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The discussion groups of shipping lines in the trans-Pacific trades now have a single executive.

Pakistan's Port Muhammad Bin Qasim last week berthed the largest containership it has ever handled,

The Port of Virginia's Norfolk Terminal is clucking over the taste of poultry.The Virginia P

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 3, 1997 - May 15, 1998 (a graph)* A

Canadian chicken farmers and processors joined the federal government in objecting to the United Sta

May 14, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

A conductor saw a child lying in the path of his slow-moving freight train and saved the little girl

Columbus Line has initiated legal proceedings against the International Longshore and Warehouse Unio

As of May 15, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Russia's Siberian Aluminum Group, the third-largest producer in the country, is courting Western alu

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The towboat pilot strike on inland waterways is sailing through its crucial second month much the wa

Port operations have resumed at the Port of Salvador after a crippling 10-week strike.Ocean

Trading slowed to a crawl in the foreign exchange market on Friday, as dealers found too many uncert

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

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

Miramar Mining Corp. said that it would not resume production at its high-cost Con gold mine in the

Insurance seems to be the latest of South Korea's troubled business sectors to face housecleaning an

South Africa will have to open up its markets to its neighbors to kick-start negotiations for a regi

'It was a disaster for apples moving to Indonesia this year, and that clearly had an impact, because

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 14, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

The first foreign underwriter allowed to operate in China for 50 years sees premiums there expanding

983 (May 15, 1998) Previous day - 986The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

May 15, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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

Offers to buy* STAINLESS STEEL SCRAP AND USED RAILS. No limits on quantity. Please quote bas

Friday May 15, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Trans-Pacific carriers, confident that U.S. imports from Asia will remain strong well into next year

The World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank are considering granting extra loans to help

MEXICO FORMALLY ENDSAPPLE IMPORT DISPUTEMEXICO CITY - Mexico formally ended the unfair-trade

As the United States pushes for a Free Trade Area of the Americas by 2005, it should press its tradi

HUB COMPLETES PURCHASEOF QUALITY INTERMODALLOMBARD, Ill. - The Hub Group Inc. said it had co

Union Pacific Corp. is believed to be in the final stages of arranging a spinoff of its Overnite Tra

Rising costs in Indonesia, triggered by an austerity plan, prompted some U.S. importers to look else

New Jersey would transform a closing military terminal on Upper New York Bay into a deep-water port

Bill Clinton, Fidel Castro and Nelson Mandela are the luminaries at a World Trade Organization meeti

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 223.79 up 0.69 w

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 14, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

SHIPSHOUSE LETS SENATE MAKECHANGE ON REFORM BILLWASHINGTON - In a parliament