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The JOC calendar is a detailed listing of upcoming events in transportation and logistics, regulatio

Political observers are giving International Monetary Fund officials high marks for their ''cold tur

A man who went into cardiac arrest while flying to Los Angeles is believed to be the first person to

Nov. 25, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

Top United States and European Union officials were engaged in round-the-clock talks here late last

The name Compagnie Maritime d'Affretement in recent months has inspired a number of viewpoints from

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

Pennsylvania's legislature approved commercial insurance deregulation as part of its end-of-session

Nov. 24, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Shipowners, seeking to take advantage of bargain-basement prices, are scrambling to place orders bef

The new Commerce Department regulations will close loopholes and tighten restrictions for importers

The U.S. Customs Service, after several years of delay, has launched a system that allows customs br

The Canadian Auto Workers union wants the federal labor minister to allow it to reopen contract talk

France today will seek support from its European Union partners to kill off radical plans to deregul

United Parcel Service will reduce its use of natural paper to make its express package envelopes.

European Union regulators are investigating prices charged by airplane manufacturers Boeing Co. and

955 (November 25, 1998) Previous day - 959The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Demand from carriers and shippers for a broader range of container types may prompt increasing speci

Mexico's monthly trade deficit shot up to $818 million for October, its highest level in years.<

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

Hong Kong's October consumer prices fell 0.1 percent compared with the same month last year, a sharp

The Indian Cabinet has decided to liberalize the insurance sector, allowing foreign insurance compan

South Korea's three major container carriers sailed through the stormy seas of 1998 in much better s

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

British Airways Engineering recently announced that BAX Global will manage its supply chain logistic

In one of Europe's worst kept corporate secrets, France's Rhone-Poulenc SA and Germany's Hoechst are

Consolidation within the container leasing industry has decelerated in recent months, but industry p

This is the time when the Russian government's chickens come home to roost in the maritime industry.

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 196.41 off 0.13 w

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

New York Regional Rail Corp., whose subsidiary operates a railcar float in New York harbor, has crea

When the Italian pasta maker Delverde bought another company's pasta factory in the Italian mountain

Despite reports to the contrary, and typically conflicting official statements, Cathay Pacific Airwa

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

U.S. crude oil inventories rose almost 3 million barrels in the week ended Nov. 20, as compared with

New York Mercantile Exchange - November 24, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High L

The global electronic mail-order business will soar over the next several years, creating vast oppor

The price of a standard shipping container has plunged to near-historic lows, but that hasn't preven

Road rage and highway attacks have warmed the once-adversarial relationship between troopers and tru

Trailer Bridge Inc., which provides barge service along the U.S. East Coast and to Puerto Rico, has