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Friday March 13, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The traffic-choked Union Pacific Railroad is asking other railroads to consider halting all U.S.-Mex

U.S. Customs, intensifying its campaign against illegal textile and apparel imports, has detained hu

The Surface Transportation Board put the brakes on a possible quick review of Dakota, Minnesota and

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Freight forwarders and brokers are demanding more specialized training and education to keep up with

Japan and Indonesia, both under pressure from the West, are locked in a reluctant embrace that could

A new pilots' union is sharply critical of a program that is the cornerstone of improving safety and

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March 13, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

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

March 12, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

New York Mercantile Exchange - March 11, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Apr. 25, 1997 - March 12, 1998 (a graph)

The U.S. deficit in the broadest measure of foreign trade jumped to $166.4 billion last year, the se

The imbalance of U.S. imports and exports caused by continuing financial woes in Asia is pumping new

The European battle over genetically engineered food products took a new turn this week when Swiss a

President Clinton is likely to visit China in June instead of November, in order to keep up the prog

MARCHNational Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America. March 15-19. San Antonio.

Pete Peterson, Washington's envoy to Hanoi, said he was delighted with President Clinton's decision

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International Petroleum ExchangeMarch 11, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Will the Asian financial crisis lead to a flood of unfair-trading complaints in the United States? N

March 12, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

It's out with the old and in with the new at two well-known logistics suppliers that have changed th

Massachusetts insurance regulators and Bermuda liquidators of a now insolvent General Electric Corp.

RUSSIANS EXPRESS ANGERON FREE FARMLAND SALEMOSCOW - Most Russians oppose the free sale of la

WORLD'S LARGEST FLOATINGCRANE STOPS AT HALIFAXHALIFAX - The world's largest floating crane r

HOUSE PASSES AFRICANTRADE LEGISLATIONWASHINGTON - The House of Representatives late Wednesda

What began as a series of 48-hour dock strikes in Melbourne has extended to Sydney and is threatenin

881 (March 12, 1998) Previous day - 861The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursda

'The exporters are getting royally screwed. It's a huge headache for this industry and others.'<

US REJECTS CHINA OFFERON TARIFFS FOR WTO ENTRYBEIJING - U.S. negotiators rejected a line-by-

TRAINSCP WILL DISCONTINUE41-MILE RAIL LINEWINNIPEG, Manitoba - After failing

March 12, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin has rejected a drive by the European Union's executive body for

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

The gap between eastbound and westbound rates in the Europe-Far East trade lanes is widening.

Just when traffic managers thought they could sit back and relax, news comes that they could be spie

A fleet of Amtrak express cars that had been barred from service on passenger trains that travel ove