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The Japan External Trade Organization said it will reinforce its support of Foreign Access Zones in

It's too early to tell if shipping deregulation proposals contemplated in government and industry wi

John Youngbeck, chief executive officer of the International Intermodal Expo, believes the intermoda

A study of the effects on heart patients of a new drug marketed in Europe ended abruptly when data r

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Although trade ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean delayed until next year a decision on

The containership Sea Fox's crane lowered a red container to the cobblestone ground at the dock next

For the first time in 14 years, railroad intermodal loadings failed to set a record in 1995, sending

The companies that haul freight around Europe with a combination of trucks and trains had a rough 19

A year ago the challenge for drayage trucking companies was finding drivers.Today the challe

From ocean shipping reform to entry of Mexican goods under the North American Free Trade Agreement,

With Amtrak's 25th anniversary comes the expiration in April of the operating agreements it has with

Back when George Saunders was an officer aboard a Keystone Shipping Co. tanker, he used to see passi

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 25, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

British services and marketing conglomerate Inchcape PLC on Monday reported a 92 percent drop in pro

Portland International Airport continued its record-setting cargo and passenger totals in January, w

''We've had a lot of events lately. The cleaning bills will kill you.''

A Calgary oil company refused to be pressured by the United States to stop doing business in Cuba, t

Already a fixture on more than 1.3 million U.S. railcars equipped with transponders, data communicat

The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months. The Journal of Commerce assumes

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A former executive director of the Maryland Port Administration settled charges that he traded in Ba

U.S. transportation stocks emerged relatively unscathed last week, leaving The Journal of Commerce t

Last year when most of the world's largest container lines announced plans to participate in long-te

Intermodal infrastructure and access is so crucial to Northwest ports that they seem to be in a cons

John D. Rathbun has a unique plan to deal with blizzards, floods and other demonstrations of nature'

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 31 '95, - Mar. 25, '96 (a graph)(2)

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Mar. 20, 1996, as supplied by the bunker fuel

LICHT PUTS SUGAR OUTPUTAT 121.2 MILLION TONSBANGKOK - F.O. Licht forecast Monday that world

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150 per ton lots

As of Mar. 25, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

U.S. and French transport officials are scheduled to meet in Paris today in an attempt to defuse an

A.T. MASSEY IS TOPSIN METALLURGICAL COALCHARLESTON, W.Va. - A.T. Massey Coal Co., thanks to

Gasoline prices jumped more than 3 cents a gallon as warm weather pushed up demand at a time of lagg

Alec Zhloba hums along to his portable radio, swaying his frail, bony body, oblivious to the fact th

Brewmeisters and thirsty consumers in the Pacific Rim can rejoice: A 130-year-old Wisconsin malt com

Ports along the western Gulf of Mexico view the proposed $5.4 billion merger of Union Pacific Railro

Growing trade with Latin America is beginning to take the sting out of Gulf ports' loss of most Euro