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

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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

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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

Conventional oil production in Canada declined in 1998 for the first time in seven years, and an eve

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hat's your e-mail address? Sound familiar? We are now asked for our cybernames and fax numbers more

The United States on Thursday proposed removing a United Nations ceiling on Iraqi oil sales provided

The Food and Drug Administration and the Association of Food and Drug Officials will conduct a one-d

A Japanese supercomputer maker has gone to court in an effort to retake the market offensive in a ba

Marcel Chang is the new president of Evergreen America Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd., replacing George Hsu, wh

Germany's robust growth in 1998 is expected to falter this year as successive effects from global fi

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

Emery Worldwide opened a 16,000-square-foot terminal at the Pease International Trade Port here.

Having resisted calls for protectionism since the Asian economic upheaval broke 16 months ago, the g

Aetna-U.S. Healthcare will let its six million HMO members appeal denials of insurance coverage to i

Rotterdam's European Combined Terminals reported positive figures for 1998.Traffic surged 10

U.S. exports weakened some in November but import values declined even more, according to the latest

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 6 - Jan. 14, 1999 (a graph)* Annua

Debt problems of three firms owned by the provincial government in southern Guangdong province are j

Latin American stocks and currencies rallied Thursday, temporarily providing relief from Brazil's gr

As if Russia didn't have enough trouble, the country may now face even greater difficulty in winning

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U.S. crude oil inventories rose more than 3 million barrels in the week ended January 8, as compared

Cigna Corp. will take a $60 million after-tax charge for weather-related losses, restructuring charg

780 (Jan. 13, 1999) Previous day - 786The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

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