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The Port of Lake Charles, La., is investing $65 million in a semiautomated terminal that port offici

Despite a gloomy outlook for worldwide shipping, the European shipping industry is consolidating its

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

Container lines may be taking cargo away from breakbulk carriers, but it's not too late for breakbul

The U.S. dollar, which lately has been getting beaten up regularly by the Japanese yen, took it on t

Over the next 18 months Aon Risk Services, the second largest insurance broker in the world, plans t

The chairman of the Central Bank of Russia, Viktor Gerashchenko, said the bank doesn't plan to lift

An Indian computer software industry group will open its first office in the Silicon Valley early ne

Trade negotiators and business leaders from Argentina and Brazil said they were satisfied with a dea

Star Shipping (USWC) Inc. has appointed Strachan Shipping Agency to perform back-room activities suc

Three years of a robust U.S. building boom has led to a shortage of core building materials, the mos

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Sampo has bought AAS Hansa Apdrosinasana of Latvia from the Estonian company Hansapanga Kindlustuse.

The Asian financial turmoil sandbagged Hong Kong's insurance sector last year. Premium growth skidde

General cargo ships are facing extinction. And one day shippers may rue their demise.A quart

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

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

Shipowners hit by spiraling fuel prices are counting on improving freight rates to offset costs, acc

The controversial nomination of Linda J. Morgan to remain on the Surface Transportation Board is mov

For many, a rise in oil prices means less cash in their wallet or, in the extreme, a canceled vacati

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

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has removed a third company from an origi

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Consolidated Freightways Inc. said it will spend $65 million to acquire new tractors, trailers and t

GATX Corp. has created a chemical logistics subsidiary in the wake of its acquisition last week of

Oct. 1, 1999 Reseller RackUNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEAD PREMIUM-UNLEAD REGULA

A proposal to harmonize weekend truck restrictions throughout the European Union appears to be stall

Stewart Information Services Corp. has acquired Cameron County Title Co. Inc. of Brownsville, Texas.

'Last time, the talks broke down. This time they're going to continue.'

Quotas on several categories of apparel goods from China, Cambodia, Macau and Singapore are likely t

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

In the first sign of a turnaround in the depressed Europe-Australia/New Zealand trade lanes, ocean c

Sept. 29, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Sept. 30, 1999CURRENT: 1243 PREVIOUS DAY: 1223 The Baltic International Freight Futures

Although the Y2K computer problem has been deemed an event that cannot be directly insured, the seco

Why would Russia's presidential front-runner, Yevgeny Primakov, be so nice to his political opponent

Industry chiefs from Brazil and Argentina, South America's powerhouse economies, pledged their backi

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Truck drivers are threatening to blockade highways across Europe next week as part of a campaign for