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BankBoston said the spring term of its Export School will begin March 10.The program provide

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

Cargo traffic at the world's airports fell 0.5 percent in October, to 5.1 million tons, according to

Fine Air Services has added a wide-bodied L-1011 to its fleet.''This new freighter dramatica

The threat of a strike by its pilots late last fall wasn't as costly for Federal Express Corp. as th

U.S. apple and fruit exporters could benefit dramatically from the World Trade Organization's ruling

The successful privatization of India's insurance sector will depend on effective monitors such as a

Reliance National has opened an office in Barcelona. This office is a branch of Reliance National In

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

Under threat of more severe penalties, Russia apparently has agreed to temporarily suspend exports o

California Gov. Gray Davis, stopping short of saying that his state will ask the Clinton administrat

In the midst of a falling trans-Atlantic container shipping market, at least one carrier - Atlantic

All Nippon Airways has a fleet of new, big-bellied 747-400s serving five major U.S. freight gatew

ir courier companies are paying close at tention as European naions consider legis lation to com

Feb. 22, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

Global Materials Services LLC has acquired terminal operator Arrow Terminals Inc. Terms of the deal

After a brief lull, carriers and shippers have resumed sniping at each other over ship lines' plans

Union Pacific Railroad said it will not sell a long-dormant rail line across Missouri to a short-lin

Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway has extended a long-term coal transportation contract with De

More than 30,000 farmers from all 15 European Union member states demonstrated here Monday to protes

Robert Morrison, president and chief executive of the Quaker Oats Co., said the company is restructu

When measured by volume over the last five years, the world's top five container carriers have not c

Feb. 22, 1999This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

decline in heavyweight ship ments is becoming a heavy burden for some integrated air cargo carrie

Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd., looking to combat weakness in its passenger traffic, is shifting its

'There's no advantage anymore out of Montreal for U.S. Midwest outbound cargo to Europe.'

Brazilian automakers are likely to adopt some form of voluntary export quota to partner nations in t

Levi Strauss & Co., hit by poor sales of its world-famous blue jeans, said Monday it will close 11 o

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 17, 1998 - Feb. 22, 1999 (a graph)*

In the latest chapter of the national commercial lines deregulation saga, two Maryland state senator

Chevron Oil Co. has pulled four vessels from the Liberian ship registry, raising fears that other sh

ant to give the cargo bosses of many international airlines a piece of your mind? Go to Geneva next

High-water levels on the river Rhine, caused by rainfall and melting snow in Switzerland, have made

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Hong Kong's dominant container handler is adding an Indonesian outpost to its overseas portfolio - b

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

FUTURES - Feb. 19, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Feb. 18, 1999All life-of-co

British Airways has told its staff that they will be compensated if they are injured while trying to

International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 19, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 185.99 up 0.34 whi