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With most of Canada's rail service paralyzed and shipments backed up at east and west coast ports, t

Trade leads are supplied by: U.S. Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service<

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The appointment of a new director for the Alabama State Docks prompted pledges of support from commu

Connecticut's Senate is preparing to take up a bill that would effectively set a deadline for marine

Kuwaiti oil workers striking for a third day on Monday said crude quality was starting to deteriorat

Rats have eaten up to 3 billion kilograms (3.3 million tons) of grain in China in the past two years

CANADIAN MISSION AIMS AT LATIN FARM TRADEOTTAWA - Canadian Agriculture Minister Ralp

Mar. 20, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 235.33 unch which

2280 (Mar. 20, 1995) Previous day - 2266 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Officials at Arrow Air Inc. lashed out at the Federal Aviation Administration Monday, charging the a

U.S. importers are facing increased stress as they try to avoid a U.S. Customs audit by following cu

U.S. manufacturers report continued confidence in their industry, but they express concerns about wh

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

Although 1995 is shaping up as the strongest market that the world coal trade has seen in years, how

Mar. 20, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Riding on the wave of Thailand's economic growth, decentralization and easier regulations, TNT Expre

"Truck and Bus Safety, the Federal View" will be the topic at the Transportation Table luncheon Frid

A drought affecting Vietnam's main coffee-growing province, Dac Lac, couldcut production nex

U.S. District Court Judge John Koeltl denied a motion for a preliminary injunction against the New Y

Aon Corp. increased its quarterly cash dividend 2 cents a share to 34 cents, or 6 percent, payable o

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 21, '94 - March 20, '95 (a graph) (

UGANDA PLANS TO SELL COFFEE MARKETING BOARDNAIROBI, Kenya - Uganda intends to sell t

China plans to expand its port facilities in order to handle increasing foreign trade volume, a gove

Despite some $360 million in recent crop damage, California's leading agricultural exports appear la

Preliminary results from the first wide-ranging study of intermodal utilization has found that conta

Monday, March 20, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

Germany is counting on help from new European Union members to change the EU banana imports policy,

U.S. retailers Monday urged the Clinton administration to accelerate a 10- year phaseout of textile

South Africa's platinum group metals (PGM) output fell, to 13.73 tons inDecember from 14.08

Mar. 20, 1995 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

JAPANESE SHIPYARDS, UNIONS SEEN NEAR PACTTOKYO - Several heavy machinery and shipbui

Ak-Wa Corp., Tacoma's largest shipyard, merged with Giannotti Marine Services, a naval architect fir

After nearly a year of negotiation, Iron Road Railways Inc. completed its acquisition of Bangor and

March 20, 1995 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

Ecopetrol, Colombia's national oil company, Monday announced plans to export within two years a half

BLANCH HOLDINGS FILES FOR STOCK OFFERINGReinsurance brokerage company E.W. Blanch Holdings I

Walt Disney Co. won't build a historical theme park at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, a sprawling indu