Latest news

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

LOCKHEED MARTIN GETS$51 MILLION IN CONTRACTSDALLAS - Lockheed Martin Vought Systems, a unit

''It's a real big mistake to define your job by your job description. I am where I am because someon

Corporate shippers who use rail transportation services increasingly are finding that the efficiency

The Uruguay Round's liberalization accords should boost the availability and quality of pharmaceutic

No text.

A coalition of U.S. maritime companies and labor will defeat efforts to reform the 75-year-old shipp

Three weeks ended May 11, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars CarsLoaded Loaded<

President Boris Yeltsin gave a psychological boost to Russian exporters Thursday, but new exchange r

May 17, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

1417 (May 17, 1996) Previous day - 1425The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

HONG KONG OFFICIAL FEARSUS-CHINA TRADE WARSINGAPORE - Hong Kong Financial Secretary Donald T

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Japan's major shipping companies found the going rough on North American and European routes, but As

The Port of Charleston set its single-month container tonnage record in March by handling 840,000 to

Personal computer maker Gateway 2000 Inc. said Friday it planned to invest $40 million and create 1,

The European Union is working to a year-end deadline to forge a new exchange rate mechanism linking

Three senior executives of Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp. are being transferred to key posit

In a move intended to reassure domestic and foreign investors, new Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari

For the week ended May 11, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 15

Finance Minister Jaswant Singh Friday said the government would not make the rupee fully convertible

KAZAKHSTAN PLANS TO BEMAJOR OIL EXPORTERMOSCOW - Kazakhstan will become a major oil and gas

As the United States threatens to impose trade sanctions on $3 billion worth of imports from China,

Aided by technology-driven cost cuts, a group of major oil companies led by British Petroleum has ap

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

As of May 17, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 259.73 off 0.46

May 17, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 17, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 17, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

May 17, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

May 17, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

May 17, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Bu

The Bolivian government had not foreseen contradictions arising from the partial privatization of it

Friday May 17, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

CANADA FARMER ACQUITTEDOF ILLEGAL EXPORTS TO USWINNIPEG, Manitoba - In a ruling some say cou

CAR BOMB INJURES 3AT ROYAL DUTCH SITELIMA, Peru - A car bomb exploded in the Peruvian capita

A comparatively large crop of soybeans is expected this fall but robust demand is likely to keep the

Mobil Corp. on Friday said it would pay Kazakhstan $1.1 billion for a share of the giant Tengiz oil

YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEMPRESIDENT TO RETIREKANSAS CITY, Mo. - M. Reid Armstrong, Yellow Freight