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

LIFE INSURANCE INDUSTRYDISSATISFIED WITH ACCORDTOKYO - Japan's life insurance industry weigh

Customers of Conrail Inc. and CSX Corp. can look forward to a special holiday greeting - a sales vis

Turkey's state refiner has started to lift Iraqi crude directly from the twin pipelines across Turke

CNA Financial Corp. and Capsure Holdings Corp. have announced they will form a new stock company, CN

Everything old is new again. Just ask The Hartford.Taking the occasion of its first annivers

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The governments of over 100 countries agreed on two historic treaties Friday that will extend copyri

Railroad customers have a blunt message for the two Eastern rail giants battling to buy Conrail: Giv

Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. is emerging as an outspoken opponent of Conrail's proposed merger wit

Rodney Slater's nomination as transportation secretary is expected to thrust roadways and infrastruc

Friday, Dec. 20, 1996Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Foreign exchange trading will slow to a crawl this week, but the dollar will maintain its firm tone,

The European Commission said Friday it was ready to clear the Uniworld telecommunications alliance b

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

Something went terribly wrong.But it may be days, or even weeks, before the marine safety bo

TRUCKSCALIBER SYSTEM TO CUT1,500 JOBS AT VIKINGAKRON, Ohio - Caliber System Inc. sai

Despite a call from some trade groups to open the U.S.-Mexico border to trucking, truck insurers and

After two years of negotiating with the Class 1 railroads that serve the Los Angeles-Long Beach harb

APL Ltd., in an action that averts a strike but heightens tensions with its officer unions, said it

Drug testing for crews on U.S. ships in foreign waters will be required under a regulation the Coast

Following on their recent decision to drop assessments on local general cargo, labor and management

The Christmas rush in the package delivery business hit its peak this week as shippers and customers

President Clinton is expected to nominate Federal Highway Administrator Rodney Slater today to be th

PETER BLUTE TO HEADMASSACHUSETTS AGENCYWASHINGTON - Defeated Rep. Peter Blute, R-Mass., will

The mystery of the missing Hoffa ballots in the court-supervised Teamsters election has been solved.

GULFSTREAM GETS NODFOR NEW BUSINESS JETSAVANNAH, Ga. - A jet that can fly from New York to T

CARNIVAL AIRRaymond Vecci, the 35-year aviation industry veteran who revamped Alaska Airline

1523 (Dec. 19, 1996) Previous day - 1518The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Dec. 19, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The widow of a CSX Transportation employee killed in a February train crash in suburban Washington i

RECENT VESSEL SALESSaleDate Vessel Year Price

In another major consolidation in the world container-line industry, South Korea's Hanjin Shipping C

Wallenius Lines, one of the carriers specializing in the transportation of vehicles, will make many

4 SENIOR DOE OFFICIALSTARGETED FOR DEPARTUREHOUSTON - Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary urged A

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,400-$1,550 per ton lo

As of Dec. 19, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Dec. 19, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Record exports helped shave the U.S. goods and services trade deficit 30 percentin October from Sept