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Air cargo charters can indeed rescue those in need. They're also expensive, but shippers who shop wi

Karen Hanson, air export manager at forwarding giant Danzas Corp., arranges for the shipment of 40,0

How bad is it for manufacturers in Mexico?So bad that Levi Strauss de Mexico placed ads in m

MEXICO RAISES TARIFFSON CHILEAN APPLESMEXICO CITY - Mexico increased tariffs on Chilean appl

Friday May 22, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

OFFERS TO BUY* PIG IRON. Urgently seeking 1,500 metric tons of pig iron ingot, , c.i.f. Duba

In a Thursday, May 21, article on Page 1A, ''US proposal could cut trucking costs north of the borde

The ''secret to air freighting to Africa is knowing your lead time. We've found it can be five to se

May 22, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/ 1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 25.00

Officials at the Port of Anacortes in Washington approved the purchase of Curtis Wharf and also auth

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

SHIPSTWO KINGS POINTINSTRUCTORS GET AWARDSKINGS POINT, N.Y. - The U.S. Maritime Admi

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 11, 1997 - May 22, 1998 (a graph)*

'From where I sit, they're already a nuclear weapons state. I'm not so concerned if they can hit the

Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman said he was ''led to believe'' by European officials there will b

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

*May 20, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Though he accepted millions of dollars from the insurance industry when he ran for commissioner in 1

May 21, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

CSX CORP.Three executives were appointed to new positions.Thomas E. Hoppin was named senior

Builders Transport Inc., a truckload carrier based in Camden, S.C., will be charting a new commercia

In a temporary move to add capacity on routes through the Panama Canal, Maersk Line and Sea-Land Ser

Auto insurance premiums could drop by one-quarter if legislation is approved that would allow people

Some two weeks after 1,400 union members fired by Patrick Stevedore Co. won a temporary court order

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 218.57 off 0.07

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

Air freight patterns ebb and flow with international trade. Given Asia's economic woes, the trans-Pa

TELECOM STANDARDSGROUPS REACH ACCORDGENEVA - Telecommunica- tions standards organizations fr

The Cargo Truckers Association will recommend its members nationwide go on strike two days before th

Pity the European business executive. He has job security, but he's stressed out.European ex

The directors of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are boldly assuring importers that their po

The Clinton administration delayed imposing sanctions on Russian companies that sold missile technol

Africa's textile and apparel sector will be fighting more than the U.S. textile industry ifit wants

Russia has proposed a detailed market access offer in its negotiations to join the World Trade Organ

China's container-freight index is the first in a planned series of freight indexes.The week

May 22, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The ongoing consolidation of the insurance industry is proving beneficial not just to the merging co

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Depending on whom you ask, it could take Africa decades to become a world-class exporter ofmanufactu