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A proposal to impose a one-year moratorium on the 24-cent federal tax on diesel fuel is gaining bipa

The following tradeleads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The tradeleads are

Four major trade groups that represent importers will hold a possibly unprecedented ''summit'' in Wa

The Y2K bug didn't materialize, but there are other dates that could confuse computers, including th

The German government is expected to sell just over a third of Deutsche Post AG, Europe's largest po

Members of one of the British army's most colorful, decorated and fearsome contingents may get a new

One of the more controversial points raised by the use of online services for the purchase of transp

As shipping lines become more sophisticated in their use of electronic commerce, they are moving bey

'They know they've got to fix it. Otherwise, they're going to choke on their own information.'

Lykes Lines will operate an independent, twice-monthly service between the United States and Mexico,

The India-Pakistan-Bangladesh-Ceylon Conference of ocean lines is raising rates on shipments between

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

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Atlantic Container Line reported sharply lower revenue and profit in 1999, as lower freight rates an

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The dollar no longer tracks every move in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.In fact, there ha

China is sending mixed signals on its pace of financial liberalization ahead of entry to the World T

Taiwan will accept Tecro/AIT carnets for commercial samples and professional equipment, effective im

The Massachusetts Port Authority will hold a forum Thursday on the impact of the Maersk-Sea-Land mer

The Trans Atlantic Conference Agreement announced Friday that its seven carrier members have agreed

using joc chemical pricesMonday: Botanicals-Spices, Balsams-Gums, Waxes, Naval Stores.<

Here are some of the Internet services that provide load-matching and rate-quotation services:

A jury has awarded a top state senator $15.2 million in damages, deciding that his privacy had been

U.S. imports of textiles and apparel jumped by 10.3 percent, or nearly 2.7 billion square meters equ

The government's Automated Export System for processing export documents will have a new feature in

There's no shortage of companies offering load-matching and rate quotations for almost any form of t

Jim Kelly, chairman and chief executive of United Parcel Service, sees a pot of gold at the end of t

After the Export Development Corp. cut its set-up fee in half to persuade more small, first-time Can

The world's largest package delivery company is moving to cyberspace to push its claim for aviation

Union Pacific Railroad will build a $192 million intermodal rail-truck terminal near Maple Park, Ill

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A decade ago, it was uncommon to find chief executives with computers in their offices. Today, if yo

Transportation experts have seen the future of intermodalism, and it is an industry that works 24 ho

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

Feb. 25, 2000Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

FEB. 24, 2000U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

If you think consumer purchasing on the Internet is a passing fad, think again.Customers who