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LONDON - The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Sept. 28, 1998 as supplied by the bun

975 (October 5, 1998) Previous day - 967The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Puerto Rico is pushing two initiatives that will shake up the world of air cargo.One, coming

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USS/Kobe Steel Co. is planning to dump its longtime short line Lake Terminal Railroad and switch to

Britain and the United States launched negotiations here Monday aimed at freeing up air passenger an

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

'My basic concern is that the global economy is in the grips of a huge credit crunch caused by Japan

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A leading climate expert said the global community is expected to adopt draconian licensing measures

The modest takeoff of China's first all-cargo airline in August belies possible fundamental changes

Fukuyama Transporting Co., the $2 billion transport, warehousing and financial services group, is sp

Insurers, brokers, agents and industry providers constantly introduce products and services. Their n

Gov. Pete Wilson vetoed a bill that would have required health maintenance organization medical dire

With global demand for satellites among broadcast and telecommunications companies reaching an all-t

A half-century monopoly by Canada's Teleglobe Inc. on telecommunications between Canada and overseas

Monday Oct. 5, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Oct. 2, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

India's premier oil production company appears to have managed to arrest falling output and is looki

ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORP.President Clinton has chosen Albert Jacquez, a Californ

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

Sea-Barge Line Inc., which has been in business for nearly four decades, was sold to a consortium. T

The odds against eventual reform of U.S. cruise ship legislation evened out in late September when S

China's first government-backed promotion of electronic commerce will be staged next year in Beijing

Five U.S. steel companies have launched an appeal process through Nafta of a Canadian trade ruling t

An ''unholy alliance'' between the trial bar and the medical industry is threatening to seriously da

Ship line owners have rejected seafarer unions' pay demands, the International Maritime Employers Co

Taiwan's Evergreen Group has acquired the Italian shipping company Lloyd Triestino di Navigazione Sp

The United States and Brazil appear to be headed for another round of strained maritime relations af

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 202.13 off 1.17

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsJun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. M

Canadian ports will have greater autonomy when the new Canada Marine Act takes effect in January.

Hurricane Georges caused an estimated $300 million in insured losses in Florida, the state's insuran

WILLIS CORROON GROUPThe insurance broker named several people to its subsidiary Willis Faber

DSR-Senator Lines plans to leave the Trans Atlantic Conference Agreement because of declining market

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

967 (October 2, 1998) Previous day - 959The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The Zambia Investment Center intends to facilitate the granting of investment licenses that will mak

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