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This week's first-ever open bidding for oil exploration contracts in Brazil is expected to generate

Information technology is becoming a driver of logistics decisions instead of merely a facilitator,

The International Monetary Fund's proposal to sell up to 10 million ounces of gold to relieve debt i

When shippers of refrigerated commodities have a choice between rail and truck transportation, they

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Danish ocean carrier Maersk Inc. and Rail Van Inc. have created a joint venture called Maersk-Rail V

Backers of a bill to allow 97,000-pound trucks on U.S. highways are doing their best not to pick a f

Norway's Saga Petroleum has reluctantly recommended a takeover by Norwegian industrial group Norsk H

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United Parcel Service on Monday introduced devices that can collect and send package-delivery inform

The Houston Airport System plans to level its current cargo facilities at Bush Intercontinental Airp

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, marched into Britain Monday with a 6.7 billion p

India's eastern Port of Visakhapatnam plans to operate a new container berth in association with a p

The world's oil titans descended on Brazil this past weekend to take a first crack at its long-prote

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

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Bangladesh's Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), in an effort to prevent forgery of export visas and quot

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

In a move that could foreshadow radical changes in the way European shippers distribute their goods,

Foreign shipping stocks, especially those of bulk carriers, registered solid growth last week, but n

The following tradeleads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The leads are curre

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Capt. John B. ''Jack'' Hutcheon, retired terminal operations manager of Maersk Inc. for 15 years, ha

Australia seems to be the hot destination of the month, with more lines adding more services to meet

Two officials and a staff member of a longshore union local at the Port of New York and New Jersey w

State and private insurance officials in Nevada believe that employers will be able to find replacem

As of May 28, 1999Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docume

June 14, 1999This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday that the government must ''stand firm'' on its existin

Bullion prices may weaken further in the wake of Germany's decision to back the sale of up to 10 mil

The Federal Aviation Administration is reportedly investigating whether Emery Worldwide improperly s

MotivePower Industries Inc. said the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corp. ordered 50 swit

Foreign underwriters will be allowed to operate in four more cities in China, a senior official said

When the new $585 million Austin-Bergstrom International Airport opened for passenger traffic May 23

Cargo executives at Caribbean-owned airlines say predatory pricing by U.S. carriers, their own depen

French industrial economic activity should continue to increase in all sectors in the coming months,

Walt Disney Co. said talks to build a theme park in Hong Kong are still under way, though it could n

'It will take a while to get the rhythm back.'

Singapore's newest container terminal gained two more heavyweight customers, which say the facility'

Japan's Itochu Corp. won the first license to operate a captive insurer in Hong Kong, which is tryin