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Your mission: Move 500,000 troops, equipment and supplies to sustain them in the field indefinitely

R.V. Durham, the Teamsters' presidential candidate endorsed by outgoing President William McCarthy,

Here are some of the stories you won't want to miss in the next issue of AirCommerce, appearing June

Spot gasoline futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange are likely to lose another 1 cen

James A. Valentino was named a senior vice president and will continue as head of the Pension & Savi

Over the last few years, the container leasing business has experienced a flurry of acquisitions tha

Rumors of shakeout are rife in the EDI software business, and several major players had tough times

MANIFEST DESTINY. You can run but you can't hide. Automated manifests now offer sting as well as sur

The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a major change in the system used to compute what railro

The Federal Maritime Commission is examining a new discussion agreement among 10 companies that offe

May 24, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Fri., May 24, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

May 24, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

NAVAL ARCHITECT TO ADDRESS WEBB GRADSJohn J. McMullen, chairman of John J. McMullen Associat

More than 270 insurance brokers will descend on Sea Island, Georgia, this week to discuss relations

The regulation of the insurance industry was the subject of much debate throughout the past year, w

Intermodal freight managers believe the use of chassis pools will continue to increase in coming yea

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines' investment of $190 million for a 25 percent share of Gearbulk Holding Ltd. was

Computer makers are forever touting the benefits consumers receive when technology reduces the size

The world fleet of containers is growing in size and diversity. A comprehensive census of th

Louis Riga, a Teamsters' presidential candidate, has a lot to say, but he's having problems getting

The increasingly global economy is driving fundamental changes in trade and transportation.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange's new cross-rate contracts should appeal to independent traders and

Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez and his cabinet Thursday approved the Cristobal Colon natur

The world marine insurance market is heading for "a dramatic and sudden change in capacity," predict

Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari said he will announce a plan in the next few days to bre

The container market seems to be doing better than it has in the recent past, but there are worries

To the vast relief of commercial vessel operators, the conflict in the Middle East was almost the wa

With more than 400 different units of measurement for ordering, it's no wonder that agreeing on stan

In what may prove a controversial appointment, a Maryland county official, Adrian G. Teel, is taking

A federal judge's decision to block logging on thousands of acres of federal land in the Pacific Nor

''The overriding issue for the National Association of Insurance Brokers this year is arguably the o

THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK IN WASHINGTON insurance circles seems to be: How much of a public relations

From its discovery, tobacco was valued as a cash crop. Tobacco cultivation and use was repor

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

The Maritime Administration released a U.S oil tanker company from its obligation to build new ships

Friday May 24, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

New York Mercantile Exchange May 23, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

PAN AM MAY BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THE YEARA letter to employees from Pan Am Corp. Chairman Thoma