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Christine Quigley's job involves many little details. But they add up to one big, important goal.

Three years after Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso launched a multibillion-dollar progr

The Port of New Orleans and the Army Corps of Engineers have hit another snag in their efforts to re

Though steel imports have been slowed by anti-dumping lawsuits, nearly every other breakbulk cargo c

On Jan. 1, The Journal of Commerce will begin publishing a new Industrial Materials Price Index, whi

Route Size Timecharter trip Weight $ DailyNo. 1 43,000 Contine

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

East is meeting West in a new logistics alliance that echoes a trend among Asian and European freigh

Nov. 4, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Brazilian authorities transferred four containers of nuclear waste from Sao Paulo to a U.S.-bound sh

CNA Financial Corp.'s net income for the third quarter was $29 million, compared with a net loss of

What began as tiny insurance mutuals providing property coverage for specific New England industries

Norasia Line, which entered the trans-Pacific trades this summer, plans to introduce a second Pacifi

A European court ruling that a trademark owner is entitled to obtain the name of a counterfeit goods

Nov. 4, 1999PREV.CLOSE HIGH LOW VOL. CLOSENov. 1340.

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

Nov. 5, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

When Brazilian policy-makers look back on 1999, they might want to refer to it as the Year of Living

The new millennium is almost here, and the Port of New Orleans wants to be ready.Port offici

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

FDX Corp.'s latest electronic shipping system, distributed free to larger customers, will allow them

A top official of the International Textiles and Clothing Bureau in Geneva criticized the U.S. gover

The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a civil penalty of $80,000 against a Dutch company

NOV. 5, 1999CURRENT: 1256 PREVIOUS DAY: 1251 DOLLARS/DESCRIPTION

He's careful not to say it directly, but Jose Alfredo Graca Lima is clear on what he wants Brazil no

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

'Inefficient targeting tends to penalize the guys that are compliant.'

U.S. Customs is expanding its battle against illegal textile transshipments to other countries throu

Western Hemisphere commerce ministers have laid the groundwork for an attempt to use global trade ta

Less than two months after opening a new terminal area with 12 berths, northern China's Port of Qing

Orlando Moreira said key highways linking Brazil's largest cities were ''horrible'' only a few years

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Nov. 5, 1999 Reseller RackUNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEAD PREMIUM-UNLEAD REGULA

The 18.4 percent increase in workers compensation rates recommended by the California Insurance Comm

ACE Ltd. reported net income for the third quarter at $14.8 million, compared with $13.5 million for

ter I. Keller, a former chief executive at Cast Group and vice president at Sea-Land Service Inc., w

When importers and exporters seek value-added services from freight forwarders and third-party logis

Pacer Stacktrain, part of the Pacer International group, is taking delivery of the last of 1,500 new

Nov. 5, 1999NO. 4/ NO. 6/ NO. 6/1% 1%

While changes are slowly taking place in other Brazilian ports, shippers continue to suffer from hig