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Less-than-truckload specialist USFreightways Corp. said it has formed USF Worldwide Logistics, a uni

RailAmerica Inc., the world's largest operator of short-line and regional railroads, reported record

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

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Orient Overseas Container Line, in a performance that its top executive calls remarkable, recovered

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A California legislative panel has begun hearings on whether to increase yearly workers compensation

The bitter relationship between the United Transportation Union and the Brotherhood of Locomotive En

A proposal to revamp the nation's export control regime by loosening restrictions and increasing fin

Many actors and directors spend their careers working for an Oscar. Last week somebody picked up 54

Louis Dreyfus Corp. has signed a long-term lease with the Port of Seattle Commission to take over op

As the annual Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway opens this month, shipping executives have one eye

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Maersk Sealand is revamping its China- Europe routes to expand capacity in line with strong economic

The world's largest producer of standard maritime containers says prices are rebounding after years

CP Ships, the container shipping subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Ltd., is exploring taking an ownersh

Twelve European airlines filed a complaint with the European Commission over Italy's plans to switch

A judge fined an Italian company found responsible for an oil spill in Sydney harbor last year more

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Hans J. Hvide, founder of Hvide Marine Inc., died on Thursday after a long illness. He was 83.

Privatizing Indonesia's container port operations is paying off, with operators of the two busiest r

'I believe private auctions will win out.'

International Finance Corp., part of the World Bank Group, will invest $21.1 million in Croatia's on

Descartes Systems, which is acquiring online transportation auction and tariff data company E-Transp

Insurer groups are decrying the Kentucky House's passage of a bill that they say would roll back man

Exporters are likely to see their waits for export licenses drop from an average of about 40 days to

Jefferson Pilot Securities, a division of Jefferson-Pilot Corp., has acquired Polaris, a New Haven,

Dexia, Europe's biggest municipal lender, agreed to buy U.S. bond insurer Financial Security Assuran

Alstom SA, First Union Rail Corp. and CSX Transportation Inc. have agreed on a deal that will provid

One of Hong Kong's oldest and largest conglomerates is teaming up with a California-based electronic

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An appeals court has rejected a challenge by Exxon Corp. on the $5 billion civil verdict resulting f

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A unit of New York-based American International Group Inc. has launched the first liability coverage

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Conservation groups have filed a federal lawsuit in Charleston, challenging a $230 million project t

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Progressive Auto Insurance, Allstate, Geico and New York Central Mutual have filed a civil lawsuit a