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2347 (Apr. 28, 1995) Previous day - 2333 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 235.46 up 1.26 w

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

The nation's top two containerports are spending more than $1 billion each on capital improvements o

Spanish Secretary of State for the Economy Alfredo Pastor said the government's 3.5 percent 1995 inf

A group of carriers committed to modernizing the liner-shipping industry and ending hostilities with

Pearl Cruises of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., which offers luxurious trips in the Far East, will shut down

Employees of a marine engineers' pension plan were deeply involved in merging the plan's assets with

Cars and steel coils are replacing fruit pallets as the main cargo on the Port of Philadelphia's pub

While Europe's computer manufacturers and telecommunications firms fall further behind their America

SEAWAY TOLL PROGRAM SAVES USERS $1.1 MILLIONCHICAGO - Carriers saved more than $1.1

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

While basketball's Michael Jordan is again taking to the air for the Chicago Bulls, airborne shipmen

Increasingly liberal trade policies in the Western Hemisphere are helping the flow of footwear trade

Latin American shoe exporters are struggling to hold or modestly increase their shares of the U.S. m

Stopping the paper chase will be high on the agenda as freight forwarders and airline cargo executiv

Republican Gov. Fife Symington has sent Customs Commissioner George Weise an angry letter accusing t

Taiwan and Hong Kong have avoided possible disruption of air services by extending their commercial

Going, going, gone. Remember when American unions cried long and hard that Boeing was selling U.S. w

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 25, '94 - April 28, '95 (a graph)

Atlas Air announced that it took delivery of its eighth 747 freighter last week. The new air

Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown will lead the U.S. delegation to the third African/African American

Prospects for economic growth abroad and the drop in the value of the dollar should support healthy

India and six other countries in South Asia, at a summit beginning here Tuesday, will formally adopt

Spain is at the center of another fishing crisis in the European Union today just two weeks after th

Canada and Mexico hope that a strong joint lobbying effort will help defeat legislation that would w

The operator of 17 air cargo companies in South America has pleaded guilty here to a federal charge

"This is a revolutionary concept. The advantages are very, very important."

Arrow Air signed a consent agreement Friday with the Federal Aviation Administration clearing the wa

The 17 South American air cargo companies in a cocaine-smuggling ring have been identified by federa

The Belgian government on Friday removed obstacles to the sale of a 49.5 percent stake in Sabena, th

Russia has removed a crucial obstacle to a long-delayed U.S. Export-Import Bank oil and gas loan, op

A plebiscite planned for July on political independence for Bermuda will not adversely affect the bu

Florida tomato growers are steadily losing ground to imports from Mexico, which have flooded the Uni

To the average consumer, a shoe may appear to be a relatively uncom- plicated product comprising lea

CHINA HITS JAPAN MOVE TOWARD TEXTILE QUOTASHONG KONG - China's Ministry of Foreign T

REGIONAL BLOCS The Dominican Republic: Opportunities Under the New Economic Model. M

Shoes travel from the poorer countries to the richer ones in a trend that has made a vast majority o

Property underwriters in New York urged the Assembly Insurance Committee on Friday to leave well eno

Few industries know their Customs import specialists better than do importers of footwear. Given the