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U.S. Customs has given importers and retailers a double dose of textile transshipping information wi

''This is absolutely, positively wonderful for all shippers because carriers will finally have to le

The passage of maritime deregulation has made the container ship industry anxious. It has created fe

Swift Transportation Co. expects earnings for the third quarter of 1998 to exceed 34 cents a share,

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 202.07 off 0.15 wh

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

856 (October 6, 1998) Previous day - 847The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursd

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Covenant Transport Inc. has bought a southwest Arkansas truckload hauler for $10.75 million and crea

Swissair is considering payments of up to $137,000 to families of those killed in the Flight 111 cra

Professionals who specialize in Customs compliance can often feel like the Rodney Dangerfields of th

The latest effort to bring together the two rail unions that represent U.S. rail train crews has fal

A Texas state court jury assessed Chrysler Corp. $64 million in damages in a lawsuit stemming from a

After a 13-year beneficial relationship, Nationwide and Wausau found they no longer had much in comm

North American railroads expect substantial changes as ocean shipping deregulation takes hold, but c

Shortly after taking over as head of the International Monetary Fund, Michel Camdessus got into his

The Asian and Russian economic crises and low worldwide commodity prices were the reasons most often

The sign on the roadside eatery said ''Clams,'' but the customer wanted more - flounder, some scallo

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

New York Mercantile Exchange - October 5, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Oct. 5, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Frequent readers probably are wondering why I haven't mentioned any ''recommended reading'' lately.

The coming winter drilling season is expected to offer cold comfort to Canada's struggling oil and g

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSENatural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for Oct. 1998 (see Note 1

Russia's exports of platinum group metals, the main source of this year's volatility in internationa

About three dozen multinational companies will invest $9 billion in energy joint ventures in Brazil

The Customs Modernization Act, which gave life to the automated programs designed to bring the Custo

Jay Angoff resigned as state insurance commissioner after nearly six years.Mr. Angoff, 47, s

As of October 6,1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Oct. 6, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

Taiwan will purchase up to $1.15 billion worth of U.S. grain next year, officials from both countrie

DIRECT SALES8541380 INTEGRATED CIRCUITS OF STANDARD LOGICProduct data: Specification

Canadian National Railway Co. and Illinois Central Corp. have completed an agreement with the Brothe

Icelandair will begin a weekly all-cargo freighter service between Boston and Reykjavik, Iceland, be

Truckload hauler U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. has started a program to recruit drivers.With

Sony Computer Entertainment America and the U.S. Customs Service will get together today for what th

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980 (October 6, 1998) Previous day - 975The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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

Nationwide Insurance said it received more than 12,000 property damage claims from last month's Hurr