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So far in our payment terms saga we've seen letters of credit and sight draft vs. documents. We'll n

Shipping lines that carry U.S. imports from Asia confirmed that they will raise their rates $400 per

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

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

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

Oct. 19, 1999NO. 4/ NO. 6/ NO. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

Oct. 18, 1999PREV. CLOSE HIGH LOW VOL. CLOSEOct. 1460.0

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

For further information:These trade leads are supplied by WTCA On-Line, a service of the Wor

Tired of taking a back seat to airlines, large air-freight forwarders are seeking changes to speed t

''If'' is the new name of what will become the Nordic region's largest property/casualty insurer, a

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

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

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union in Hawaii is taking an island-by-island strike vote

At this week's annual meeting of the Council of Logistics Management, it has been standing room only

Oct. 18, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Oct. 19, 1999 Reseller RackUNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEAD PREMIUM-UNLEAD REGUL

''Wild West'' is a term used to describe doing business on the Internet. It certainly has been virgi

China Ocean Shipping Co. and Taiwan's Uniglory Marine, part of Evergreen Group, will start a new joi

Evergreen America Corp. has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that it billed trucking

Caliber Logistics Inc. is changing its name to FDX Supply Chain Services.The company said th

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Four truck rate bureaus have withdrawn a proposal to increase freight rates by 4.9 percent to 5.5 pe

It appears that the Federal Communications Commission is moving ahead with approval of the new 5.9 G

U.S. Customs says it may soon tighten enforcement of rules requiring shippers' export declarations t

Oct. 19, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Surface Transportation Board ended a protracted leasing dispute involving Norfolk Southern Corp.

Contrary to a report on Page 20 of Friday's edition (''NIT League to Marad: Approve the deal''), the

Harsco Corp., which manufactures rail maintenance equipment, said it completed the $48 million purch

Canadian Pacific Railway Co. has broken ground on an eight-mile rail line to serve a Union Carbide p

For years, China has been the world's largest magnet for foreign direct investment after the United

No longer just places to store goods, warehouses are now a significant link in the logistics chain.<

COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERSROBERT A. GLEASON JR., chairman and chief executive of

First American Title Co. has agreed to pay a $2.5 million fine for providing illegal kickbacks to re

Northwest Airlines' decision to stop carrying hazardous goods such as lithium batteries on its passe

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

Oct. 19, 1999CURRENT: 1385 PREVIOUS DAY: 1374 The Baltic International Freight Futures M

Years ago during a conference in Brussels of the World Customs Organization, I was taken by how cult

China could lower import tariffs from a current average of 15 percent to below 10 percent in the nex

The blurring between standard and nonstandard risks could hurt insurance buyers, according to a new