FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago.
In this week’s edition from the July 1980 issue, FreightWaves looks at a controversial bill that angered maritime workers.
Shipyard workers want to kill it all
Clearly dissatisfied with the final version of the maritime omnibus bill approved by the House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee, most industry and labor...
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In 1918, the U.S. Postal Service started to experiment with delivering mail by planes, even though the technology was still new. Cockpits were still open-air and passenger planes weren’t even considered yet. From 1918 to 1927, 34 airmail pilots lost their lives in accidents on the job.
Despite the risks, it was a coveted job and pilots were treated similarly to how astronauts are...
In 1918, the airplane was still a new technology, but the Postal Service set out to use it to deliver mail. The undertaking was dangerous and many pilots lost their lives.
The Smithsonian Institution’s National Postal Museum has a catalog of photographs showing what a challenging and surprising job this was. Check out some of the photos below.
Another airmail plane is...https://www.freightwaves.com/news/a-gallery-of-early-mail-delivery-by-air
The global shipping publication American Shipper launched in 1974 with the goal to serve the needs of all players involved in international shipping, providing important information to shippers, carriers and third parties.
Founded by late maritime journalist David A. Howard, the magazine began as the Florida Journal of Commerce until Howard saw a need for a national publication focused on shipping. He relaunched the publication as American Shipper in May 1974. This was decades before the...
FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line — Helping the World Keep Promises. Learn more here.
FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago.
In this week’s edition, from the July 1979 issue, FreightWaves looks at President Jimmy Carter’s signature on a bill that was long awaited by the Federal Maritime Commission but was considered a defeat for...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/carter-signed-polarizing-anti-rebating-bill-into-law-in-1979
It’s Halloween season, so what better time to look at some of the creepiest trucking routes and highways in the United States?
In this week’s episode of Tracks Through Time, Deputy Editor Brielle Jaekel and co-host Mary O’Connell tell some of the scariest legends and stories from America’s highway...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-most-haunted-us-highways
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FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago.
In this week’s edition, from the September 1978 issue, FreightWaves looks at a strong critique of new leadership at the FMC over communication and rebating.
Karl Bakke lashes out at successor
Former Federal...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/revisiting-a-pointed-criticism-of-fmc-leadership
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