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Gulf Coast Dockside Inc. has announced the expansion of its bulk cargo stevedoring capabilities at t

Major airlines told an independent review group on Wednesday that proposed government competition gu

Efforts to privatize electric utilities in the Philippines and curb pollution got a boost Thursday w

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Azerbaijani state oil company Socar signed an agreement Tuesday with U.S.-based Frontiera Resources

anta Claus is facing a serious problem this year. Personal deliveries of Christmas gifts are expecte

The International Monetary Fund approved a $140 million payout from its loan to Thailand Tuesday, un

Unlike several struggling Caribbean waterfronts hurting for traffic, the question at Point Lisas Ind

Air and ocean freight forwarder Union-Transport has acquired four transportation companies, includin

Five bulk trucking companies have entered into an equipment-pooling agreement,The carriers -

825 (Dec. 17, 1998) Previous day - 834The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

A report by the Federal Maritime Commission will verify complaints that shippers were hit earlier th

The U.S. trade balance improved in October for the second successive month, with the deficit declini

Crescent Towing has received certification compliance with the internationally recognized ISO 9002-1

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American General Corp., of Houston, said its life insurance units agreed to settle class-action laws

Dec. 17, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Pope John Paul II and the World Council of Churches called this week for forgiving the debts of impo

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

TNT Post Group, a day after acquiring French express company Jet Services, said it is eyeing other a

The Surface Transportation Board closed the books on administrative proceedings that governed job ch

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'Suddenly, Deutsche Post is everywhere, buying up companies right and left. They have become a globa

More and more Asian companies are opening their books to the peering eyes of Westerners in an effort

If the direction of logistics remains unclear, one thing is for sure - the electronic transmission o

Roadrunner Trucking Inc. said its Roadrunner Logistics unit has opened offices in Omaha and Des Moin

The European Commission is asking trade associations to take on more responsibility for the safety o

The U.S. Customs Service is moving its New York-area office from Newark, N.J., to a 68,000- square-f

An 82-year-old marathon runner jogging along a railroad track was killed by a train, which he couldn

Hub Group said it has expanded its international freight management subsidiary called HLX by hiring

A federal judge has dismissed Dow Chemical Co.'s lawsuit to recover damages from Exxon Corp.'s alleg

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Owens Corning has reached a settlement covering 90 percent of its asbestos cases.Owens Corni

U.S. investment in Senegal, after contracting in recent years, has begun to expand again in 1998, ac

Inter-American Development Bank President Enrique Iglesias urged industrialized countries to open ma

vondale Shipyards Inc., a defense contractor that has ignored government orders to recognize an elec

Rumors of a possible merger between Yellow Corp. and Consolidated Freightways Corp., two of the nati