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An electronic positioning system for vessels navigating the Mississippi River. Tough new marine regu

Other railroads that want a piece of the action from the Conrail Inc. sale should go away empty-hand

CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. urged the Surface Transportation Board to reject conditions mea

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

Carefully planned job reassignments and modest work reductions are the real impact on labor from the

KN Energy Inc. is buying rival gas pipeline operator MidCon Corp. for nearly $3.5 billion from Occid

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP.Daniel M. Mazur, currently a director of planning and business develop

Rain has saturated Georgia's cotton fields to the point that farmers are harvesting into the holiday

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600per

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 234.20 up 0.19 w

A story that appeared Friday on Page 14A, headlined, ''2 top officials in North America to leave Inc

Manufacturers and distributors are saving more and more money by outsourcing, according to a study

Dec. 19, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 18, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 15, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Dec. 19, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Friday Dec. 19, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

U.S. energy and power giant, Enron Inc., says it is in the final stages of negotiations on several p

AT LEAST 100 FEARED DEADIN SUMATRA PLANE CRASHJAKARTA, Indonesia - A Singapore-owned SilkAir

Shiro Nagumo, chairman of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, or ''K'' Line, died Friday in Japan. He was 66.

Contract negotiations between the Teamsters union and major less-than-truckload carriers are under w

Great Lakes cargo carriers are steaming toward the latest in a string of record-high seasons.

Cars CarsLoaded Loaded Change Railroad Category 199

December 19: 1253

Recently the Journal of Commerce ran an article, ''Faded fleet at anchor as it awaits final fate.''

1253 (Dec. 19, 1997) Previous day - 1261The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Dec. 19, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

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

TVA REDUCED DEBTIN FISCAL 1997KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee Valley Authority, which spends $1

Farrell Lines has revived its long-closed service to India via the Suez Canal because of the roughly

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Dec. 19, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

As of Dec. 19, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Dec. 19, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 29

It's no great surprise, but it will be a disappointment to many that Lloyd's of London's reinsurance

The Mexican government recognized the first independent union in the border factories known as maqui

U.S. companies are increasingly active players in Europe's transport and distribution sector as the

A wildcat strike by over 300 owner-operators has slowed truck traffic to a trickle at the Port of Sa

Aviation talks between the United States and Japan ended Thursday with major issues still unresolved

The law firms that helped the insurance commissioner handle the legal difficulties of Golden Eagle i