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Perhaps at no time in the last 100 years have marine underwriters faced a more challenging period, d

German motor carriers, already complaining about a planned increase in fuel taxes, face the threat o

Geologistics Ltd., a subsidiary of global logistics company Geologistics Corp., will begin operation

The Journal of Commerce Stock Index jumped 2.85 percent last week to close at 4242.5, edging out the

It isn't easy being green.Green is the color of agricultural powerhouse Cargill Inc.'s corpo

Petroleos Brasileros has signed a six-year agreement to explore for oil in Cuba, the Cuban governmen

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Deutsche Bank AG and Bankers Trust Corp. said Monday that they are in the advanced stages of talks c

As of Nov 23, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

FUTURES - November 20, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - November 19, 1998All life-o

A story Monday on Page 1A with the headline ''APL's move could drive rates down in Atlantic'' should

A group of 150 public officials and maritime industry lobbyists convened by Transportation Secretary

Nov. 23, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/ 1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20.90

After a rather late and slow start, Indian customs will introduce electronic data interchange at sev

960 (November 23, 1998) Previous day - 962The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Shippers who have moved products by air to the former Soviet Union know it's still the ''Wild East.'

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 199.18 off 1.08 wh

The growing season in California is over, but this is a busy time for Able Freight, a Los Angeles fo

A study on information technology implementation within the insurance industry reveals that the focu

Trade unions are gearing up to oppose the government's opening of the insurance business to private

The long-running banana dispute between the United States and the European Union is entering an end-

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

LONDON - The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Nov. 16, 1998 as supplied by the bunk

There must be something special about shipping helicopters and their spare parts around the world.

Not even the world wide preoccupation with the Year 2000 computer problems has been able to halt s

Thomas Donohue, the colorful former president of the American Trucking Associations, is joining the

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

Union Pacific Resources Group is selling its domestic natural gas gathering, processing, pipeline an

International Petroleum ExchangeNovember 20, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Illinois Senate has passed a bill that will allow policyholder-owned insurers based in the state

Huatai Insurance Co., the first Chinese shareholding property insurer, has opened a branch in Shangh

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

A rule proposed by Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine to deregulate commercial lines wa

Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. has bought Integracomp LLC, a consulting firm specializing

The African Development Bank has approved an $18.65 million economic support loan to Ghana, from the

Global steel demand is forecast to decline by 2 percent in 1998, or 12 million tons less then 1997,

November 23, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily repres

Belgium's KBC Insurance is taking over a strategic 34 percent stake in Czech insurance company Chmel

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

U.S. companies have less than five weeks left to get ready for the euro, which will bring widespread