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June 8, 1998This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

HONG KONG SIGNS AIRPACT WITH LUXEMBOURGHONG KONG - The government said it signed an air serv

A special mission of the World Bank has visited Poland to study the government's mining reform plan

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June 5, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

New York Mercantile Exchange - June 5, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH L

ALITALIA CARGO TO BEGINMILAN-ATLANTA SERVICEAlitalia Cargo will launch weekly freighter serv

The Coast Guard is seeking applications for membership on the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Com

Weakness in the bulk shipping, railroad and air cargo sectors helped deflate The Journal of Commerce

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'Our discussions will further enable our world-class U.S. intermodal carriers to improve their opera

EFTA, CANADA SETFREE-TRADE TALKSGENEVA - Negotiations with Canada on a free-trade agreement

A new global study has ranked the United States the world's most competitive economy after Singapore

Asia's weak economies, a slowdown in personal computer sales and an overabundance of memory chips wi

British investors are most interested in infrastructure and privatization projects in Mexico, accord

'I give you my pledge we are going to implement this merger effectively.'

OFFERS TO BUY* GSM MOBILE PRODUCTION LINE. We are seeking a European factory that can provid

A new customs division set up in Pakistan has announced plans to speed up cargo clearance at Karachi

The Mexican government has extended by one year the special tax treatment for maquiladoras, the labo

SAFECO SAYS: COME SEEUS OUT AT THE BALLPARKSEATTLE - Some companies buy field box seats. Saf

The California Assembly has passed a measure that could enable disgruntled injured workers to sue he

American International Group has come home.American International Assurance, a subsidiary of

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., after threatening a lawsuit and upping the price, has acquired the

Title insurance, long on low-tech services, is being forced to acknowledge the electronic age, indus

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The world's largest coal producer wants to become a bigger exporter, and is planning further subsidi

As of June 5, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Software manufacturers, with their double-click access to supply chains, are wrestling the steering

Central American nations are eager to join the North American Free Trade Agreement, but have been to

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With less than two years remaining before the United States hands control of the Panama Canal to the

A bulk carrier detained in the Port of Vancouver since last year is to be sold in order to pay the s

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

Tension at the Port of Santos continued as port workers in one private terminal refused to load and

Greek shipowners have extended their lead as the world's biggest shipowners.But tiny Bahamas

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

900 (June 5, 1998) Previous day - 909The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

June 5, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

GLOSSARYGRAINS TO BE NAMED, 25,000 tons, 5% wheat, Hamburg to Algeria, prompt, $13.00 fio, 5

ONGOINGSeamen's Church Institute. New York. Water Street Gallery exhibits paintings by 20 ma