Carriers' overinflated outlook?
Modest Pacific capacity cuts
'K' Line seeks more diversified fleet
Laissez-faire compliance
Hapag-Lloyd plans stock market listing
U.S. Lines II keeps it simple
Liberty takes third new bulk ship
Israel to sell state's 49% share in Zim
Aboard the Colombo Bay
Is the container load profitable?

TRANSPORT/INLAND

TMM in contempt in KCS dispute
Swift buys large Mexican carrier
U.S. loans $233M to short-lines
Pacer Int'l files equity issue statement
U.S., Canada set intermodal records
Short-lines seek approval for sale

PORTS

Maher merges terminals
Houston gets O.K. for Bayport project
NOLA opens Napoleon terminal
Alameda Corridor board extends scope
PSA terminals record 35% growth
Marine Terminals tops 6M TEUs

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Editorial

Could Kinko's put kink in FedEx?

FedEx rang in the New Year with news it had agreed to acquire Kinko's for $2.4 billion cash. The move is seen as a reaction to UPS's purchase of Mailboxes Etc. in 2002, and an attempt to compete with UPS and the U.S. Postal Service for small shippers at the retail level. However, some observers worry the purchase will dilute FedEx's parcel and freight focus .

Owens Corning builds flexibility

Three years ago, Owens Corning, squeezed by rising costs for supplies and services and falling prices for its own products in the face of global competition, decided to transform the company from top to bottom to become a more modern, lean manufacturer. Among its main priorities for transformation was the company's supply network. By the end of the year, the company said it will have eliminated about $165 million in excess costs.

U.S. agriculture sector vulnerable?

Many U.S. agricultural producers and shippers, worried the nation's prosperous agricultural sector could become a terrorist target, want the Bush administration and lawmakers on Capitol Hill to place more emphasis on preventing the introduction of agricultural pests into the country. Meanwhile, the recent mad cow scare has made shipping beef overseas even more difficult.

Reefer grief

Consumers in 2004 expect to find a wide assortment of fruits and vegetables in .their grocery stores, as well as exotic varieties of ice cream and other frozen products. If the produce or frozen goods aren't in premium condition, there's no sale. But, even as increasingly more technologically advanced refrigerated container equipment comes online, the biggest risk to perishable products continues to be human error.