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LOGISTICS

McIntyre succeeds Gecowets at CLM

DOT approves DHL's license

FORWARDING / NVOs

Paper SED reduction at Laredo

ACE on the clock

Rose vs. OMNI

Forwarder network, Asian style

NAAA's ‘big’ factor

Gambling on dangerous loads

NVOs on ice

NCBFAA armed with bullet rates

CaroTrans focuses in own backyard

Truck NVOs form data entry centers

7M, Computrex forge alliance

Customs issues 'scorecard'

TRANSPORT/OCEAN

Cho Yang overwhelmed by events

Mediterranean trade thrives

Kurz finds another battle

TRANSPORT/AIR

Airborne revises outlook

Emirates sees record earnings

Atlas cuts back despite solid quarter

TRANSPORT/INLAND

Reaching for a railroad renaissance

Trans-Panama railroad opens in July

STB to consider CN-WCTC merger

Short-line railroads await funding

PORTS

N.Y.-N.J.’s inland alternative

Port Everglades opens terminal

FIRST comes, shippers served

Congress defends Title XI program

SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS

CMA, Contship, Marfret expand round-the-world service ... WTSA to adopt hazardous cargo surcharge ... New World Alliance adds 4th Asia/Europe link ... Wan Hai introduces transpacific service ... South Africa/Europe consortium adds capacity

DEPARTMENTS

Comments & Letters

Shippers’ Case Law

Theodore Prince

Corporate Appointments

Service Announcements

Editorial

Transship or direct: A real choice?

The hub-and-spoke system has spread from the airline passenger industry to the cargo shipping business, as container lines expand their use of transshipment for containerized freight. In the process, are shippers losing their say in the routing of their cargoes. And are they trading off reliability at the sake of a broader range of services?

Logistics drives NYK’s transformation

President Takao Kusakari and his management team are reorganizing the Japanese shipping line to bring together its diverse units to create greater value for its customers. The company’s graceful new logo relates the "megacarrier’s emphasis on "logistics." The objective, Kusakari says "is to grow our new integrated solution business to the point of its becoming the fifth core business of  NYK,  on  top  of  liner,  bulk, logistics and passenger ships."

IOgistics’ practical focus

After more than two decades at Schneider Logistics, Larry Sur and Larry Chaplin left the company, but not their heartland roots. The two formed IOgistics, which serves a diverse clientele, ranging from the Ford Motor Co. to an industrial development firm trying to jump-start a small, Midwest town. Their approach is "high-touch, high-tech logistics," where technology creates the road map and "human relationships make change management happen."

Uncommon NVOs

Most freight forwarders want to offer their clients non-vessel-operating common carrier services, but that’s not easy to do when you’re a small operator with limited financial resources. In recent years, forwarder networks have stepped up to meet this need by developing NVO operations, which allow their members to offer freight consolidation services without the high overhead costs.