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Sept. 19, 1997RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNL

US BACKS DUTY-FREESTATUS FOR BRAZIL SUGARWASHINGTON - The Clinton administration supports gr

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

CHINESE PORT TAICANGTO MAKE IMPROVEMENTSNANJING, China - The Port of Taicang in Jiangsu prov

Exporters seeking to stuff more lightweight, refrigerated cargo into their shipments could get a boo

As Russia and Chechnya wrangle over the transit of Caspian Sea oil, the Iranian government is mounti

The U.S. dollar likely will rise further against the Japanese yen this week due to the deplorable co

For the week ended September 13, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equa

Talks between the European Union and the United States on a dispute over the Helms-Burton law on inv

Richard Youell doesn't mince any words when he discusses the reasons for the low rates plaguing mari

SHIPSFAILURE TO REPORT NUCLEARCARGO TO RESULT IN FINEHUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Inch

Shippers are closely eyeing the travails of the Teamsters as a federal investigation into illegal un

Some lawmakers are saying that a permanent fund to deal with agriculture disasters such as Medfly an

The high-priced sale of Brazil's most-prized container terminal at the Port of Santos has raised hop

Carol Lambos of Lambos and Junge says the law firm here has won a landmark shipping case.The

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

Sept. 19, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

More than 600 American college students are crossing the Pacific on a cruise ship whose lack of fire

Taiwanese and Korean-owned factories in China that produce footwear for Nike Inc. and Reebok Corp. r

The conventional wisdom 20 years ago was that breakbulk shipping was an aging dinosaur.After

Luiz de Morais Guerra speaks in a booming, authoritative voice about his vision of the future for hi

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The long-planned effort to pass new trade negotiating authority is turning into a legislative free-f

Sea-Land Service Inc. is asking Congress to overturn a recent Maritime Administration decision restr

The growth in shipments of breakbulk cargoes such as forest products steel and heavy equipment is pr

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

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

M.G. Maher & Co. has seen a lot of change in the maritime industry in the nearly half century that t

INDUSTRIAL POWER USERISES 3.5 PERCENT IN JAPANTOKYO - The Federation of Electric Power Compa

South African shipping company Safmarine, the main subsidiary of Safren, has reported a 39 percent r

JAPANESE RESTAURATEURSPLAN WEST COAST VISITTOKYO - The Food Market Japan Leadership Forum wi

The first indications of change in China's economic policies emerging from the just-concluded Commun

To hear shippers tell it, domestic intermodal transportation companies must speed up their service a

Of U.S. insurance executives, Sanford I. Weill, the chief executive of Travelers Group, earned the m

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TRUCKING COMPANYANNOUNCES RATE HIKEKANSAS CITY - Trucking giant Yellow Freight System Friday

Seven passengers were killed and as many as 170 injured Friday, some seriously, when a packed expres

Containerized shipping may have the glamour, but many seaports along the Atlantic Coast and the Grea

Canada's Ontario Hydro last week shut reactor unit No. 3 at its Bruce A nuclear station for an inspe

A vaunted Pacific Northwest rivalry took a new twist this month when Andrea Riniker, former deputy e