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United Parcel Service is trying to acquire Purolator Courier Ltd., the largest express carrier in Ca

Access to a new railyard for American President Lines in Seattle is the topic of negotiations taking

High rental fees are driving lots of cargo-related businesses away fromairports, but most fr

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway this summer plans to introduce a service-scheduling system mea

China Wednesday announced an ambitious 1 trillion yuan (US$176 billion) scheme to develop the econom

A Pacific Northwest consolidator who ships house components to the Hawaiian Islands said his success

You won't find it at the supermarket checkout, and you won't learn the latest about Chuck and Di in

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Weather problems on both coasts have hit ocean carriers with a double whammy in the refrigerated car

The impasse between local unions and the non-union operator of Philadelphia's new cargo-container tr

W. Don Welch, executive director of the South Carolina State Ports Authority, wonders if there is su

March revenue at Port Manatee showed an improvement over February's total, but was down from March 1

Despite heavy protest by shipping lines and ports, state lawmakers are facing mounting pressure to e

A Massachusetts transportation task force will recommend a $1.6 billion passenger rail link beneath

Commerce Secretary Ron Brown next week will make the first of a series of trips he plans abroad to s

The French government drew up plans for a massive spying effort to learn U.S. technological secrets

Faced with loss of intermodal business to large ports that draw the major container lines, smaller p

Numerous railroads feeding into the Chicago area should gain lower-cost access to shippers at nearby

Chancellor Helmut Kohl welcomed Manfred Lennings Wednesday as the new head of the board of directors

Standard & Poor's Corp. said Wednesday that it may cut its investment grade rating of Hong Kong's de

The Russian economy may be in dire straits, but Russian companies are still scouting for a variety o

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An Oklahoma Corporation Commission special committee will recommend next week to double the normal s

International fertilizer markets are important for domestic producers. Joseph Sullivan, Vigo

After prodding from the U.S. government, Germany's Hoechst AG has agreed to take steps toward making

UN TO HELP VIETNAM WITH REFORESTATIONHANOI, Vietnam - United Nations experts will he

No new regulations are needed to govern service contract negotiations, ocean carriers told the Feder

Britain could have avoided a battle with China over the proposed new Hong Kong airport if the territ

Wednesday, April 21, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Price and service are more important factors than environmental considerations when shippers make de

California's Republican Gov. Pete Wilson is taking a conservative approach to estimating the costs t

Who is the typical international logistics manager, and what does he or she earn? According to a stu

Analysts here ruled out the immediate prospects of a coordinated U.S.-European Community campaign to

THAILAND MOVES TO BAN TRADE IN FAKE PRODUCTSBANGKOK, Thailand - The Thai Cabinet app

There is a one-third chance at best that an impending decision from the Court of International Trade

International Petroleum Exchange Apr. 21, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Apr. 21, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Crude oil inventories fell 10.1 million barrels in the week ended April 16 compared with the previou

Consolidation within the steamship industry is forcing ports to alter their often scattershot market