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Customs' overworked computer system buckled under again this week from the stress of processing a hu

he long-anticipated sale of APL Stacktrain Services could be moving closer to a conclusion with the

U.S. exports of agricultural products would be exempt from future economic sanctions under House leg

The Containerization and Intermodal Institute will sponsor an annual two-day conference on June 6-7

Feb. 24, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 184.66 off 1.55

FUTURES - Feb. 24, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Feb. 23, 1999All life-of-co

669 (Feb. 25, 1999) Previous - 636The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays p

The World Trade Organization's credibility may be at risk unless a decision is soon made on a new di

The Port of Kingston and its container terminal returned to normal operations on Thursday, a day aft

Schenker International Inc. is going into business with Domino's Pizza, but the transport and logist

Steel imports eased down 2.6 percent in January, Commerce Department figures show, after taking a mu

The Montreal-to-Lake Ontario and Welland Canal sections of the St. Lawrence Seaway will open for nav

Christopher Ward, chief of planning and external affairs for the Port Authority of New York and New

Gaz de France is the favorite among four bidders for a $5 billion gas development project in norther

Thursday Feb. 25, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Like their larger American counterparts, Canadian steel companies say they've been hit hard by steel

Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. and TCW Group Inc., a U.S. asset management firm, have formed an

Where cajoling, wheedling and threatening hasn't worked, the U.S. Customs Service hopes an electroni

Canadian merchandise exports in 1998 increased 7.4 percent over 1997 to reach 323.4 billion Canadian

It took a long time, but the intermodal industry has managed to calm shippers after service problems

Norfolk Southern and CSX Intermodal are finalizing plans for cnt Conrail Inc. routes, but few shippe

The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, includethe fo

Despite being in the early stages of usage, enterprise resource planning software and supply-chain m

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater and Rep. Harold Ford Jr., D-Tenn., will hold a listen

The Journal of Commerce welcomes announcements of personnel changes, upcoming events, deaths and oth

Aetna Inc.'s chief executive has sent an apology to a woman he described as a ''weeping widow'' afte

Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. and Peru's Inca Kola have made a strategic alliance to develop the Inca

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 17, 1998 - Feb. 24, 1999 (a graph)*

A prolonged currency imbalance with Brazil threatens to close the majority of Argentina's 400 auto p

Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest, R-Md., who chairs the House Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcomm

The International Monetary Fund is unhappy with the Zimbabwe government's failure to privatize its n

ACE GroupDennis Reding, president and chief executive of ACE USA, will assume the position o

Hyundai Merchant Marine and its vessel-sharing partner in the trans-Atlantic trades, Mediterranean S

Feb. 24, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

'There are inconsistencies between what the carriers say and what they apparentlydo in pract

Japan's farm chief, critical of a World Trade Organization decision against Japan for blocking fruit

Compagnie Generale Maritime, the formerly state-owned French ship line, has agreed in principle to b

Delta Air Lines has tentatively been awarded the new authority between the United States and Italy f

Cardinal Freight Carriers has boosted the pay for truck drivers by 10.8 percent, to 37 cents a mile.