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Ryder System Inc. has found a dark cloud inside the silver lining of new business.The Miami

Mexico's Secretariat of Communications and Transport published new rules for motor carrier licensing

A few weeks ago, I received a phone call that captured my imagination for several reasons.Fi

An import specialist for a large U.S. company is asked by his supervisor to correctly classify a hig

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container units (TEUs)Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct

Enormous savings, perhaps $1.5 billion annually, are awaiting shippers and trucking companies that c

A leading Thai policy think tank has warned that the country is lagging in development of electronic

Export credit agencies are being forced to wrestle with two seemingly conflicting objectives, accord

The California Senate has approved legislation to increase workers compensation benefits for the fir

Few shipments are more attractive to cargo thieves than consumer electronics.Consequently, t

Bulk ships, widely described as the workhorses of maritime trade, must comply with new safety rules

'The only protection a truck driver has is a CB radio, a cellular phone and his love and trust and f

Emirates Airlines today is scheduled to take delivery on the third of 18 Airbus A330-200 aircraft th

Mediterranean Shipping Co. (USA) said Tuesday that it has opened five U.S. offices to support its tr

Greek industrial production rose 3.4 percent from a year earlier in April, the National Statistics A

Only one group bid to operate the Port of Mumbai's container terminal after the port imposed strict

July 2, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

The Teamsters struck six Overnite Transportation Co. terminals Tuesday as the union turned up the he

World Trade Organization director general candidate Mike Moore called for reforms at the WTO so smal

A continuing investigation into illegal rebating in U.S. ocean shipping has generated $3.7 million i

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

West Coast longshoremen returned to work Tuesday while negotiations continued on a new contract to r

Edward A. Xaudaro, a shipping agency executive who represented carriers and protection and indemnity

A headline on Page 5 on July 1, ''Customs awards free-access contract'' should have said the contrac

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Britain's Prudential Corp. PLC will acquire Hungfu Life Insurance Co., Taiwan, for 3.3 billion New T

Taiwan's Advanced Semiconductor Engineering group said Tuesday it would acquire two semiconductor as

Strike? What strike?A nationwide call for truckers to idle their rigs to protest traffic law

A Malaysian transport company founded and run by a son of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says it pl

J.D. Edwards & Co., a business software provider, and SynQuest, which makes supply chain software, h

Canadian National Railway Co. said it will wait to sell additional branch lines until recommendation

The state of Maryland has a trade finance program that is unique in two ways.First, the prog

Chile and South Korea will decide at the next Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum meeting, to be

Britain said it will start an experiment with congestion-related tolls to deal with a worsening prob

July 6, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

July 5, 1999CURRENT: 949 PREVIOUS DAY: 955 The Baltic International Freight Fu

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