Allan has been chief executive of Bracknell, U.K.-based Exel PLC since it was formed in February 2000 by merging Ocean Group PLC and NFC PLC. The company had $6.5 billion gross revenue, inclusive of passed-on freight costs, in 200]....

Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. (Close-Up).
October 21, 2002... The adjacent ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach vie for the No. 1 position among U.S. ports in container traffic. Long Beach ranked first until 2000, when Los Angeles pulled ahead after the opening of new terminals. Last year, Los...

1971 and 2033.
October 21, 2002... As a rookie reporter, I once handed in a story describing something as unprecedented. An old editor quickly blue-penciled the adjective. He noted that after 6,000 years of recorded history, it's increasingly unlikely that anything is without...

Changing for the better.
October 14, 2002... If you've gotten this far, you probably realize, or at least suspect, that although you may not recognize this magazine, it's one that you may in fact have a subscription to and shouldn't simply toss out with your junk mail. That's a positive...

With only days before the 107th Congress adjourns, a war of words may be the last gasp for the port-security bill. (Radar Screen).
October 14, 2002... With only days before the 107th Congress adjourns, a war of words may be the last gasp for the port-security bill. Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., recently took to task Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., for holding up the Port and...

How much do International Longshore and Warehouse Union members earn? (Radar Screen).
October 14, 2002... How much do International Longshore and Warehouse Union members earn? It depends on how you figure it. Average pay for all regular Class A longshoremen during the last contract year was $82,895. That figure, however, is deflated by the...

An issue in the contract negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association has been the future of the arbitration system for deciding technology disputes. (Radar Screen).
October 14, 2002... An issue in the contract negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association has been the future of the arbitration system for deciding technology disputes. When the contract is finally...

Shippers of low-value cargoes such as wastepaper don't ask for much. (Radar Screen).
October 14, 2002... Shippers of low-value cargoes such as wastepaper don't ask for much. Some of them say that little things, such as recognition from carriers that their cargo is important, may be all that is needed to establish good relations with exporters....

Tom O'Rourke, who built the National Unaffiliated Shippers Association into a respected advocate for NUSA's diverse membership, has retired from the association and from Dryvit Systems, where he was director of transportation. (Radar Screen).
October 14, 2002... Tom O'Rourke, who built the National Unaffiliated Shippers Association into a respected advocate for NUSA's diverse membership, has retired from the association and from Dryvit Systems, where he was director of transportation. At NUSA's...

Dirk Sterckx, a member of Europe's parliament from Belgium, says European Union deregulation has been more successful for trucking than for railroads or air transport. (Radar Screen).
October 14, 2002... Dirk Sterckx, a member of Europe's parliament from Belgium, says European Union deregulation has been more successful for trucking than for railroads or air transport. A result, he said at the recent Council of Logistics Management conference...

As the recent work stoppages at West Coast ports demonstrated, U.S. retailers' international supply chains are import-oriented. (Radar Screen).
October 14, 2002... As the recent work stoppages at West Coast ports demonstrated, U.S. retailers' international supply chains are import-oriented. But as mass merchandisers move closer to saturation of U.S. markets, big retailers such as Wal-Mart and Home Depot...

Near the end of one CLM session featuring a panel discussion by several shippers, an audience member noted that none of the shippers had mentioned the need to get goods to store shelves quickly. (Radar Screen).
October 14, 2002... Near the end of one CLM session featuring a panel discussion by several shippers, an audience member noted that none of the shippers had mentioned the need to get goods to store shelves quickly. Douglas Fukushima, director of supply chain...

If you want evidence of how much the Internet retailing boom was oversold, go to Memphis. (Radar Screen).
October 14, 2002... If you want evidence of how much the Internet retailing boom was oversold, go to Memphis. Clifford Lynch, a logistics consultant based in Memphis, said a recent survey showed that the area had 25 million square feet of empty warehouse and...

The Cargo Cats, an inter-agency law enforcement unit that specialized in the recovery of stolen freight and the arrest and conviction of cargo thieves in Southern California, may be resurrected. (Radar Screen).
October 14, 2002... The Cargo Cats, an inter-agency law enforcement unit that specialized in the recovery of stolen freight and the arrest and conviction of cargo thieves in Southern California, may be resurrected. The Cargo Cats recovered millions of dollars of...

Savi Technology and OneSeal A/S have formed a joint venture that they say will produce a disposable bolt seal for containers that automatically transmits radio-frequency alerts when locking mechanisms are tampered with. (Radar Screen).
October 14, 2002... Savi Technology and OneSeal A/S have formed a joint venture that they say will produce a disposable bolt seal for containers that automatically transmits radio-frequency alerts when locking mechanisms are tampered with. The companies say the...

While the top priority for United Parcel Service in developing an intra-Asia network is gaining government rights to offer direct services between Hong Kong and its Asian and European hubs in the Philippines and Germany, the carrier is also eyeing other Asian cities. (Radar Screen).
October 14, 2002... While the top priority for United Parcel Service in developing an intra-Asia network is gaining government rights to offer direct services between Hong Kong and its Asian and European hubs in the Philippines and Germany, the carrier is also...

Correction.
October 14, 2002... An article on Page L-26 of the special report on logistics providers in the Sept. 30-Oct. 6 issue should have reported that Maersk Logistics took its current name in April 2000. Maersk Logistics, established in 1977, is owned by A.P. Moller...

Airfreight carriers add West Coast flights. (The Week).
October 14, 2002... Airfreight Carriers Add West Coast Flights: The 10-day shutdown of West Coast ports created a bonanza for air cargo carriers operating between Asia and the U.S. Carriers that added extra flights included Atlas Air, Northwest Airlines, Polar...

Crowley Logistics acquires Speed Cargo. (The Week).
October 14, 2002... Crowley Logistics Acquires Speed Cargo: Speed Cargo, a Miami-based transportation services provider, will become a division of Crowley Logistics. Crowley said Speed will continue to operate from its existing headquarters under its own...

Amendment dedicates ACE fees. (The Week).
October 14, 2002... Amendment Dedicates ACE Fees: The Senate approved an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security bill that will earmark a portion of the Merchandise Processing Fee to developing Customs' Automated Commercial Environment. The amendment...