American Shipper Magazine / Opinion

Staying risk management-minded

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:09:18 GMT

Prescription for pharmaceutical security

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:59:09 GMT

By Alan Spear,
U.S. director of cargo security loss control for AIG Global Marine

Participation in professional organizations has traditionally revolved around conferences or seminars put on by the organization during the year. In years past, some of these were boondoggles where more time was spent on the beach, the golf course or in the pool than in the actual meetings, but most groups have come to recognize that neither companies nor employees have the time, or the money, to spend on pleasure trips on work time.

The long U.S. recovery via exports

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:33:27 GMT

By Walter Kemmsies, chief economist, Moffatt & Nichol

Optimism is not abundant in this fifth year of recovery from the Great Recession. Employment, consumer spending, home sales and starts are past their worst points but have not yet recovered to their 2007 levels. Similarly, container volumes handled at ports, railcar volumes and truck tonnage are below their historic peak levels. Nonetheless, some types of activity like production and transportation of export commodities are at all-time highs...

Commentary: Practicing safe freight payments

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:58:55 GMT

Commentary: Transportation payment in the bank

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:30:31 GMT

Commentary: Readers reflect on Trendset meltdown

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:28:07 GMT

Commentary: What to look for in a third-party freight payer

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:00:31 GMT

Positioning for repositioning

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:53:11 GMT

Commentary: Unfairly blaming the Jones Act?

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:46:56 GMT

Commentary: Avoiding shipper seasickness

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:43:32 GMT

Complimenting CBP’s sequester response

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:46:30 GMT

Elephant in the room

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:40:03 GMT

By Tom Nightingale

The great management scholar Peter F. Drucker wisely stated, “The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.” There are two equally important sides to that statement...

Keeping up with Moore’s Law

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:55:49 GMT

Ides of March

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:07:08 GMT

Spielberg’s impact on supply chain

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:00:57 GMT

If the act of swiping photos left and right or instantly maximizing Web pages with your fingertips feels blasé, it’s probably important to point out that all these features on your mobile devices were really only brought into the public consciousness a decade ago. Call it the Minority Report effect.

Commentary: Ship pollution visible from space

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:00:42 GMT

Dealing with urbanization

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:00:23 GMT

By Walter Kemmsies, chief economist, Moffatt & Nichol

Ports have always had to contend with increasing urbanization that impacts freight moving through them. This is likely to worsen significantly given demographic trends in place.

Internal controls: Fire Prevention 101

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:00:21 GMT

By Andrea Appell, director at BPE Global

When developing the scope of your ICP, ensure that it’s focused specifically on trade-related responsibilities, yet scalable to your company’s global operations...

Commentary: DP World’s lesson to infrastructure investors

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Commentary: Panama Canal’s regional influence

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT