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Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a $470 million, five-year contract with Brazilian local phone carrie

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A new U.S.-flag shipping company has been formed to carry Defense Department vehicles and household

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The Port of Calcutta, in a bid to boost traffic, is reducing wharfage rates by 20 percent to 50 perc

Two days of meetings between Turkish and U.S. trade officials failed to yieldan agreement in Turkey'

Germany's Lufthansa Cargo AG is taking steps to become an essential element of what the airline's ch

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

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QBE Group Ltd.CHRISTOPHER FISH was named vice president and controller of QBE's subsidiary,

New Holland NV on Wednesday received Chinese approval for a farm tractor plant, with production set

Huffy Corp., one of America's best-known bicycle makers, said it will stop making bicycles domestica

A federal appeals court has ruled that a container line must pay damages to longshoremen if it switc

A state court jury has slapped one of the nation's largest railroad companies with a staggering verd

John M. Birt, who was quoted in a Page 1 article on Tuesday entitled ''Different importers, differen

U.S. Export-Import Bank financing will be extended to key African nations to support improvements in

Poor construction and design may be the leading causes of damage to buildings and loss of life in th

Nonprofits' Insurance Alliance of California received a $5 million donation from the Bill and Melind

'Here is proof positive that shippers are not receiving benefits that anywhere near reflect what the

In advance of the final sale of its South America services to Hamburg-Sud, Crowley Maritime Corp. an

The St. Paul Cos. Inc. is launching a $20 million national multimedia advertising campaign.T

Four days of negotiations between the United States and China, the first in 13 months, produced no b

Forward Air Corp. has agreed to acquire the air cargo operating assets of Quick Delivery Service Inc

Key senators appear anxious to pass legislation to reauthorize the Surface Transportation Board and

The Prudential Insurance Co. of America's Group Life & Disability Insurance group signed an agreemen

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

Ernest Alicandro works in an office alongside representatives of a customs broker, a logistics compa

Color Air, a no-frills airline, closed after just over a year of trying to challenge Scandinavian

Northwest Airlines said it plans to increase rates up to 4 percent on shipments to Asia from the Mid

Sept. 27, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The authors named on the logo that ran with the Customs Update column on page 10 in the Sept. 22 edi

Information is critical to the success of your business. By now we all agree the Internet is where y

Mission Technology Inc., in San Antonio, recently found itself grappling with a brand-new challenge.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Italy's national carrier Alitalia plan to extend their alliance into a

President Joseph Estrada, seeking to replicate the modern operations of Philippine-operated terminal

As electronic commerce explodes in the U.S. market, a special conference this week at the Organizati

A procession of witnesses at a Senate hearing on Wednesday will back legislation to toughen enforcem

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