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For the three weeks ended July 24, 1999, vs. the similar 1998 periodCARS CARSPE

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

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

July 30, 1999 Reseller RackUNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEAD PREMIUM-UNLEAD REGUL

New York Life Insurance Co. has signed a basic agreement to acquire a majority interest in the belea

Crawford & Co.ARCHIE MEYERS JR. was elected chairman and chief executive, replacing Forrest

A.P. Moller Group is studying what to do with the Trans-Siberian Landbridge, a little-noticed part o

Spot price inflation rate smoothed, annualized *1999 High: 94.2 1999 Low: 86.7 1998 High:

July 29, 1999PREV. CLOSE HIGH LOW VOL. CLOSEJuly 990.0 --

Canada published its final list of European Union products against which it is retaliating as part o

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

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Ocean Group, the British global freight and logistics company that announced a large U.S. acquisitio

A federal task force that is investigating security at the nation's seaports is getting a mixed resp

'If you give them to one group, pretty soon everyone will have his hand out.'

Sentry Insurance has bought John Deere Insurance Group, the property/casualty insurance operations o

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will revise a controversial environmental report concerning dredged

Crowley American Transport and Hamburg-Sud say they are discussing the possibility of combining serv

July 29, 1999 Reseller RackUNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEAD PREMIUM-UNLEAD REGUL

July 29, 1999CURRENT: 996 PREVIOUS DAY: 987 The Baltic International Freight Futures M

U.S. exporters of grains and other food products stand to reap rapid gains in sales, according to an

On any given workday, some 13,000 trucks cross the busiest U.S.-Canada border in either direction. H

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration entered a memorandum of understanding with China to establish

The U.S. Export-Import Bank is implementing a $200 million Africa Pilot Program, effective Aug. 1, m

Kewill Systems PLC, which provides software that helps shippers choose package carriers, has bought

July 28, 1999PREV. CLOSE HIGH LOW VOL. CLOSEJuly 990.0 --

Service to former Conrail Inc. customers improved for the third consecutive week as Norfolk Southern

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The timing of Sea-Land Service Inc.'s sale of international shipping operations has put State Depart

Telxon Corp. and Yantra Corp. have entered an alliance to focus their joint efforts on using mobile

The Port of Montreal increased its container and general cargo traffic during the first half of the

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

July 29,1999NO. 4/ NO. 6/ NO. 6/ 1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 24.6

Put any two shippers in a room together and they'll compare their relationships with ocean carriers

EUROPE/MED. | AFRICA/MID EAST | INDIA/FAR EAST/AUS. |AMERICAS/CARIB. EUROPE/MEDITERRANEAN

The stalling of a planned alliance by American Airlines and British Airways will allow U.S. and Brit

Having failed to buy its way into Taiwan's insurance sector, Britain's Prudential Corp. is going the

Hartford Financial Services Group's HartRe Co. will soon open offices in Paris and Milan.In

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