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Benny Holland is ready and loaded for bear.''The ILA knows it's in a fight,'' said the presi

SHIPSPILOT'S WRONG TURNCITED IN SPILLPORTLAND, Maine - Error by a docking pilot was

Trying to improve customer relations and shake a stodgy image, Circle International has scrapped its

The city of Los Angeles won a round in its continuing battle with shipping lines and the state of Ca

NEW YORK BILL TO BOOSTMARINE PILOT FEES VETOEDALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. George Pataki vetoed legis

Motor and rail carriers barely breathed a sigh of relief over the recent labor agreement at Chrysler

The lack of Latin American representation attending the first conference held by the International F

You wouldn't think of putting a truck on the road without proper maintenance, so you shouldn't eve

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has a new leader for its worldwide container shipping operations.Hiroyuk

BETTS PATTERSON & MINESAndrew D. Shafer has joined this Seattle law firm as a senior attorne

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Sept. 25, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel

ANTI-DRUG ALLIANCESPARKS ANOTHER BATTLEMIAMI - American Airlines threatened to pull out of a

U.S.-flag ocean freight rates are so high and service so poor that major export projects, which qual

The rivers will keep flowing. But they'll have to do so with less help from the Army Corps of Engine

1003 (Oct. 1, 1996) Previous day - 1000The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

RATE HIKE BILL SIGNEDFOR SAN FRANCISCO PILOTSSAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Pete Wilson signed a bill

Sea-Land Service Inc., the largest U.S. ocean carrier, and the Port of Tacoma, Wash., reached an agr

Oct. 1, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

In a major compromise with the software industry, the White House announced Tuesday that it would te

Aviation industry representatives Tuesday said at least 2,000 more air traffic controllers and updat

A little-known bill extending free-trade status to the Palestinian Authority cleared the Senate this

Michel Camdessus, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said Tuesday that banking sy

The leader of one of France's biggest unions won control of the country's unemployment insurance pro

Long-shuttered shipyards in Quincy, Mass., and Philadelphia could be reopened with federal funds und

COMPANIES BIDFOR TRONA LEASESCHEYENNE, Wyo. - Solvay Minerals Co. was the apparent high bidd

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lo

As of Oct. 1, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 245.63 off 1.01 wh

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 1, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Oct. 1, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Oct. 1, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 31.

Ross Perot and his aides have found something new to blame on the North American Free Trade Agreemen

EU THREATENS WTOACTION ON TEXTILESBRUSSELS - The European Union Tuesday threatened to reques

INDEBTED MEXICANSSTAGE PROTESTMEXICO CITY - Indebted Mexicans dumped rotten tomatoes at the

Oct. 1, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

Oct. 1, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 1, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Distribution and logistics are a buyer's market in Europe as countries and regions slug it out to at

As U.S. Customs undergoes the massive task of rewriting the nation's import regulations, some custom