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After a steep dive in business last year, cargo volume at Malaysia's main seaport is booming, with o

By filling positions mainly through union and personal referrals, Toyota Logistics Services Inc. ill

NEC Technologies Inc. awarded Emery Worldwide an exclusive contract for air freight and customs clea

Carriers moving through the Panama Canal are likely to face delays over the next two weeks.M

Manugistics Group Inc., a vendor of supply-chain planning software, has formed an alliance with HK S

The European Commission will end the worldwide ban on British beef exports on Aug. 1, European Agric

The Philippines' National Steel Corp., the country's largest steel company, may face foreclosure by

The Mexican government vowed that a tax change that would make maquiladora plants liable for income

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

If two girlfriends know that you're dating both of them, one of them is going to ask you to make a c

Swiss Re and Policy Management Systems Corp. have formed an alliance to provide services and technol

Health insurance companies operating in New Hampshire now must cover birth control prescriptions.

M.S. Carriers Inc. posted record results for the second quarter and first half of the year, as reven

Florida has charged former ValuJet maintenance contractor SabreTech Inc. with 110 counts of third-de

After softening in May and June, ocean freight rates from Asia to North America have firmed, and bar

The U.S. Customs Service said it will extend by 30 days the comment period on its proposal to revoke

July 12, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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The liner business of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines will turn a profit this year for the first time in a decad

American Freightways Corp., a leading nonunion carrier that consolidates trucking shipments in a sec

For years, U.S. companies hoping to win contracts from foreign governments have been at a significan

Glenrand Marsh Ltd. opened a branch in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, last month and said it will add anoth

Pacer International, which became a major force in intermodal freight with its recent purchase of AP

LOT Polish Airlines said it would ground all its planes on Jan. 1, 2000, to avoid millennium bug pro

Last summer this newspaper reported that Customs had claimed ''success'' in reducing port shopping.

International financial institutions have opened credit lines for $1.5 billion to Azerbaijan for 199

American Annuity Group Inc. has acquired United Teacher Associates Insurance Co. of Austin, Texas.

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If you're planning to ship goods to Sydney for next year's Olympics, you'd better acquaint yourself

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The Norasia Group is bringing in a longtime Maersk executive, Martin M. Skaanild, as president of th

The U.S. Export-Import Bank and Venezuela's Ministry of Finance signed an agreement last month that

State Farm Insurance Cos. said that storms that battered northeastern Ohio last week will cost it ab

British rail regulator Tom Winsor on Tuesday told Railtrack PLC that he is not satisfied with its pl

Nothing concentrates the mind of a shipper quite like the prospect of customs fraud.That is

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

Shippers can expect higher truck rates in the second half of 1999, industry analysts say.Reg

Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group PLC said it has offered to buy Orion Capital Corp. for $1.4 bil

Allendale Mutual Insurance Co., has merged with two other insurers and an engineering firm to become