Latest news

SWISS REINSURANCE CO.Hans Hefti was elected a principal and head of the Risk Services unit o

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 215.9 up 1.44 whic

After a seven-month fight on an Iranian gas project was settled just two weeks ago, the Clinton admi

June 1, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 29, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH LO

ROGERS & BROWNCUSTOM BROKERSPerry T. Smith was named executive vice president of the customs

Foreign exchange market updates are posted three times a day on our Internet site, http://www.joc.co

The United States has the largest pavilion at the world's premier shipping show, underlining the cou

ONGOINGSeamen's Church Institute. Ongoing. New York. Water Street Gallery exhibits paintings

ING GROUP'S NET SOARSON SALE OF 2 UNITSAMSTERDAM - ING Group's net profit grew sharply by 86

June 1, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEA

AIRPORTS POST 5.9 PERCENT GAININ FEBRUARY CARGO VOLUMECargo traffic at the world's airports

ATLAS AIRDavid Li Kwok-po joined the company's board of directors. Mr. Li is chairman and ch

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker Rate Schedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Sched

The issue of scrapping vessels: Is the scrap worth it? You may read the question two ways with diffe

941 (June 1, 1998) Previous day - 946The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

One of Singapore's oldest and largest shipbuilding firms is being taken over by a government-run ent

Finding banks or credit insurers that will accept the risk of doing business in Latin America has be

Shippers are increasingly using the Internet to track products being transported around the world. B

After Hurricane Andrew flattened a huge section of South Florida in 1992, insurers paid billions of

INSURANCE BROKER SETTLESSEXUAL HARASSMENT SUITNEW YORK - An insurance brokerage whose client

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 29, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

In an effort to lick the competition, the international freight forwarder Kuehne & Nagel AG is tryin

US RESTRICTS EXPORTSTO PAKISTAN AND INDIAWASHINGTON - The Commerce Department announced rest

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 28, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH

In another sign of trouble for Washington state apple exporters, a Mexican union has filed a complai

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 18, 1997 - May 29, 1998 (a graph)*

'Funds for port development will have to come from retained profits as budgets will continue to be b

If you happen to like statistical stuff, as we old sports fans do, it's troublesome when the people

Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.97 97 97 97 97

May 29, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEA

MEXICO, FRANCE SIGNINDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ACCORDMEXICO CITY - Mexico and France have signed a t

Miami-Dade County commissioners have given the Port of Miami a green light to expand three cruise te

Maersk Inc., one of the largest container lines in the world, has begun reorganizing its U.S. operat

After a long quiet period, exploration activity is picking up again in China's offshore oil sector.<

A group of shippers seeking changes to the Jones Act, an old law that reserves domestic shipping for

Citing higher operating costs for its lumber producers, the Canadian province of British Columbia re

Fears that Asian market turmoil would bring down the economies of Russia and Latin America gave th

It took more than three years to hammer out a structure for negotiating a Free Trade Area of the Ame

May 29, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p