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Bangladesh's Port of Chittagong is again facing severe congestion, with the waiting period for ships

South Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co. is now operating from its exclusive Kwangyang terminal on the sout

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

U.S. crude oil inventories rose less than 1 million barrels in the week ended December 18, as compar

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

Russia's Norilsk Nickel has no plans to increase nickel and copper output in 1999, officials said.

Although neither Cigna Corp. nor ACE Ltd. would confirm they have agreed to a strategic alliance, th

'This dispute is no longer about bananas; it is about respect for the multilateral trade system.'

U.S. companies now have a 40-page government handbook, crammed with specific product examples, to he

After announcing his new cabinet on Wednesday, Brazilian President Fernando Enrique Cardoso said the

Party-goers may sniff twice at the caviar on the hors d'oeuvre table this holiday season after an in

U.S. vendors of lush cashmere sweaters and designer bed linens are waiting nervously to see if the U

KLLM Transport Services Inc., an irregular-route truckload carrier, Wednesday said it expects to rep

The joint venture agreement between CP Ships and Transportacion Maritima Mexicana, announced in July

Worldwide oil exploration and production spending is set for its biggest decline in more than a deca

Wednesday Dec. 23, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners estimated revenue will be up to $44.4 million, a

Combined premium income of Malaysia's life and general insurance industry fell 2.3 percent to 7.6 bi

Turkey's Industry and Trade Minister Yalim Erez said on national television Wednesday that President

The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, include the f

German police on Tuesday detained a man who confessed to making a bomb threat on a railway station,

Dec. 23, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 189.11 up 0.83 wh

TRW Inc., an automotive supplier, reached an agreement to acquire the principal assets of Woo Jin Co

A multimodal transportation center for the Americas is being planned for a U.S. military base in Pan

Though shippers are pleased with this week's Surface Transportation Board decision that reduced thei

Dec. 23, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 19

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 22, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

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With economic turmoil to the east - in Russia and southeast Asia - Germany's high-flying export leve

The U.S.-Russia food aid deal was signed Wednesday by Russia's deputy prime minister in charge of ag

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsSept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May

A New Jersey trucker has filed a lawsuit against Evergreen America Corp., claiming the carrier bille

An overwhelming majority of carriers active in North Atlantic trade lanes has approved a proposal to

Dec. 23, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

An unhappy worker could well mean an unhappy company.That is one way to look at results of a

Terra Nova Insurance Co. has decided to get out of the marine hull and marine energy lines.N

Low water levels in the St. Lawrence River are causing some juggling of container cargoes at the Por

Talks on the privatization of Poland's second-biggest steel mill, Huta Tadeusza Sendzimira, have bee