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COVER STORY

10 Too Many Trucks, Too Little Freight Companies have parked tens of thousands of trucks, but excess capacity still leaves shipping bargains.

SPECIAL REPORT: WORLD’S TOP CONTAINER PORTS

14 Terminal Waiting Game Expansion plans made during boom times at many ports now are sitting in dry dock.

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SPECIAL REPORT: U.S. GULF REPORT

58 Gulf Up for Grabs While the region’s shipping slides, Tampa’s growth suggests business is as unsettled as the Gulf’s waters.

COLUMNS

4 RECOVERY RATES

By Paul Page

40 HITS AND MISSES

By Ted Prince

53 ASSESSING THE
CUSTOMS AUDIT
By Rob Pisani and Cindy de Leon

78 A DEFLATED RECOVERY
FOR TRUCKING
By Peter Tirschwell

ADVERTORIALS

41 PORT OF BALTIMORE

DEPARTMENTS

30 GOVERNMENT WATCH
We Want Our VMT
Oregon hopes to expand a test on the
mileage tax after a pilot program shows
promise for infrastructure revenue.

A Stimulating Challenge Tight deadlines test project planners as stimulus payouts increase.

32 INTERNATIONAL MARITIME Industrial Index Signals Recovery The JoC-ECRI index turns green for the first time this year, signaling budding manufacturing confidence.

A Tighter Corridor Freight paid the way for the Alameda Corridor, but that was before container volume decreased.

54 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION Delivering Cost Cuts UPS is “chasing the market down” as it speeds up cutbacks in domestic expedited market.

Railroads’ Summertime Blues Summer once meant a surge of imports to railroads; now it’s the dog days for freight.

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