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Senior Transportation Department officials involved in the organization of a major maritime conferen

Cavalop Shipping Inc. said it received approval from the government's Board of Investments to engage

The Inland Marine Underwriters Association announced its eighth annual inland marine essay contest.<

The United States fired the first shot on Tuesday in what threatens to be a trans-Atlantic trade war

Turkey has surprised U.S. officials by starting work on a gas pipeline from Iran, at a time when Was

The Alliance for Rail Competition will take its case for expanded competition to a new Congress that

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Conseco Inc. reported third quarter 1998 net income of $270.5 million, down $1million from the third

The Port of Miami and its most important tenant, Seaboard Marine Ltd., have reached a long-term agre

Shippers seeking alternatives in the event of a strike next month against Federal Express should not

The Ferropasa consortium has won an exclusive 30-year concession to operate the Fepasa rail line, th

Crowley Marine Services on Friday will christen the Papu Norte, the first of two ''Papu''-class rive

The following tradeleads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The leads are curre

The Treasury Department said its Office of Foreign Assets Control is amending the Iraqi Sanctions Re

British Airways has confirmed the purchase of 59 standard design Airbus planes, according to Airbus

Whatever may be different about company practice in Asia from the West, one thing is constant: It's

A U.S. appeals court has rejected a complaint that the government unfairly eased its clean-air rules

The creation of the International Underwriting Association of London through the merger of two group

Orion Capital Corp. said its net earnings for the quarter were $2.3 million, down almost 90 percent

CNA Financial Corp. reported a net loss for the 1998 third quarter of $14 million compared with net

Nov. 10, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The government is expected to approve the extension of dredging operations in the Parana-Paraguay wa

The sprawling storm that swept across the northern Pacific Ocean late last month is likely to le

When West Coast longshore employers negotiated the current three-year contract with dockworkers in 1

Tuesday Nov. 10, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

As of November 12, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained fro

Trading companies have played a major role in forestry exports. The economics of the product want to

When five environmental activists recently scaled a giant construction crane outside the Atlanta hea

Look for forest product companies to be the next U.S. industry to consolidate along global lines. Al

Exactly 23 years after one of the memorable disasters on the Great Lakes, a monster gale was expecte

Germany's Commerzbank and Italy's insurer Assicurazioni Generali have announced a cross-shareholding

The New York Council of the Navy League has granted a distinguished-service award to the captain of

''A lot of infrastructure will have to be rebuilt, especially in the area of electricity distributio

Representatives of Mexico and the European Union said they hope to make progress on the first round

Massachusetts will appeal last week's federal court decision that a state selective-purchasing law a

Buoyed by results in 13 test markets, Emery Worldwide plans a nationwide launch of its updated premi

Certifying and inspecting Russia's exports and food imports is still a growing business despite Russ

CNA Surety Corp.'s net income for the third quarter of 1998 was $11.5 million compared with a loss o

Equitable Cos. Inc. saw its third-quarter 1998 after-tax operating earnings fall to $141 million fro

Regular container ship service has begun between the Port of Dandong in northeastern Liaoning provin