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Evergreen Marine Corp. is ready to become the latest container line to add capacity to the trans-Pac

European airports are attempting to blunt the impact of rules that aim to cut the costs of handling

USF Reddaway, a regional trucking unit of USFreightways Corp., has expanded service in 125 lanes, ma

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Sleeping on the job in most companies can be grounds for termination, but in a few companies taking

With new players slowly allowed into the Chinese insurance market, China's new regulatory agency is

Assicurazioni Generali, Italy's largest insurer, has reached a partnership agreement with the Kuok G

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

arge auto manufacturers like Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp. have spent hundreds of millions of

Celadon Group Inc., a leading trucking company handling trailer-size shipments of freight between Ca

April 1, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Un

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

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

Jamaica's coffee industry, producer of world-famous Blue Mountain coffee and once a profitable $30 m

More than 80 agent and broker associations from around the world have formed an association of globa

There are many issues that concern the International Insurance Council, but the biggest is how to op

The North Dakota Senate, last week, voted down House Bill 1177, which would have exempted insurance

The peaceful stream of the Tiete river through the tranquil little town of Pederneiras is in sharp c

With its entire railway network now in private hands, Brazil is entering a new era in transportation

India lifted import restrictions on several hundred more products and simplified as importing proced

'There is a safety culture void.'

here is a distinct possibility that the European Central Bank will lower its 3 percent refinancing r

The People's Bank of China will this year end restrictions on the establishment of foreign banks' re

New York Mercantile Exchange - March 31, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

As of April 1, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

COMMERCIAL QUANTITYAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600per to

750 (April 1, 1999) Previous - 760The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays p

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

China's state-owned shipping company has asked the Federal Maritime Commission to release it from U.

As the smoke begins to clear after a very turbulent period in the supply chain management software m

John W. Snow, CSX Corp. chairman, urged officials at the ports of Baltimore and New York-New Jersey

Azerbaijan has offered an oil swap deal to Kazakstan's state oil company Kazakhoil, in a bid to boos

olivia's long-awaited truck route to the Pacific Ocean, con- necting the capital of La Paz and I

The sudden resignation last week of Paraguay's president, and the exile of a retired general, clears

April 1, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE H

Once dubbed an electoral gimmick, the government-sponsored development program called ''Brazil in Ac

Donald D. Holt, editor of The Journal of Commerce, announced his retirement and will leave in mid-Ap

Want to beef up your logistics department? Think about hir- ing a few officers fresh from the

April 1, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Missouri Central Railroad Co. is trying to revive its purchase of a rail route across Missouri by of