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Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co., Japan's second-largest life insurer, said last week it is consid

Mercury Air Group Inc. said its Mercury Air Cargo Inc. unit will purchase all of South African Airwa

Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utilization within four weeks from Au

The Surface Transportation Board wants to know whether U.S. railroads are aware of any Y2K problems

Shippers eager for more freighter service to China can breath a sigh of relief.Both Federal

Swiss freight forwarder Kuehne & Nagel International AG is restructuring its European ground network

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Lykes Lines announced at the weekend that it will enter into the trans-Pacific trade next month thro

Dockworkers at the Chilean ports of Valparaiso, San Antonio, San Vicente and Antofagasta may walk of

Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater has announced new restrictions on shipping chemical oxidizers

Profitability of Lloyd's syndicates for the 1997 and 1998 underwriting years is expected to be well

American Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of American International Group of New York, has received

For the three weeks ended Aug. 14, 1999, vs. the similar 1998 periodCARS CARSPER

Researchers studying changes in the global climate may need to pay closer attention to air pollution

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

CignaDR. DENNIS CHONG was named medical director for CIGNA HealthCare's Pacific Northwest re

National accounting and consulting firm KPMG has hired a top U.S. Customs official, William F. Inch,

Aug. 20, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit that claimed the Harbor Maintenance Tax is unconstitutional

International shippers are growing more pessimistic over Asia's ability to control the rise in marin

With electronic commerce in the Asia-Pacific forecast to boom during the next four years, Singapore

A subsidiary of a Swiss bank has created the first global common encryption key to ensure the securi

Oil prices bolted to fresh highs above $21 a barrel on Friday as OPEC's determination to stick with

Mexico's Yucatan state, hoping to build on its manufacturing growth and an expanding port, has opene

Hundreds of British Airways stewardesses have been grounded after an outbreak of millennium baby fev

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

Aug. 19, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Malaysian government has approved a joint venture to develop a container terminal in southern In

The Port of Oakland, which last week won presidential approval for dredging of its channels to 50 fe

Thirty-five percent of respondents to a survey said it is acceptable for employees to stay off work

The Port of Palm Beach will get a bump in business during the upcoming fruit season as importer Nina

The Freeport Container Terminal, bidding to become a major transshipment hub, boasts the kind of sec

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Singapore regulators spelled out rules for financial reinsurance, part of the city-state's drive to

The tornado that caused an estimated $150 million in losses in downtown Salt Lake City last week may

The New York chapter of the Council of Logistics Management has formed a committee to look in to the