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Components of an oil drilling rig manufactured in Virginia were exported to Norway through the Port

Congress is giving the stalled "Superfund" program emergency money to keep toxic cleanups going thro

Overseas Borrowings SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's government has ordered the country's

OIL/GAS BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY LTD. (Melbourne, Australia) - Peter Willcox was named execut

Invitation Accepted THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch Premier Ruud Lubbers has accepted an invi

Iran's oil-exporting capacity could be cut by as much as a third if Iraq maintains the disruption ca

Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson said the Chernobyl accident shows that atomic power is a danger and m

The New York State Public Service Commission has approved three small-scale alternative power projec

A new sales pitch invented by Congress to sell U.S. farm products overseas is humming right along, a

The Federal Maritime Commission will consider comments on proposed rules concerning anti-rebating ce

Monday, August 18,1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanadaU.K.G

GENERAL NEWSMany questions remain following Congress' marathon-tax writing session.Page 3A F

Crown Forest Shifts Marine OperationsVANCOUVER, British Columbia - Crown Forest Industries,

Sea Containers Ltd. reported losses for the second quarter of $4.5 million on revenue of $159.3 mill

Peter Morris, Australia's transport minister, said his country should pay more attention to the deve

Federal Express will continue to post significantly higher profit margins than the other publicly he

Most Americans believe the federal government has been lax in supervising nuclear power plants, and

Cleanliness is the latest suspect in a derailment which has been called the worst passenger train ac

American Can Co. announced it will build a barrier plastics container manufacturing facility in Wood

Invitation Accepted THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch Premier Ruud Lubbers has accepted an invi

Delta Enters Bidding For Jet America LineDelta Air Lines has entered the bidding for Jet Ame

The following are the results of Monday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge freigh

Administration Forms Steel Task ForceThe Reagan administration, concerned that the recent ba

The Australia-Europe Shipping Conference and the Australian Shippers' Council agreed to freight rate

A recently formed strategic planning group for The St. Lawrence Seaway will hold its first meeting h

The appeal is direct: Overcoming Sanctions? Import-Export Agency in Neighboring Territory Can Assist

Nigeria is poised to make a major foray into oil-for-goods countertrade deals during the next few mo

A group of central banks and commercial banks has agreed in principle to a short-term bridge loan to

Overseas Borrowings SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's government has ordered the country's

What impact could an outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease in Eastern Europe have on the shipping busin

The Sentry insurance operation will continue to trade in Australia intact for at least three years d

Aegon N.V. received approval from investors to acquire Monumental Corp. of Balti more, Md., for the

A record haul of Afghan heroin confiscated by police here was brought into the Netherlands on a Sovi

All-water shipping services from Asia to the U.S. East Coast will find it increasingly difficult to

Australian shippers welcomed plans by Associated Container Transportation/ PACE Line to start a regu

The U.S. dollar inched higher again Monday in extremely quiet trading. Analys said the forei

Beginning Nov. 8 the export of hazardous wastes will be brought under tight regulation. Also

Six finalists remain in contention for the position of American Association of Port Authorities pres

Strong container growth was recorded again by the ports of Wilmington, N.C., Charleston and Savannah

Hong Kong Bank Fraud Yields 3-Year SentenceThe former general manager of failed Overseas Tru