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Cargo theft claims have continued to roll in despite the best efforts of insurance companies to publ

The following transportation executives passed away during 1995. Charles Eli Baron, a shippi

Many in the industry made personnel changes in 1995, including: MARITIMEAmerican Ass

THE AMERICAN WAY "U.S. body cultists will fight, howl and shoot to find a parking place as c

From 1992 to 1994, the number of newly built railcars nearly doubled. Last year new cars rose anothe

BULLETPROOF WINDOWS "I am concerned that in firing this economic weapon, we won't hit Iran.

There's going to be a big fight this year over attempts to reform or repeal U.S. cabotage laws.<

TROOP CONTAINERS "My customer is troop support, and my job is not to promote the maritime in

If 1995 was the year that protection and indemnity clubs finally reached agreement over imiting insu

Traditional trench warfare between rail labor and management during contract talks moved faster than

TAKE IT LIKE A MAN "They have similar laws in their own arena, shipping things they produce

Future of the movement "People here are wondering if the ILA is going to be around."_ Willia

JUST YOU WAIT "When I get to the Oval Office, I cancel Nafta and the new world order comes c

PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA "This is a perfect country, but we have this one curse and we are des

TICKET PLEASE "The airlines are greedy, period."_ John J. Driscoll, director, Los Angeles In

The announcement by Taiwan Power Co. that it will ship low-level nuclear waste to Russia for disposa

Vietnam is aggressively selling its coffee amid falling prices to avoid further declines, Asian trad

Massive cargo ships and tankers glide in long convoys through the Suez Canal, modern incarnations of

Dutch natural gas reserves are considerably larger than previously thought and will allow major oil

AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BARGE LINES (Jeffersonville, Ind.) - William Schmidt was named manager of liquid

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

What an amazing industry. When I left on vacation late last June, it appeared that there was some pr

Jan. 5, 1996 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

1583 (Jan. 5, 1996) Previous day - 1589 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

With 1995 drawing to a close, the Port of Long Beach, Calif., continued to hold its ranking at the n

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Prophets said there would be signs before the apocalypse - boiling seas, black skies and other frigh

Southeast Asia, South America and Eastern Europe are the top targets of U.S. exporters looking to ex

The year was thick and overgrown with news events for the shipping industry. Shipbuilding agreements

The Clinton administration signed an unprecedented 20 aviation agreements in 1995, fully half of whi

Merger-minded railroad executives will have a hard time in 1996 topping a record level of $10.5 bill

The Overseas Private Investment Corp. will provide $200 million in financing for a new Argentine mob

WEST VIRGINIA SCALES PREMIUMS TO PAY LEVELCHARLESTON, W.Va. - The board that manages the Pub

A rate shift proposed by Allstate Insurance Co. will mean higher premiums for many of its southern N

Oman is hoping to cut its budget deficit during a five-year economic development plan by 68.6 percen

A past dispute with Canada over its restrictions on U.S. television broadcasting may be headed for a

W.R. BERKLEY CORP. (Greenwich, Conn.) - The board of directors elected John D. Vollaro president and

David B. Simmons, executive vice president since 1992 with the National Association of Insurance Com

The owners of defunct ANA Insurance Co., which once wrote liability automobile coverage in Louisiana

Zurich Insurance Group and the Insurance Partners investment group completed the first big merger of