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BALTIC FREIGHT INDEX

JOC Team | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

1075.0 (May 27) Previous day - 1079.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

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FREIGHT RATE FUTURES

JOC Team | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

May 27 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev. Close High Low

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CP TRUCKS TO SELL EXPRESS AIRBORNE

ANDREW TAUSZ | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

One of Canada's major trucking carriers has decided it's a good time to withdraw from the overnight

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P-I-E'S SHIPMASTER ATTRACTS INTEREST

KEVIN D. THOMPSON | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

The trucking industry's first electronic bill of lading system is still on the prowl for shippers wi

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NHTSA STUDY FAULTS TRUCK BRAKE ADJUSTERS

MICHAEL S. LELYVELD | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has found some brands of automatic brake adjuster

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TRUCKING BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Michelin to Expand 3 S. Carolina PlantsCOLUMBIA, S.C. - Michelin Tire Corp. announced it wou

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WORLD BANK TO FINANCE INDIAN RAILWAY TRACK WORK

Journal of Commerce Special | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

The World Bank has agreed in principle to finance a major renewal and electrification of Indian Rail

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RAIL BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

System for Lumber Expanded by ConrailConrail has introduced its lumber transfer and distribu

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SHORT LINES LONG ON OPPORTUNITY

Chicago Tribune | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

People aren't kidding when they call Dakota Rail Inc. a mom-and-pop railroad. Jerry Ross, 58

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TRANSPORT CALENDAR

JOC Team | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

American Short Line Railroad Assoc., 1987 Western/Southwestern regional meeting, June 1-3. Embassy S

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CANADIAN MOTOR CARRIER FEARS PREDATORY PRICING

ANDREW TAUSZ | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

John Kennedy, the man behind the wheel at the Kings- way Group of Companies of Toronto, the

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WEEKLY TRUCK TONNAGE INDEX

JOC Team | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originating from 49 produc

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GROUP: EXPANSION MAY RISK SAFETY

LEO ABRUZZESE | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Unfit truckers may escape federal safety review if the government expands the commercial zones exemp

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TRUCKING BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

TNT to Purchase Red Star Express LinesDes Plaines, Ill.- TNT Limited, one of the world's lar

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GRAIN, CHEMICALS BOOST RAIL TRAFFIC

MICHAEL S. LELYVELD | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Strength in grain and chemical loadings in the first quarter of this year led rail traffic through t

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RAIL BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Escanaba & Northern To Buy C&NW TrackCHICAGO - Chicago and North Western Transportation Co.

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HIGH COURT REJECTS MILWAUKEE ROAD BID

HELEN ERICSON | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to review a lower court ruling that bars Milwaukee Road shareholde

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TRUCKING BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | May 13, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Leaseway Shareholders To Vote on MergerLeaseway Transportation Corp. shareholders will vote

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New Rail Lobby Group is Formed

David M. Cawthorne | Jan 19, 1987, 7:00 PM EST

Regional and short-line railroads have established a new lobby group to represent them before Congress.

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