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US AIRLINES BOOST CARGO TRAFFIC IN JULYWASHINGTON - With international freight leadi

Swissair has announced that it plans to usher in a new set of cost-cutting measures in a bid to impr

Opponents of converting old railroad tracks into hiking trails are exaggerating the possible risk of

Public utilities and railroads are increasingly using aluminum railcars to replace their aging steel

New technology and design regulations are changing the look, weight and price of the intermodal tank

Shipping lines and port interests are telling the Environmental Protection Agency that the federal p

Hoping to take the guesswork out of illegible hand-written destination labels, Emery Worldwide is eq

A Japanese company purchased three cheese processing machines, then switched tracks and decided it w

Major container shipping lines sailing from Japan to Europe will try to push through a rate increase

The controversial proposal to build a 10.4 billion deutsche mark ($6.5 billion) magnetic rail passen

ENCOMPASS (Cary, N.C.) - Michael A. Odell was named vice president of marketing for the company, whi

Computer buffs can now use their bytes to get a bite to eat under a plan unveiled last month by Pizz

FLEET LINES TO BEGIN PERSIAN GULF SERVICEAVENEL, N.J. - Fleet Lines, an off-dock con

Competition from ports to the south is putting the squeeze on longshoremen handling breakbulk cargo

1442 (Sep. 2, 1994) Previous day - 1435 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Sep. 2, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

(1) DAILY INDEX * Annual Smoothed percent +18.778/29 107.08/30 106.78/

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

Friday, Sept. 2, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Scott Shepherd was bothered by the unfairness of it all. Small and medium-sized Canadian com

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

The U.S. dollar will decline this week, as inflation fears simmer ahead of Friday's producer price r

The war of words between the United States and Canada over ship tolls on the St. Lawrence Seaway con

Minnesota companies are exporting more manufactured goods to Japan this year since the yen began str

Some 300 workers at Port of New York and New Jersey facilities where imported Toyota and Nissan cars

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

South Korea's industrial production fell 4.5 percent in July from the previous month, but grew 0.7 p

The United States, the European Union, and Japan have a primary responsibility to act in a timely wa

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

Hanjin Shipping Co. Saturday started a new intra-Asia service linking Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore

Earnings fell at Malaysia's flag ocean carrier in the first half of this year, though the group over

Mexican trains soon will get their bearings from Virginia. Gov. George Allen announced that

Strong if uneven growth in China's economy is spurring significant changes in the way its people spe

Businessmen and policy makers in Finland, Sweden and Norway are all betting on ''yes" votes when the

The average U.S. port director's salary this year is $96,182, up from $91,890 in 1993, the American

A Treasury Department report proclaiming the positive impact on U.S. exports of International Moneta

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES TO EXPAND TERMINALSAN FRANCISCO - American President Lines

The so-called J-curve effect will likely be a major factor raising Japan's current-account surplus a

Germany's Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel Friday criticized the policy paper on the future of the Euro

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