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Members of the conference committee considering the financial reform bill met last week for the seco

In at least one respect, President Clinton and American Association of Port Authorities President Ku

Two facts are known for sure about the effort to replace the harbor maintenance tax.Neither,

It didn't take long after a Maine lobster was discovered under a log in Puget Sound that e-mails del

Sea-Land Service Inc. plans to eliminate 69 of the 109 clerical positions at the terminal it operate

A few years ago, speaking to the Journal of Commerce and other newspapers in Mexico City, U.S. drug

Rail shippers remain deeply dissatisfied with the performance of CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp

A federal judge has refused to block a U.S. Customs effort to fine Pentax Corp. up to $120 million f

Ship emissions are a significant source of sulfur dioxide pollution in coastal areas, according to a

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

ROUTE SIZE TIMECHARTER TRIP WEIGHT $ DAILYNO. 1 43,000 Continent/Far E

Sept. 23, 1999PREV.CLOSE HIGH LOW VOL. CLOSESept. 1204.0 1204.0 1204

Sept. 24, 1999CURRENT: 1212 PREVIOUS DAY: 1213 The Baltic International Freight

Most major U.S. insurers have made their computer systems Year 2000-compliant and are ready for on-s

Greenfield container ports - the term for port facilities built from scratch - face a viable, compet

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

U.S. package-express companies are positioning themselves for specialized treatment in Latin America

Seasonal production upswings as well as a rebound in oil prices led Mexican exports to rise 33.4 per

RockPort Trade Systems Inc., which specializes in software that helps customers' global sourcing and

KLM Cargo, the Dutch airline, has teamed up with TCP Reliable Inc. of Edison, N.J., to offer pharmac

Hub Group Ltd. has acquired Parsons Brown & Co., Vancouver, British Columbia.The annual comm

Brazil should clear the hurdle of sanitary barriers and begin exporting fresh beef to the United Sta

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The Army Corps of Engineers will join the Port of Seattle in a dredging project that will deepen sev

Sept. 24, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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

'2015 doesn't make any sense to me and it wouldn't be acceptable to us.'

Two European insurers have approved ''fast-track'' payment of a limited number of insurance claims b

A new Web site is being promoted as a way to enable commercial insurance buyers to obtain coverage q

For the three weeks ended Sept. 18, 1999, vs. the similar 1998 periodCARS CARSPER

The maritime transportation industry knows it as the ''Harbor Maintenance Tax.'' U.S. public port au

Taking advantage of the growing demand for reasonably-priced freight transport in central Europe, th

Cuba and Britain have agreed to reschedule $27.7 million of short-term debt owed by the communist-ru

U.S. trade officials report that six countries say they may be willing to speed customs clearance of

Federal Express Corp., battered by losses in a previous effort to crack the European express-deliver

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

The Swiss, renowned for pinching francs, are complaining that the massive sums of money they spend t

The U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration received the Hammer Award from Vi