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E.W. Blanch Holdings Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income increased 11 percent to $11.6 million, while n

The European Commission has agreed on an ambitious agenda to push through all remaining electronic c

Jan. 28, 2000Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Two years after the privatization of Brazilian railways, unreliable service still hampers developmen

China's Ministry of Railways has awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to Intermec Technologies' Am

JAN. 27, 2000U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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USF Processors, a logistics division of USFreightways Corp., has added to its service agreement with

Singapore's ship registry, already the world's seventh largest, continues to grow.Hong Kong-

A South Carolina state judge issued an injunction last week that bans the International Longshoremen

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

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W. R. Berkley Corp.John D. Vollaro, president and chief operating officer, has resigned effe

South Seas Steamship Line, a unit of Hamburg-Sud, and Polynesia Line Ltd. said their coordinated ser

Theft losses are an accepted fact in the cargo business throughout the world. However, few types of

An optimistic dockworker's union at the Port of Halifax has signed a three-year contract amid predic

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Three Taiwanese life and property insurance firms have filed applications with the Minstry of Financ

China tried to reassure foreign investors over new regulations on encryption technology that could r

Delphic Shipping of Athens appointed Shipowners Assurance Management Ltd., as collecting agents for

The euro steadied around 98.5 U.S. cents Friday, after dropping decisively below parity with the dol

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. posted fourth-quarter net income of $5.6 million, down from $10.9

How complicated was the Maersk Sealand merger? So complicated that CSX Corp. is still figuring the a

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'If this can help take care of the 'bad apple' importers and restore confidence in the system, we're

The U.S. refusal to implement the cross-border trucking provisions of the North American Free Trade

Japanese industrial production fell 1.4 percent in December from November, the Ministry of Internati

Cigarette maker Japan Tobacco Inc. plans to cut its work force but declined comment on a published r

President Clinton set out a limited trade agenda for his final year in office, urging Congress in hi

U.S. citrus growers moved a step closer to cracking China's potentially lucrative market after a Chi

Most domestic business insurance stops at the water's edge, so insuring goods carried by performers

Indonesia's main seaport has started direct links to the Philippines, Hong Kong and South Korea, usi

Net income for the St. Paul Companies was $834.4 million in 1999, compared with $89.3 million in 199

Britain and the United States are on a collision course for an aviation war following the collapse o

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European maritime administrations signed an agreement to set up a central shipping safety database a

Shipper and carrier groups have agreed to try to settle conflicts over U.S. domestic shipping policy

The global economy has grown strongly but so has debate over who has benefited and who has lost in t

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For the three weeks ended Jan. 22, 2000, vs. the similar 1999 periodCARS CARSP