SOUTHERN AFRICA/U.S. FREIGHT RATES TO RISE

SOUTHERN AFRICA/U.S. FREIGHT RATES TO RISE

   Shipping lines of the Southern and Eastern Africa/U.S. Conference plan
to raise rates 10 percent, effective May 15.
   The increase will apply only on northbound cargo.
   Conference members are Lykes Lines, Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co. and SafBank.