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Fall is typically the heaviest season for air freight forwarders, as international shippers rush the

AUSTRIA SLAMS SLOVAKIANUCLEAR PLANT ACTIVATIONVIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Viktor Klima slam

EMERY WORLDWIDERobert C. Conlon was named vice president and corporate counsel, with managem

Deanna Hedrick, international traffic manager of Sara Lee Knit Products, has some advice for other s

Mexico's chemical industry projects a 5 percent increase in production for the second quarter of 199

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Big rigs are disappearing faster than coffee at a truck stop as cargo theft replaces drug traffickin

Intrenet Inc., making good on a promise to expand its business through acquisitions, has made its se

Dan DiMaggio was named chief executive of the UPS Logistics Group, a subsidiary of United Parcel Ser

CANADIAN AGENCY MAYDELAY CP RAIL RULINGWINNIPEG, Manitoba - The Canadian Transportation Agen

Economic development and democracy are spurring trade growth in Central America.Traditional

Pressure from exporters has forced the management of the Port of Karachi in Pakistan to reduce the r

Despite a weak market for secondhand bulk vessels, recent resales of South Korean car carriers have

JACKSONVILLE PORT TO HOSTINTERMODAL CONFERENCEJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville Port Aut

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending June 1, 1998 as supplied by the bunker fuel de

Shipbrokers, shipowners and futures traders will meet Friday to discuss ways to salvage the collapsi

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893 (June 8, 1998) Previous day - 900The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

GLOSSARYGRAINS MASTER PANOS, CYP flag, built 1977, 20,000 tons corn and 5,000 tons meals, Mi

June 8, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Tsunerari ''Tony'' Tokugawa, an heir to the shogunate family that ruled Japan for several centuries,

The Asian Shipowners Forum, a group little-known in the United States whose members are subject to a

The agreements that allow ocean carriers to meet and discuss freight rates in the trans-Pacific are

President Clinton is facing overwhelming defeat in his attempts to shield Russia from sanctions as t

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

* Noon Monday - The U.S. dollar soared to a seven-year high of 140.70 yen Monday, as it became clear

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Saudi Oil Minister Ali Naimi toured key Persian Gulf countries Sunday to drum up support for a round

The fragile status of the Japanese economy and the sharp decline in commodity and oil prices will pl

Monday June 8, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 214.05 off 0.53 wh

June 8, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

As of June 8, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

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

BRIDGESTONE TO EXPANDTENNESSEE TIRE PLANTNASHVILLE - Bridgestone/Firestone, a unit of Bridge

International Petroleum ExchangeJune 5, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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Losses from logging theft in Canada amount to between 350 million to 500 million Canadian dollars (U

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