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After failing to get all of a 12.7 percent rail rate increase last fall, the state-owned Russian rai

Low tanker rates are pushing an increasing number of old VLCCs to the scrap yard, but not enough to

Dec. 1, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Businesses that spend money on prevention are less likely to have high rates of injuries from repeti

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

'I like it, and the people that work for me like it.'

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

With the cost of shipping by container continuing to decline, many shippers are requesting non-stand

Dec. 2, 1999NO. 4/ NO. 6/ NO. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buc

The battle for supremacy between Europe's top ports will be won not on the waterfront but deep inlan

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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

The director of the Panama Maritime Authority has been suspended while an investigation takes place

Dec. 2, 1999CURRENT: 1272 PREVIOUS DAY: 1277 DOLLARS/DESCRIPTION

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Allstate Insurance Co. plans to sell its integration services division to Computer Generated Solutio

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots $1,500-$1,600 per ton lots & in warehouse

It's been nearly four years since contracting authority for the Pentagon's ocean container shipments

Railroads have a major opportunity to recoup market share from trucking, but only if they can delive

Boeing Co. has advanced its predictions for recovery in Asian air transport demand by six months, on

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

The Renaissance Insurance Group has launched Russia's first online insurance company and e-commerce

Employers in Ontario will be paying lower premiums for workers compensation insurance next year.

The pooling of chassis among ocean carriers has expanded from an isolated program at a terminal in N

An agreement that would open the air cargo market between the United States and Britain is within re

Marsh & McLennan Cos.JEFFREY W. GREENBERG was elected chief executive officer of the company

Reliance National Brasil Seguros SA, a Sao Paulo-based affiliate of Reliance Group Holdings Inc., ha

In the context of this almost-ended millennium, the container shipping industry is a relative newcom

A resounding ''not yet'' greeted the bill introduced in October by Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., to elimi

State-owned Indian Airline, traditionally a passenger-oriented carrier, is increasing its emphasis o

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

The Journal of Insurance Regulation has established a grant program to strengthen insurance regulato

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

Heavy truck maker Navistar International Corp. said net income for the fiscal fourth quarter and ful

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When the Ocean Shipping Reform Act took effect some predicted that Montreal and Halifax would have a

It has been just over two years since the first Taiwan-operated container ship sailed uneventfully i

China Shipping Container Lines, the newest entrant to the trans-Pacific trade, brinEs its first ship

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