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GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Let's face it, the core of any transportation company is a good management team. These are thepeople

Yangming Marine Transport Corp. is starting Suez Canal service from the U.S. East Coast to hubs in C

Juergen Weber, chairman of Lufthansa German Airlines, will know today whether he has a ''Mcstrike''

American Airlines and China Eastern Airlines plan to enter into a code-sharing agreement.The

STB OFFICE RELOCATIONWILL INTERRUPT SERVICESWASHINGTON - Don't plan to do any business at th

AMERICAN DELAYS PLANTO ACCEPT BOEING JETSDALLAS - American Airlines' dispute with its pilots

Gains in the trucking and container shipping sectors outweighed losses in air and express company st

VIETNAM COFFEE MAYATTRACT MORE BUYERSSINGAPORE - Vietnam coffee may become increasingly attr

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 241.23 off 0.13 wh

As of Feb. 24, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Feb. 24, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Feb. 24, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Feb. 24, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 31

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 21, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

By most measures, Germany is in an economic morass. Unemployment has hit a postwar high of 4.7 milli

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

''At last Europe has a low-cost back yard just like the U.S. has in Mexico and Japan in its Asian ne

CHILE-EU FREE-TRADETALKS SET FOR 1998SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's free-trade agreement negotiat

Consolidation in the aerospace industry is still going strong as second-tier companies unite in resp

A Chinese corn farmer in Jilin province opens his bag of fertilizer as much of it evaporates. He the

POLISH UNEMPLOYMENTCONTINUES TO DECLINEWARSAW - Poland's January unemployment rate was 13.5

Re-exports continue to power Hong Kong's overall trade, and China is consolidating its position as t

TRUCKSDEPUTY FHWA CHIEFNAMED HEAD OF AGENCYWASHINGTON - Jane E. Garvey was n

Battling troubled economic times, Thailand is trying to forge a stronger currency and high interest

Norfolk Southern Corp. took the first regulatory step toward filing a formal application toacquire C

Avondale Industries, a major U.S. shipyard that has refused to recognize a union chosen by its 4,000

European shippers are being urged by one of their representative bodies to continue the legal fight

Feb. 24, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

FOURTH QUARTER GOODFOR BA CARGO REVENUELONDON - British Airways World Cargo reported revenue

1463 (Feb. 24, 1997) Previous day - 1465The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDINGPOSTS $5.2 MILLION LOSSNEW YORK - Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. report

US CUSTOMS EXTENDSCOMPLIANCE DEADLINEWASHINGTON - U.S. Customs announced Friday it will exte

A team from the International Monetary Fund left Moscow on Friday unable to recommend that Russia re

Japan's trade ministry called U.S. allegations it has hindered the sale of foreign-made photographic

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 1, 1996 - Feb. 21, 1997 (a graph)*

The Hong Kong government has revamped its copyright legislation to keep the territory in step with d

Potential business related to Mexico's war on drugs is one of the attractions that lured companies t

West Coast freight forwarders this week will present to Customs their proposals for changing an auto