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After several months of long delays, rail service to the Powder River Basin coal mines is beginning

The U.S. dollar was mixed in quiet trading Monday, rising against the Deutsche mark and slipping aga

Boeing Co. said Monday that state-owned Olympic Airways of Greece had ordered eight next-generation

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

U.S. importers fired one last shot this year at the U.S. government for not moving quickly enough to

A new federal partnership is expected to bring more funds to communities along New York's Erie Canal

Dec. 29, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

A California audit finds that state agencies have been spending millions of dollars on costly privat

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 234.00 up 0.12

Scandal has rocked the $1 billion Oklahoma State Insurance Fund, with 10 people indicted on charges

Eastern Europe is the rough-and-tumble Wild West of today's European logistics business: ambitious f

Asia's economic woes are expected to cut into increasing exports of U.S. farm goods to that region,

More than $750,000 has flowed into the general fund of New York state from fines and penalties paid

A trio of factors - Asia's troubles, reduced trading hours and the Christmas holidays - forced The J

JAPANESE FIRM TO FUNDINDIAN REFINERY PROJECTTOKYO - Nissho Iwai Corp. will put up roughly $2

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Dec. 24, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 26, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

INSURANCE BROADCAST SYSTEMMechlin D. Moore, former president and chairman of the Insurance I

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 29, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

LLOYD'S SEES THOUSANDSOF NAMES QUITTING SECTORLONDON - More than 2,000 of the wealthy indivi

FLORIDA'S PORT MANATEEENJOYS EXCELLENT YEARPALMETTO, Fla. - Florida's Port Manatee registere

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

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TURKEY, TURKMENISTANSIGN GAS DEALANKARA, Turkey - Turkey Sunday signed a multibillion dollar

Monday Dec. 29, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

'Shipping people know they can work in logistics and get a 15 percent to 20 percent bumpin s

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

December 17: 1229

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

China says it will make another effort to revamp its huge but money-losing textile sector, a move ce

As painful as it was for shippers and carriers, the severe congestion that plagued Los Angeles-Long

Parliament passed a financial reform package Monday, hoping to shore up international confidence in

NEC TO CUT WORK FORCEBY 1,000 AT US UNITTOKYO - Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp. will cu

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

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

Dec. 29, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Some of the strongest and most innovative growth in air cargo will rise from the ashes of Asia's rec

A report predicting higher containership rates is inspiring lukewarm enthusiasm among U.S. ocean car

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 17 - Dec. 29, 1997 (a graph)* Annua