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Rail and truck congestion at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma is more seasonal than chronic, but with

For the past quarter-century, the United States and Canada have had a simple understanding when it c

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

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 21, '95, - April 12, '96 (a graph)

Friday, April 12, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Mickey Kantor's move to the Commerce Department completes a shift for him and for the Clinton admini

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The U.S. dollar's surge is pushing the envelope in light of the potential damage to trade competitiv

Rich industrialized nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation Development have agreed to

Boeing Co., the world's largest airplane manufacturer, said late last week it isn't convinced it's r

S&P LOWERS RATINGOF ALLIANZ FINANCENEW YORK - Standard & Poor's has lowered its commercial p

Strategic planning for logistics providers will pay for itself by helping companies avoid the pitfal

Proposals ranging from safeguards for the global economy to improving the economic growth prospects

''They're just chipping away and chipping away at us, and pretty soon the chisel is going to break i

Carriers, ports, labor, politicians, regulatory agents and third parties who are challenging attempt

MITSUI TO STARTSERVICE TO XINGANGSAN FRANCISCO - Japanese carrier Mitsui O.S.K. Lines said i

SONY TV PARTS PLANTWILL OPEN IN SLOVAKIABRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Sony Corp. will open a plant

If Lech Walesa had come here to upstage the new leaders of Poland, he couldn't have done a better jo

1450 (Apr. 12, 1996) Previous day - 1454The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The Czech Republic's biggest savings bank, Ceska Sporitelna A.S., said its profit tumbled 73 percent

Growth of 13 percent in cargo throughput at India's main ports will please the industry, but the gov

German industrial giant Daimler-Benz AG said late last week it was making good progress toward what

Economic growth in Europe slowed considerably in the second half of 1995 and there was little reason

Apr. 12, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL INC.PittsburghAmount of contract: $6,487,885.Contract descript

The Paris airports authority is counting on Federal Express to boost cargo traffic after being outpe

CHINA SAYS US BLOCKINGITS BID TO JOIN WTOPARIS - Chinese Premier Li Peng on Friday accused t

Members of National & Provincial Building Society last week voted overwhelmingly to approve a propos

A bitter battle for control of the fledgling telecommunications sector in Laos may reflect wider con

President Clinton will visit a Chrysler showroom in Tokyo during his three-day visit to Japan this w

Toyota Motor Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. have each acquired 5.5 percent of Asia Int

In this Saxon city where Johann Sebastian Bach once kept the choir on key, German President Roman He

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Political and business leaders reacted angrily to Swissair's move to redirect 13 long-haul flights f

Apr. 12, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Apr. 12, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

UKRAINIAN NUCLEAR PLANTREPORTS MINOR LEAKKIEV, Ukraine - A minor leak occurred at a Ukrainia