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(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +6.894/12 97.94/13 98.14/14

Unable to secure needed federal funding and fearing they might be unable to meet an expected surge i

David Arian, president of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union since 1991, was

International scheduled airlines lost more than $4 billion last year after their worst year ever in

The concept of export processing or free-trade zones has been kicking around Nigeria since the mid-1

Apr. 18, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

FIRM TO START TRIALS OF ORAL AIDS VACCINEHAUPPAUGE, N.Y. - United Biomedical Inc., H

NEW POLICY COVERS KIDNAP, EXTORTION LOSSNOVATO, Calif. - Fireman's Fund Insurance Co

Railroads have gotten a lot of cold shoulders over recent years from shippers of perishable goods. N

The Port of Portland, Ore., is considering a budget of $419.8 million for fiscal year 1994-95.

Intermodal stands to profit at the expense of its long-haul motor carrier cousins as drivers continu

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER INC. (New York) - Susan G. Smith was named managing director of the Philadelph

The International Intermodal Expo's third chief executive in five years, John M. Youngbeck, takes ce

The North American intermodal equipment fleet, pressed to the limit - and perhaps beyond - during la

It's more than a little ironic that the Germans have begun casting eyes at the U.S. system of contin

Every year sees more and more commercial traffic on Europe's roads, and every year Europe's politici

While intermodal tank containers are a small, but growing, part of the U.S. chemical transportation

With the fiscal year more than half over and the summer construction season looming, Senate aviation

China regards American companies as the pace-setters and thus as favored sources of advanced instrum

McDonnell Douglas Corp. said Monday its profit rose 43 percent in the first quarter, due largely to

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

April 18, 1994 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals andthe

Apr. 18, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Australian wheat markets in Vietnam and Indonesia remain under threat from U.S. subsidies, the Austr

Germany's decline in competitiveness has sparked an epidemic of hand-wringing among the country's in

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Apr. 15, 1994.

Several Coast Guard offices across the Midwest and South gave this refrain Monday: "The water is hig

Marine and aviation insurance rates at Lloyd's of London are continuing to rise, but casualty reinsu

In East and Southeast Asia, intermodal is a bit like a balanced budget - everyone talks about it, ev

U.K. producer output prices rose 0.1 percent in March from February, after rising a revised 0.2 perc

German business is hindered not only by high labor costs, economists here say, but by the propensity

It is safe to say the nation's No. 1 retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, Ark., would not

As domestic trucking companies increase their use of intermodal containers, the once heavily standar

In the world of intermodal, it would seem the only thing that is permanent is change. Compet

Consolidation among the industry's biggest players in international container leasing has not stoppe

In baseball, the "Big Show" is the Major Leagues. In the intermodal world, the big show is t

1)Map: THE NORTH AMERICAN INTERMODAL SYSTEM. Indicated on the map are cities with: a)CONVENTIONAL IN

ELECTRICAL WORKERS WINS FLORIDA RAILWAY VOTEWASHINGTON - The International Brotherho

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

CON-WAY INTERMODAL (Fort Worth, Texas) - Terry L. Dooley was named director of logistics, a new posi