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Albanian President Sali Berisha Monday called for cross-party talks over the collapse of pyramid inv

''Railroads have no incentive to cut rates because they get the traffic anyway.''

Steel negotiators for Russia and the European Union held their first round of talks in Moscow last w

JAPAN ASSURES EUIT WILL AMEND LIQUOR TAXESTOKYO - Japan has exchanged documents with the Eur

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World Bank economists foresee a steadily improving Latin American economy, enough perhaps to soon st

A plan to salvage the beleaguered Bangkok Bank of Commerce PLC from risky debts of more than $3 bill

NATIONAL CUSTOMS BROKERS& FORWARDERS ASSOCIATIONOF AMERICAEric G. Scharf, former exe

CLINTON FRIEND SUBJECTOF GRAND JURY PROBEWASHINGTON - Paul Berry, a lobbyist and friend of P

California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush has decided not to interfere with a controversia

A group of European and North American financial services leaders announced Monday plans to join for

The Comptroller of the Currency has approved a move by a major U.S. bank to form a mortgagereinsuran

The California Insurance Department last week took over troubled Golden Eagle Insurance Co. because

It's going to be another year of disappointing returns for the insurance industry, according to the

State Insurance Superintendent Chris Krahling wants lower credit life rates in New Mexico.Cr

Money earmarked for the nation's aviation network is running out sooner than expected.That's

YELLOW LOSS NARROWEDIN FOURTH QUARTEROVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Yellow Corp. reported a fourth-qu

AIRUS, UK POSTPONEOPEN-SKIES MEETINGWASHINGTON - U.S. and British officials will mee

The Surface Transportation Board set a 365-day schedule for considering the prospective merger of Co

Canada Maritime is increasing the volume of containerized cargo capacity on the North Atlantic. The

In the race to become a truly global logistics supplier, Britain's LEP International Worldwide belie

Maersk Inc. said it is expanding its service to Ukraine, one of the few former Soviet republics with

Three weeks ended Jan. 25, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

Kansas City Southern Industries and Transportacion Maritima Mexicana have deposited $560 million wit

Robert D. Krebs, chief executive of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., will assume the additional t

The U.S. Postal Service hopes an advertising council victory over a disputed Priority Mail ad campai

For the week ended January 25, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equale

One of the world's largest freight forwarding groups is questioning the need for additional trans-At

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

January 31: 1367

Britain's maritime industry faces a serious skills shortage that could damage London's pre-eminent p

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XTRA CORP. REPORTS NETFELL IN FIRST QUARTERBOSTON - Better utilization of Xtra Corp.'s domes

1367 (Jan. 31, 1997) Previous day - 1361The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Jan. 31, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

PETROLEUM FIRM SELLINGUNITS IN COLOMBIA, PERUNEW YORK - American International Petroleum has

North Korea would be ready to open its airspace for overflights by foreign carriers early this year,

A major U.S. oil company will invest $435 million in Trinidad and Tobago this year, the largest inve

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo