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The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, include the f

Vietnam's textile and garment sector is looking to lift exports in 1999 to $1.5 billion, putting spe

The majority of container lines in the North Atlantic trades will seek approval from U.S. and Europe

North American railroads made the first in a series of weekly performance reports that could signal

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The methodology to determine the optimum mix of risk securitization and traditional financing to ena

Centris Group Inc. confirmed the receipt of an unsolicited acquisition proposal from HCC Insurance H

Northern Telecom, Canada's largest high-tech company, said this week it will close plants and elimin

The World Bank believes the Romanian government is now committed to reforms needed for the country's

The Iranian embassy in Azerbaijan issued a statement Thursday complaining that Iranian goods importe

The United States and the European Union appear headed - albeit awkwardly - toward settlement of a n

Progress toward liberalized aviation agreements with three African countries and Argentina is expect

Although far from any market crisis, Mercedes-Benz de Mexico executives in Mexico say that they expe

One of the major sore points in the shaky U.S.-China maritime relationship has been healed.S

Transport Corp. of America Inc. has sold its subsidiary, Transport International Express to Express

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. has bought Norminter SA of Caen, France, for an undisclosed sum.

The Texas Railroad Commission urged the state Legislature this week to provide tax relief to the sta

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600per

Prospects for action on the long-stalled financial services reform legislation pending in Congress i

Free trade between Cuba and the United States could be a bonanza for Florida, according to a study c

The French insurance group AXA declined to comment on a newspaper report that it had made a takeover

Aetna Inc. Wednesday signed a $100 million agreement to acquire Argentina's biggest health-maintenan

oreign executives intoxicated by opportunities opened by the first 20 years of China's economic re

'I feel like Chicken Little, except that the sky really is falling.'

An International Monetary Fund audit team said it will recommend to the fund's board that a $53 mill

Vice President Al Gore lent his political muscle to the Port of New York and New Jersey on Wednesday

Thomas Holt Jr., a son of the man who built a regional trucking company into a shipping power on the

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 13, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Taiwan's principal Port of Kaohsiung handled the equivalent of 6.27 million 20-foot containers last

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 194.15 off 2.47

FUTURES - Jan. 13, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Jan. 12, 1999All life-of-co

International Trade Minister Sergio Marchi said this week he would defend Canadian exporters if the

Samoco, the venture jointly owned by Mobil Shipping and Transportation Co. and Saudi Maritime Holdin

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsOct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March April May June

Chinese police have arrested seven men in connection with the hijacking of a cargo ship and killing

The World Bank will provide the western Indian state of Maharashtra a loan of $134 million for a hea

costly legal battle is erupting over who gets to manage the ship's registry of Liberia. And, surpris

Traders and carriers in Europe are anxiously watching the South American trades lanes to see whether

Growing world production, bulging inventories and sliding prices persuaded U.S. winter wheat farmers