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

Jan. 5, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

A salvage tug has arrived in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, to help free a ship that ran aground in heavy sea

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Dec. 29, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

JANUARYCalifornia State University. January and thereafter. Transportation, logistics and re

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

Cubans living near the Port of Havana woke up Friday to the unusual sight of a large oceangoing ship

Greek officials denied that Greek warships had challenged two Turkish cargo vessels in international

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As of Jan. 2, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

STRIKE AGAIN PARALYZESSPAIN'S COAL MINE SECTORMADRID - State-owned coal mines in the norther

An outbreak of a rare strain of ''bird flu'' that is being reported in Hong Kong is not likely in th

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 230.17 off 1.36

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 2, 1998 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Jan. 2, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Jan. 2, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 29.

Will ocean freight rates stabilize in 1998, or will continuing pressure on rates lead to more merger

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 31, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High

Since the federal government began keeping records of mining deaths in 1910, 1997 was the safest yea

Jan. 2, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 24, 1997 - Jan. 2, 1998 (a graph)<

Chile is bracing for a crucial Commerce Department decision late this week on whether its salmon exp

The U.S dollar opened 1998 trading with a sharp rise on Friday, and currency traders and analysts sa

A New Jersey company has been hired to dredge a bayou channel for a new offshore facility.We

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

The call arrived Friday afternoon from the Washington public relations firm Powell Tate.''Yo

ALABAMA STATE DOCKSJACK E. RAVANDirector, chief executiveThe port call, or cry if yo

''Intermodal Transportation in Europe - Profitable Business or Illusion?''The title of a rec

Despite pulling out all the stops to win back disaffected customers, United Parcel Service may have

Shippers seem to agree on one thing about 1997: They're glad it's over.''It's been a year of

U.S. export growth, up sharply in 1997, is expected to slow down this year.A strong U.S. d

GRUPO LIBRA/NACIONALTHOMAS M. LLOYDNorth America owner's representativeAs the nation

As the dust settles on President Clinton's failure to achieve fast-track negotiating authority for a

To Mario Alfonso, fears of a Brazil-led economic slow-down in South America are to be note

After a year in which containership charter rates slipped more than 15 percent because of excess ton

For an industry that tries to squeeze three to four decades of use out of its capital, railroads sur

The Republican-controlled 105th Congress faces a daunting maritime agenda when it gets back to busi