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Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater notched another open-skies agreement last week during a visit

The spike in fuel costs this year is prompting Federal Express Corp. to consider a fuel surcharge.

For the first time in more than a year, shipping lines that carry U.S. exports to Asia are trying to

Six of the world's leading ship owners from Europe and North America, in the first major response by

The privatization of Mexico's third airport group, which counts Monterrey as its primary asset, is r

The Labor-led government plans to renationalize the country's workplace accident insurance system.

Canada's largest life insurer is moving into China in a joint venture with powerhouse China Everbrig

'International freight has no powerful lobby, so freight traffic has to wait for passenger trains.'<

United Parcel Service executives say it's been a good year for UPS in Latin America.The comp

A former president of a New Jersey aircraft parts company was sentenced to 28 months in federal pris

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

The euro is struggling to avoid another drop below parity with the U.S. dollar, analysts said.

Europe's Airbus Industrie has overtaken U.S. rival Boeing Co. this year as the world's biggest selle

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

Air cargo traffic at the world's airports increased by 7.6 percent in August to 4.7 million tons, wi

Dec. 16, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots -- per ton lots & in warehouse mi

i2 Technologies Inc., the logistics software company specializing in supply chain planning, now appe

Shippers are expected to save time and money as a result of a decision by India's customs agency to

For the three weeks ended Dec. 11, 1999, vs. the similar 1998 periodCARS CARS

The potential bill for British insurers from Kuwait Airways's loss of planes and equipment in the 19

Customs officials of the Group of 7 industrialized countries are moving closer to an agreement to sm

ROUTE SIZE TIMECHARTER TRIP WEIGHT $ DAILYNO. 1 43,000 Contine

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container units (TEUs)Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr

Dec. 17, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter intercepted a 200-foot freighter suspected of smuggling undocumented Asian

The Commerce Department has relaxed sanctions that it imposed on India last year for conducting nucl

United Parcel Service is taking an equity stake in a Hong Kong firm that provides services to help r

Lincoln National Corp. will take a fourth-quarter charge against earnings of $114 million to strengt

Underwriters Marine Services Inc. has signed an agreement to write commercial marine insurance for W

Though health-care insurance costs are projected to rise 7.5 percent in 2000, a new survey shows tha

FDX Logistics Inc., a subsidiary of FDX Corp., named Gary D. Gilbert president and chief executive o

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Asia's leading cruise line, Star Cruises PLC of Malaysia, launched a surprise $1.1 billion bid Frida

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

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

Dan Einwechter, 19 years old and burning with ambition, skipped university classes in 1975 to haul t

English, Welsh & Scottish Railway, Britain's largest freight railroad, named Philip Mengel as chief

A leading Indian trucking company is planning to offer integrated logistic services.Patel Ro

Spot price inflation rate smoothed, annualized *1999 High: 95.2 1999 Low: 86.7 1998 H