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Miami International Airport, marking a major step in a half-billion-dollar renovation that airlines

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The FBI, responding to pressure from freight forwarders and truckers, has stepped in to help combat

CRANE OPERATORPROGRAM GETS LIFTFAIRFAX, Va. - The National Commission for the Certification

A longshoremen's strike at the Port of Philadelphia is worrying freight forwarders who warn mayhem c

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

Recent attacks on ship pilots read as an unevenly matched and sometimes ugly prize fight. Jab: ''Exo

For the week ended September 28, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equa

A joint venture involving Transportacion Maritima Mexicana, bowing out of bidding on a short line in

Three weeks ended Sept. 28, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

EGYPT REPORTS DECLINEIN SUEZ CANAL EARNINGSCAIRO - Egypt earned $151.9 million in August fro

Canadian National Railways last week inaugurated operations of a consolidation customer service city

The world's top maritime industry regulator lashed out at the casual attitude of some shipowners to

1023 (Oct. 4, 1996) Previous day - 1017The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

BRIDGE NewsThe dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New

MARK GUNTHER GIVEN30-MONTH JAIL TERMBALTIMORE - Mark David Gunther, president of Gunther's L

Oct. 4, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Readers of Traffic World magazine, a sister publication of The Journal of Commerce, may be confused

Just-in-time service is taking a hit as a result of the General Motors of Canada Ltd. strike.

Oct. 4, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32.

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

Oct. 4, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

Oct. 4, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lo

As of Oct. 4, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

LION GROUP EXITSPERWAJA RESCUE BIDKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Lion Group has pulled out of the

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 245.84 up 1.20 w

The possibility that China may resume exporting limited quantities of corn has left U.S. agriculture

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 3, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

Friday Oct. 4, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

ASAHI, DU PONT AGREEON SUPPLIES FOR 16 YEARSTOKYO - Asahi Chemical Industry Co. signed a con

LUMBER SHIPMENTSRISE, BUT ORDERS FALLPORTLAND, Ore. - Lumber shipments rose, but orders and

Reports of the death of the African coffee industry have been greatly exaggerated, say African offic

A national corn growers group wants to ban crop forecasters from owning or trading commodity futures

The senior trade adviser to Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman is going to Europe this week to meet

Big may be beautiful, but small can be better, especially in the power sector.While large pr

The most recent cyclical downturn of the pulp and paper industry may be substantially reversed by ye

DOT OKS END TO LIMITSON AIR DISASTER LIABILITYWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transporta

A company at the heart of Italy's biggest corruption scandal has reached a settlement in a class-act

SAGA FOREST CARRIERSINTERNATIONAL (CANADA) INC.Christopher Hatzi was named vice president an