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U.S. ambassador to Japan Thomas Foley on Tuesday urged Japan to keep its recovery on track with macr

Hong Kong's largest container line is upgrading service in the Baltic, using the Port of Gdansk in P

This South Atlantic port has become the latest battleground in the long war between the Internationa

Spot price inflation rate smoothed, annualized *2000 High: 89.3 2000 Low: 88.4SECT

China's trade surplus shrank by a third from the previous year to $29.1 billion in 1999, according t

British Midland Airways, Britain's second-largest airline, is expected to enter the trans-Atlantic c

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

PBB Global Logistics, an integrated freight forwarder and logistics company, has acquired Global Tra

The International Air Transport Association and OceanWide.com announced that IATA will begin using C

Russia's state-owned rail system proved to be a cash cow last year that was even fatter than in 1998

Government's decision to lease the country's five international airports to private companies is bei

Nearly 100,000 workers at India's 12 major ports began an indefinite strike on Tuesday after last-mi

Most of the steel trade is financed through traditional techniques - letters of credit for riskier b

U.S. small businesses, with the help of U.S. government agencies, hope to enter the South African ma

Last month's demonstrations at the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Seattle stimul

An insurance industry coalition has raised $44 million to support a California ballot initiative tha

China's insurance regulator issued a 10-chapter volume on how it will oversee insurance firms, inclu

If French automaker Renault SA takes over Daewoo Motor Co.'s commercial vehicle unit, it could help

Indonesia's powerful bank-restructuring agency went on the offensive on Tuesday in the battle over c

Canadian officials said there was a chance the world's trading blocs could settle their deep differe

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Jan. 18, 2000CURRENT: 1478 PREVIOUS DAY: 1481DOLLARS/DESCRIPTION

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Norasia Lines plans to end its Europe-Canada-Mediterranean service in February, just 18 months after

Trucking company USFreightways Corp. said Tuesday it agreed to acquire Transport Corp. of America In

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Jan. 18, 2000This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

Jan. 14, 2000U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Chemical and pharmaceutical exporters (which account for more than half of all U.S. exports) should

Some workers' compensation insurers have found they can save time and money by automating billing an

Hong Kong's bid to staunch the flow of illegal immigrants in maritime containers appears to be payin

'Nobody came in with guns blasting. I can't point to one single carrier that came in and trashed the

Shipping lines that have centralized their customer service, sales support and documentation activit

Trucking companies of all kinds - from local drayage companies to over-the-road operators - share a

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The JOC calendar is a detailed listing of events in transportation and logistics, regulations, finan

The Alliance of American Insurers and the National Association of Independent Insurers have disconti