January 2001 Features:

• 2001 Shipping Forecast
• China Trade: PNTR is here, WTO is coming, but hurdles remain
• Special Legal Lookout: The Plight of the NVOCC - Part 1 of 2
• Oil and gas industry takes center stage in New Orleans
• Disaster Averted on the Mississippi

Ocean Times:

• Nine shipping lines form web portal
• Maersk Sealand enhances South American West Coast service
• FastShip update
• APEC study will focus on international shipping
• Crowley to purchase Marine Transport Corp.

Information Terminal:

• L.A.-Long Beach Marine Exchange to enter the e-waterfront marketplace

Port Business:

• Halifax upgrades
• Port of Houston commission votes on land deals
• Imports, exports surge through Shanghai's port

Intermodal:

• Southern California peak season: Dealt with
• NAFTA report calls for Mexican trucks through U.S. border
• BNSF exceeds one million lifts at its Los Angeles intermodal facility

Vessel Technology:

• "Black box" technology lands in tugboats
• Bollinger and INCAT latest to join domestic high-speed ferry chase
• Westwood Shipping Lines installs transponders