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The international trade community is nervously watching Latin American stock and currency markets, l

BellSouth International and its partners said their Brazilian cellular business is serving 535,000 c

New York will add its first weekend departure for intermodal rail cargo moving into the interior thi

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Despite the strong economies that helped the world's largest insurance markets survive - and even th

Recognizing the dual and sometimes competing duties of the Customs Service - drug interdiction and t

Yellow Corp. will begin a program to repurchase another $25 million of its stock. The motor carrier

Sharp spikes in demand for already backlogged rail service are likely in the next several weeks if n

'As banks see markets evaporating around the world, they will be more cautious in extending credit.'

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

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

International Petroleum ExchangeSeptember 1, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The world's largest privately owned stand of ancient redwoods will be transformed into a public pres

Guardian Life Insurance Company of America will acquire Arista Insurance Co.'s entire block of group

A powerful California lawmaker has virtually single handedly killed S.B. 225, a measure that would h

Productivity at West Coast ports continues to erode despite huge investments in terminals and equipm

In a searing summer sun, Pat Lee staves off the near 100-degree heat and thinks of colder matters. H

State-owned Shipping Corp. of India has stopped calling at the Port of Calcutta indefinitely because

Frank K. Turner, a rail executive with experience operating regional railroads, was selected by a se

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

817 (September 2, 1998) Previous day - 817The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Joan Bondareff, chief counsel at the Maritime Administration, will retire on Sept. 30.A pres

The Port of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, is anticipating an increase in cargo from Uganda, following the

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 198.70 up 3.02 wh

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A prominent consulting firm's request for a court to decide if a decade-old computer software contra

Ampace Corp. has sold its Orlando, Fla., and Columbus, Ohio, operations to LinkAmerica Corp. of Tuls

Schneider Logistics Inc., the third-party logistics subsidiary of trucking company Schneider Nationa

Stevens Air Transport, a freight forwarder, has established a regional headquarters to promote sales

The Philippines may tap into a $1.4 billion standby International Monetary Fund loan after shelving

'The emperor has been exposed as having no clothes. The whole thing underneath was rotten.'

Ship fixtures are a product of Knight-Ridder Financial, TNT, the industry's only reliable source of

September 2, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily repres

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A planned pipeline to take crude oil from Chad to a port in Cameroon faces construction delays if ci

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Chinese ocean carriers are showing buoyant results in the face of regional economic uncertainty.

The American Waterways Operators said all of its members have achieved compliance with safe-operatin

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