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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 249.05 off 0.86 wh

LABOR VOWS TO LINKHUMAN RIGHTS TO TRADEGENEVA - The world's largest group of labor unions pl

The House ethics committee, following a closed-door meeting, gave transportation chairman Rep. Bud S

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CANADIAN CHURCH AGENCYTO SHIP WHEAT TO CUBAWINNIPEG, Manitoba - A Canadian church agency wil

Conrail has a new message for boxcar shippers: Give us your canned goods yearning to move cheap.

MEXICO'S GRUPO TELEVISAPLANS DIRECT TV SERVICEMEXICO CITY - Grupo Televisa S.A. plans to inv

Strong performances by trucking and air express companies helped transportation stocks end a three-w

If anybody out there knows why the transportation activity indexes released last week are going in o

FRANCE, US SIGN DEALTO SHARE NUCLEAR DATAWASHINGTON - France and the United States have sign

AIRSINGAPORE AIR MAKESFIRST FLIGHT TO PORTLANDPORTLAND, Ore. - Singapore Airlines ma

NUMBER OF WORKING RIGSIN US FALLS TO 773HOUSTON - The number of oil and gas rigs operating n

''When you think of 20 miles of copper wire, it's very difficult and awfully expensive.''

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateRS: American Tanker Rate ScheduleBends: Both ends

The Swiss national carrier Swissair and Belgium's Sabena are looking at ways to coordinate their air

New York's banks would be able to offer their customers insurance under an initiative announced by G

The U.S. dollar was a victim of the Russian election results Monday, as the Deutsche mark surged on

A structural reorganization among Hong Kong air carriers is bearing fruit.Hong Kong airlines

June 17, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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

As of June 17, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 23, '95, - June 17, '96 (a graph)*

In a move that could save a company and even help define the future of the U.S. Merchant Marine, Lyk

The United States and China reached an anti-piracy agreement Monday that canceled planned U.S. sanct

June 17, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

New York Mercantile Exchange - June 17, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

June 17, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

Pakistan's opposition parties are weighing a protest campaign against Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto'

June 17, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%B

ANNA SPIRATOU SINKSFOLLOWING COLLISIONLONDON - The 26,098- deadweight-ton container-bulk car

The On The Waterfront column appearing on Page 2B of the Monday, June 17, edition of The Journal of

Canada and Mexico are turning up the heat in the international fight against the U.S. Helms-Burton l

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AIL BEGINSANTWERP-LAKES LINKCHICAGO - American Independent Line, based here, has begun a twi

OIL STARTS TO FLOWAT CHEVRON CONGO FIELDHOUSTON - Chevron said oil has begun to flow from th

India's new government will continue the nation's market-oriented reforms and encourage more foreign

China late last week was bugging the lines of U.S. industry and Clinton administration officials at

Things have changed here - the containership Libre Valencia sailed into the port recently without a

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

In a move that could redefine the way containers are shipped on the Atlantic, the pricing group for