Latest news

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., a U.S.-flag shipping line, has reorganized its finance division and has n

Dissident members of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots have narrowly failed

W. LEYRER KILLED IN PAN AM CRASHWilliam Leyrer, a vice president with freight forwarder Univ

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

The freight futures market opened 1989 with a strong upward burst last week, after ending 1988 on a

An article that appeared in The Journal of Commerce Jan. 5 on Page 1B under the headline, Oakland OK

Jan. 6, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange*PrevClose High Low Vo

Non-subsidized bulk carriers and even one subsidized liner company are dead set against a Maritime A

1578 (Jan. 6, 1989) Previous day - 1555 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

RAILROAD INDUSTRY HOPES for any congressional action on changes in Federal Employees Liability Act l

An apparent reduction in trucking industry tonnage growth could create new pricing pressures that wi

JOHN LAWE, PRESIDENT OF UNION, DIES AT 69John Lawe, the one-time bus cleaner who became pres

Competition for intermodal rail shipments in Massachusetts appears to be heating up with word that I

Matlack Systems Inc. reported income of $1.4 million, or 26 cents a share, on revenue of $230.2 mill

A year of underwater inspections found 19 of 27 city-owned bridges will need minor repairs but none

The Philadelphia Port Corp. is taking seriously the competition posed by southern portsinterested in

Five years after the Australian currency was floated, its current altitude is damaging the country's

The Navy's Military Sealift Command awarded a $4.5 million five-year contract to Leadermar Inc., Jac

Although South Korea's shipping industry recorded an overall profit in 1988 for the first time in se

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Chase Manhattan Equities, a subsidiary of U.S.-based financial services giant Chase Manhattan Corp.

Ten major Japanese banking institutions were reported at the weekend to havetentatively agre

Currency traders and economists are uncertain whether the recent rally in the U.S. dollar will conti

MARYLAND SIGNS PACT WITH US EX-IM BANKBALTIMORE - The Maryland Department of Economic and Em

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

Fri., Jan. 6, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Western commercial banks expanded lending to the Soviet bloc and further reduced their exposure in t

British sugar trader E.D. & F. Man Ltd. revised its forecast for the 1988-89 (September-August) worl

The deal between the Ivory Coast and French trade house Sucres et Denrees SA (SucDen) for the dispos

SOVIET WHEAT SALES REACH 760,000 TONSWASHINGTON - The Soviet Union's recent purchase of 300,

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year1/6 1/5 Chan

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index of 18 inflation-sensitive industrial commodities on F

Frans Andriessen, credited with eroding the European Community's gigantic food mountains during his

Saudi Arabia has agreed to a $550 million contract to buy American-made Bradley Fighting Vehicles, a

The government lost an estimated $200 million in income and sales taxes last year as a result of the

Conciliatory noises are starting to emerge on both sides of the Atlantic over the thorny question of

US, CHINESE ANNOUNCE SOFTWARE JOINT VENTUREChinese software developers will write programs f

Casting about for ways to increase exports sometimes amounts merely to looking in one's own backyard

REGIONAL BLOCS Europe 1992. Jan. 13. Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Co

TOYS 'R' US INC. (Paramus, N.J.) - Michael Goldstein and Robert C. Nakasone were named vice chairmen