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FIRMS NEAR COMPLETIONOF CASPIAN PIPELINE DEALMOSCOW - The Caspian Pipeline Consortium - a gr

Cote d'Ivoire, interested in protecting its shrinking rain forest, has banned all felling of timber

USDA FORECASTS DROPIN FARM EXPORTSWASHINGTON - The U.S. Agriculture Department forecast that

The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said Japan's health ministry discovered the deadly E. Coli O-157 bacteria

An investment of more than $50 million in capital improvement projects at the Port of Houston Author

Some of the very same commodities that saw sharp price rises earlier this year, with headlines shout

China was a net importer of oil and refined products in the first seven months of the year, customs

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For more than four centuries, mariners have relied on paper charts to guide them around submerged ob

COAST GUARD EXPANDSNEW YORK HARBOR WATCHWASHINGTON - The boundaries of the Coast Guard's Ves

Mexican and U.S. law enforcement authorities are examining all players in the transport chain to get

Mexico's forthcoming railroad regulations will guarantee competition by allowing for trackage and ha

Friday Aug. 30, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Stena Line, the world's largest ferry operator, reported a sharp deterioration in its half-year fina

A report sent last week to New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said the state Insurance Departme

JUDGE RULES IN FAVOROF PENNSYLVANIA AGENCYHARRISBURG, Pa. - In a decision related to Cigna C

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 8, '95 - Aug. 30, '96 (a graph)* A

An alarming rise in the number of oil pollution incidents in South Korea, resulting in the growth of

A little-noticed provision in most liability insurance policies that severely limits the benefits to

Like many companies with ties to the Pacific Rim, Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. is us

Domestic air cargo is not taking a back seat, but international air freight is playing a bigger role

Houston has become a top destination for officials from the former Soviet Union seeking to breathe n

SHIPSLIVERPOOL DOCKERSTO RENEW BOYCOTT CALLLONDON - Dockers fired from the Port of L

An aggressive Hong Kong-based freight forwarder is expanding in the United States in hopes of boosti

The leaves are starting to flame, and Americans are rushing to enjoy the madness of autumn.N

With the arrival of Sunmar Container Lines, the Port of Olympia, Wash. will become the Northwest's n

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Some of the nation's leading regional less-than-truckload carriers, hit by soft freight markets and

AMERIJET KICKS OFFSERVICE TO VENEZUELAFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Amerijet International Inc. ha

1110 (Aug. 29, 1996) Previous day - 1116The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Americans deserve reasonable (in both senses of the word) access to transportation as a fundamental

Aug. 29, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

SLOW SALES BLAMEDFOR PETERBILT LAYOFFSMADISON, Tenn. - About 345 people will be laid off nex

After years of concessions to an ailing industry, airline pilots say they are in prime position to r

The Journal of Commerce's transportation section welcomes announcements of company news, personnel a

The Teamsters union will spend Labor Day in the midst of a fierce presidential campaign that makes t

West Coast longshoremen failed to approve their most generous contract since the early 1980s because

A.P. MOLLER FORECASTS1996 PROFIT INCREASELONDON - A.P. Moller is predicting an increase in t

The Surface Transportation Board is taking a fresh look at rail rates charged for shipments involvin