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

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

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

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

June 8, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLE

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

Assicurazioni Generali SpA, Italy's largest insurance company, has begun taking applications for pay

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

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

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

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

June 8, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/ 1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 25.00

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

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

Small employers in New Jersey now can avail themselves of the same kind of loss-control strategies t

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

RISK CAPITAL HOLDINGS INC.Mindy Pollack has joined the firm's Risk Capital Reinsurance subsi

SUPER FLORAL SHOW. June 18-20. Columbus, Ohio. Contact: (602) 998-3992, fax (602) 998-7838, or e-mai

TRANSPORTATION STOCK INDEXEmons Transportation Group's stock change was incorrectly listed l

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

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

JAPANESE INSURERS TOBOOST BOND INVESTMENTSTOKYO - Japan's largest life insurers are planning

Employees are a lot less resistant to change now than they've been in the past, according to a Watso

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry sources told The Journal of Commerce that John Mabee, the former head of Golden Eagle Insur

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

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

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

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