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FUTURES - April 17, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - April 16, 1999 All life-of-contract hig

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

ou have just won the biggest export order your company has ever seen, but you don't have enough m

The International Monetary Fund's Article IV Consultation Mission to the Czech Republic said further

Financial regulators and analysts on Tuesday welcomed the surprise announcement by Daewoo Group, one

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsJan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. O

The Port of Hamburg is moving to establish itself as a key link in the logistics chain connecting Ch

The name Transportacion Maritima Mexican is synonymous throughout the Latin America trade community

Amtrak and Triple Crown Service Co., an intermodal subsidiary of Norfolk Southern Corp., have signed

Travelers Property Casualty Corp., the third-largest U.S. commercial property/casualty insurance com

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 191.16 up 1.94 whi

ith capacities of 6,000 or more 20-foot container units, today's container vessels are a far cry f

When Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. announced that it would sell its North American stacktrain business f

906 (April 20, 1999) Previous day - 887The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

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

Wayne Cook, vice president of logistics for Kodak Brasileira, faced a problem well-known to any ship

Kvaerner ASA, the Anglo-Norwegian industrial group that is selling its shipbuilding operation, said

A.M. Best Co. welcomed Monday's announcement that Lloyd's has purchased insurance for the Central Fu

April 20, 1999No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

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

COMMERCIAL QUANTITYALUMINUM INGOTS_ $1,500-$1,600per to

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The following trade leads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The leads are curr

NORTH AMERICATHE 1999 INTERNATIONAL SUPERMARKET INDUSTRY CONVENTION & EDUCATIONAL EXPOSITION

New England shippers can expect immediate improvements in inter modal service on at least two fronts

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he U.S. Export-Import Bank approved only one long-term loan in fiscal year 1998, a $68.8 million l

s chroniclers of the container industry for the past several years, we have long preached caution w

Early rains and falling interest rates are reviving the Philippines' economy, said Melito Salazar, u

Transport officials in the United States, the European Union and at international organizations ar

Japan news agencies have reported that Credit Suisse is negotiating a linkup with Japan's Chiyoda Fi

April 19, 1999This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

Asian and Latin American nations hit by fiscal crises can expect improved trade and stronger grains

as of April 20, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

s noted in last week's column, the ISO 9000 international quality assurance standard is being revi

After the Iron Curtain finally dropped, one European transport expert quipped that the old dividing

The rise of intermodal transport has changed the way that transportation companies around the world

Three Japanese drug firms said Tuesday they would merge next April to become the country's largest p

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 19, 1998 - Apr. 20, 1999 (a graph)*