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The European steelmakers' association Eurofer has asked the European Commission to impose anti-dumpi

Cargo carriers and passenger airlines may find it harder to finance the acquisition of new aircraft

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

Japan Airlines took delivery of its 100th 747 aircraft last week in ceremonies at the Boeing Commerc

Unum Corp. is buying a Tennessee company, Provident Cos., for stock worth nearly $5 billion to creat

The Surface Transportation Board will act on the expansion of rail competition in New York City this

Integrated freight forwarder Panalpina Inc. has officially opened its Miami Mega Hub, its fourth-suc

Hans Toggweiler will take over at Danzas North America as president and chief executive next week, t

Truckload hauler OTR Express Inc. has created an intermodal logistics department.The new Sal

Corning Inc., which owns 50 percent of Deeside, North Wales-based Optical Fibres, is acquiring the r

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The Argentine government approved changes to its 55-year-old copyright law in an effort to stop pira

Sea-Land Service Inc. has withdrawn from a controversial labor arbitration case here, apparently bec

Lawmakers here, in an effort to forestall mishaps in San Juan harbor, are trying to create a commiss

Roberts Express, a subsidiary of FDX Corp., has joined the ranks of package delivery companies that

Rail workers in six European countries staged work stoppages Monday to protest proposals to make the

BAX GLOBALJoe McClelland will join this Irvine, Calif.-based transportation and logistics ma

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 16 - Nov. 23, 1998 (a graph)* Annua

Brazil's fragile economic position has grown even more delicate with the surprise resignations of th

Turkey told its government oil refinery, Tupras, to limit oil purchases from British Petroleum and A

Nov. 23, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

U.S. apple growers want the Commerce Department to conduct an anti-dumping investigation of cheap ju

Ameritrade Holding Corp. and Deutsche Bank agreed to form a joint venture in which they will let the

Sea-Land Service Inc. appears to have cashed in on favorable charter rates to acquire the massive sh

Fueled by this year's sharp fall in food production, Russia is projected to import at least 4 millio

The large trade imbalance that has filled ships coming from Asia and sent them back half empty will

As of Nov 20, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

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

November 20: 962

Running on a promise to reunify the Teamsters union under his famous family name, James P. Hoffa is

China's northeastern Port of Qingdao, one of the oldest in the country, handled 1 million 20-foot eq

Does hope spring eternal? That's the question investors in high-yield shipping bonds should be askin

Japan's second-largest shipping company, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., will merge the non-container port

Iraq has asked the United Nations Security Council for a two-month extension to the ''oil-for-food''

The European Union is re-energizing a campaign to strengthen its relatively weak position in the glo

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

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

962 (November 20, 1998) Previous day - 964The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Nikko Securities Co., Japan's third-biggest brokerage, is withdrawing from the securities brokerage