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Monday Dec. 21, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 18, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Dec. 21, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

'Given the broader Asian turmoil and the global economic slowdown, this year's financial crisis coul

The article headlined ''Lykes switches flags in North Atlantic, jeopardizes its government cargoes,'

A court case here is serving as a wake-up call to shipping lines, cargo consolidators and freight fo

Eleven states have been awarded second round accreditation certificates under the National Associati

Iraq's oil exports under the United Nations' oil-for-food program continued uninterrupted despite th

Italian oil group ENI said Monday it did not bid for a 2.5 percent stake in Russian gas giant Gazpro

Dec. 21, 1998This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 18, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

LONDON - The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Dec. 14, 1998 as supplied by the bunk

The slow-moving race to elect a new global trade chief was energized last Friday after France broke

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

An Amtrak passenger train carrying 199 people derailed and injured 15 passengers only four hours aft

The Georgia insurance commissioner has given insurers more flexibility in dealing with their million

NAIC also presented Guenther Ruch, the administrator of the division of regulation and enforcement i

The much-hyped, repeatedly-postponed Production Sharing Agreement between Romania's national oil com

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

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey last week authorized the construction of cargo facilitie

One of the partners in China's first all-cargo airline is putting the Boeing Co. in charge of conver

The Airforwarders Association will be taking on a new look in the new year.The group, compos

Dec. 21, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

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

813 (Dec. 21, 1998) Previous day - 820The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

FUTURES - December 18, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - December 17, 1998All life-o

Internet commerce this holiday season is little more than a modest foothill compared with the mounta

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

The United States has announced a list of European imports, representing an estimated more than $500

The unsinkable U.S. economy will weather a Senate trial of President Clinton if a settlement comes s

A dozen U.S. manufacturing and engineering shippers have reinforced their case for easing restrictio

Heavy-truck sales hit record levels in November as manufacturers prepared to celebrate the biggest y

It was a troubled week for stocks on The Journal of Commerce/Bridge Transportation Sector, as only o

Dec. 21, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 19

ans Toggweiler could hardly have picked a more exciting time to take over as presi- dent and chie

Chinese Long March 2C rockets have successfully lifted two iridium satellites made by Motorola Inc.

Atlantic Container LineAndrew J. Abbott will be promoted to chief operating officer at Atlan

Senior foreign executives posted temporarily in the United States need to pay close attention to how

f anybody is working on a transportation version of Trivial Pursuit, a question worth including woul

Ryder Public Transportation Services, an operating unit of Ryder System Inc., has completed the purc