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UNITED PULLS OUT OF FRANCEBIDDING, CLEARS WAY FOR UPSUnited Airlines has withdrawn its reque

Two ports on opposite sides of the world caught their first glimpse of the world's biggest commercia

The failure of several companies in Jamaica's financial services sector has hurt other Caribbean cou

Lost in the hoopla over the record U.S. trade deficit in March was the fact that Germany's trade dat

As of May 22, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

May 22, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

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

966 (May 22, 1998) Previous day - 970The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

Let's talk about unintended consequences. At the Air Cargo Forum in Paris earlier this month, some a

MAY Seamen's Church Institute. May 22. New York. Commemoration of National Maritime Day. Contact: (2

Wide-ranging experience in key leadership posts in P&O Nedlloyd's strongest trade lane prepared Mike

May 21, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 3, 1997 - May 21, 1998 (a graph)* A

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

RECENT VESSEL SALESSale Date Vessel Year Price

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

Electronic data interchange, the basic platform for business-to-business electronic communications o

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 20, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

While the world rushes to convert millions of software lines before the year 2000, the insurance ind

A senior Commerce Department official said Wednesday that the United States remained concerned over

After monthlong talks with its labor union failed, Hyundai Motors Co. said Wednesday it will cut its

As of May 21, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Indonesian trade and banking fell victim to the political turmoil that forced President Suharto from

The Port of Savannah, Ga., will expand its container terminal space by 21 percent and its berthing a

America's outdated battleships no longer rule the waves, but they still command a lot of attention.

Eastman Kodak Co. is rolling toward summer, when camera-clicking travelers shoot the world, from Cai

With a July 20 deadline looming closer, a global trade committee has to slog through dozensof techni

Indonesia's political future remains in doubt, but analysts say its economic prospects are grimly cl

CHINA'S TAX INTAKE DROPSIN SIGN OF SLOW DEMANDSHANGHAI - A sharp fall in China's April value

An Italian insurance company with thousands of Holocaust survivors' claims unpaid since the end of W

LINCOLN NATIONAL BUYSAETNA INC. UNITNEW YORK - Aetna Inc. has agreed to sell its domestic in

Most of the dust has settled by now and the annual contracting struggle in the Trans-Pacific trade h

May 21, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLE

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

May 21, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 25.

Russia's President Boris Yeltsin and Kazakstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev failed last month to

COLUMBUS ADDS 2 SHIPSTO DOWN UNDER SERVICELOS ANGELES - Columbus Line is introducing two ves

British retail sales rose a mere 0.1 percent in April, providing further evidence of a slowdown in c

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