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To some air cargo carriers and forwarders, the peak season getting under way now promises to be like

Zurich Group is considering a proposal for the sale of Zurich Reinsurance (London) to a group of inv

Friday Sept. 4, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The International Group of Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs appears to have won a 14-month argum

America West Airlines, the nation's ninth-largest carrier, said difficult negotiations between the c

Rail- America Inc. has created a subsidiary, Ventura County Railroad Co.The subsidiary has s

The Federal Maritime Commission announced an expansion of its field representative program to includ

C. Bradley Mulholland, president and chief executive of Matson Navigation, was appointed an executiv

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 24, 1997 - Sept. 4, 1998 (a graph)*

The Commerce Department's Bureau of Export Administration imposed a $65,000 civil penalty on Syntex,

The cargo insurance market is larger and financially stronger, but overcapacity has made obtaining a

International Petroleum ExchangeSeptember 3, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The rocky road to privatization in Brazil remains just that - rocky - with last week's delayed sale

Theft is the No. 1 headache for the air cargo industry, according to experts.Only broader aw

The Senate Banking Committee delayed consideration of a financial services modernization bill last w

For the first time in the eight-year history of Russia's commercial insurance industry, premium reve

The Surface Transportation Board found that three railroads' earnings have exceeded their cost of ca

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

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsMay Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Fe

Losses of bulk carriers at sea declined last year after rising during the previous year, according t

Hurricane Earl, which swept through the Gulf of Mexico last week, was a potent reminder of nature's

The State and Treasury departments have nixed a planned summit of U.S. business executives and Cuban

With the world's exchanges still unstable, Latin America's financial leaders are worried about the d

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The energy-short Philippines could be sitting on a monster natural gas reservoir. Getting at it, how

Hong Kong will ruefully remember this year, with computer systems crashing and shipments suspended w

You don't have to be a gambler to go to Nevada these days. The guy in the seat next to you on the pl

Gerald Davies, executive vice president of marketing for Canadian National Railway, has resigned.

Sept. 4, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

As of September 3, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained fro

Thailand, with economic reforms under way, could be a beneficiary of investment funds fleeing from M

FUTURES - September 2, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - September 1, 1998All life-o

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

F&G Re, working with with Goldman Sachs and E.W. Blanch Capital Markets, has completed a $54 million

After months of corporate lobbying, a campaign to halt the spread of unilateral trade sanctions has

Amtrak said it now is handling time-sensitive freight shipments between Chicago andEastern cities fo

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 17, 1997 - Sept. 3, 1998 (a graph)*

Two longtime rivals have emerged as dominant forces in the East Coast tugboat business, extending so

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