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'This might be the first time in recent memory thatanyone was discussing the service in serv

The United States opened a new set of proceedings with the World Trade Organization this week over i

The Clinton administration and Republican leaders in Congress are moving toward a comprehensive poli

Port authorities are responding with interest to this week's proposal by Sea-Land Service Inc. and M

FRITZ OPENS DISTRIBUTIONWAREHOUSE FOR EUROPETILBURG, Netherlands - Fritz Cos. said it streng

SHIPSMIAMI RENAMES PORTTO HONOR FASCELLMIAMI - The Port of Miami has a new p

CNF Transportation Inc. elected Gregory L. Quesnel as chief executive of the $5 billion transportati

The Mary Patten Valient Ship Award was awarded to the captain and crew of Crowley American Transport

Signet Cos., a player in the U.S.-flag movement of project cargo, has launched a division dedicated

This week, when the Washington Post rings the bell to power up its new press in College Park, Md., o

May 6, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 25.0

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 5, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH LOW

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

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

Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA is likely to postpone an issue of shares on the Caracas and New Y

* Noon Wednesday - The U.S. dollar rose against the Japanese yen, as Asian markets fell on news of r

Wednesday May 6, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

It's late at night and raining hard when two tires blow out, and the load in a railintermodal traile

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by less than 1 million barrels in the week ended May 1, as compa

The Brazilian nominal budget deficit has risen to 6.53 percent of gross domestic product - 58.63 bil

AUSTRALIA EXTENDS COVERFOR EXPORTERS TO KOREACANBERRA, Australia - The Australian government

It's proving a hard slog, but foreign companies are slowly carving out potentially profitable niches

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 27, 1997 - May 6, 1998 (a graph)* A

INDONESIAN STOCKS DIPAS STUDENT RIOTS CONTINUEJAKARTA, Indonesia - Jakarta stocks suffered t

Denmark's left-of-center government plans to move quickly to bring an end to a nationwide strike, Da

H.R. 10, the financial services deregulation bill, has hit a snag in the House that could delay a vo

SOUTH BOSTON GETS OKFOR FOREIGN TRADE ZONEBOSTON - The U.S. Customs Service gave final appro

There's no champagne on a ship's last voyage. Just coffee. It's the firewater of the trip.Lo

Until a few years ago, nearly all West Coast cherries exported to Asia moved as air freight.

The deepening economic crisis in South Korea has led to a record number of ship sales in the past ei

House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt said Tuesday that Democrats would not hold up funding for the

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If America's sausage manufacturers don't hurry, the Rus- sian hot dog market, Europe's larg- est,

1002 (May 6, 1998) Previous day - 998The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

Offers to buy* SILK WASTE. Seeking to buy silk waste from reliable suppliers. Contact: J.R.

A soon-to-be-released draft report from the World Trade Organization disputes panel rules in favor o

May 6, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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

MAYSeamen's Church Institute. May 8. New York. Center for Seafarer's Rights hosts round-tabl

Intermodal transportation is fundamentally about equipment - containers, ships, trains, trucks, cran