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UPS Worldwide Logistics has set up a special unit to deal with hospitals and their particular supply

In the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, before World War I, cosmopolitan Vienna was the capital

Georg Mehl is wrapping up his first year as president of the International Union of Marine Insurance

The relatively strong U.S. jobs data for August, released Friday, showed that the U.S. economy has n

Without any major catastrophes to steal their attention, cargo insurers in the United States are foc

September 4, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily repres

Devastating floods currently engulfing large portions of Bangladesh have caused an estimated direct

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Flynn Associates Insurance Marketing Inc. of Encino, Calif.,

Airlines, plagued by overcapacity on the eastbound North Atlantic cargo routes this summer, are hopi

Germany's Hamburg-Sud shipping line expects its revenue to sharply increase this year and its profit

827 (September 4, 1998) Previous day - 824The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Northwest Airlines plans to open a new cargo terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy International Ai

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If past is prologue, ocean marine insurers must brace themselves for a fall. As the Exxon Valdez dis

The graphic that appeared Friday with the story headlined ''ILA boss keeps the peace on the East Coa

As of September 4, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained fro

Sept. 3, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Hurricane Bonnie caused an estimated $360 million in damage to insured property in three states, acc

The Asian crisis is forcing air cargo carriers who serve Latin America to improve their cargo automa

Mention ''general average'' to marine insurers and you're not likely to get a hearty laugh, a rollin

Brazil, battered by nervous institutional investors fleeing emerging markets and increasingly lookin

Mitsui OSK Lines said it has established an agency subsidiary in Mexico City. As of Sept. 1, the uni

Three weeks ended Aug. 29, 1998, vs. similar 1997 periodCars Cars loaded loaded<

In a major victory for shippers, the Department of Transportation has concluded that truckers should

Strengthening Rotterdam's rail connections to Central Europe, the Dutch port and its main port opera

Air transport for international commerce has taken on growing importance for shippers. With the expl

Less than a year after the Clinton administration and local governments committed more than $400 mil

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

Hong Kong is opening up its broadcasting and telecommunications markets, a series of proposals unvei

The weak yen and Japan's sluggish economy took a toll on sales of imported automobiles in August, pu

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Falling production and shrinking supplies have sent U.S. butter prices to record heights in recent w

Canadian Air Cargo, the cargo division of Canadian Airlines, said it has responded to the Air Canada

The Indiana Rail Road Co., which is 89 percent owned by CSX, lost a bid to have the Surface Transpor

Kumtor Operating Co. had a problem.The company, located in Kyrgyzstan in the former Soviet U

Dominion Bridge Corp. shut down its two remaining shipyards in Quebec last week, after the provincia

'I don't know of any industry that can increase its costs by 14 percent and drive productivity down

Shipowners in the near future should be able to renew their protection and indemnity liability risks

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