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Plans to start work on Unocal Corp.'s $1.9 billion gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan's cent

As this column is being written, there have been no announcements about the signing of any new ocean

Senate Republican leaders are holding up the nomination of a Democrat to the Surface Transportation

As of March 12, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

* Noon Thursday - The U.S. dollar was mixed at midday Thursday, rising slightly against the Japanese

Indonesia is willing to consider an alternative to the currency board system opposed by the Internat

The four main independent European shipping lines serving the leading east African Port of Mombasa h

The Marine Society of the City of New York holds its 228th annual dinner April 20 at the Downtown At

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker Rate Schedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Sched

March 11, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close Hig

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 225.51 up 0.38 wh

March 11, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

March 11, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

International Petroleum ExchangeMarch 10, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Australia stressed its concern on Wednesday that Indonesia accept the terms of an International Mone

CHINA AIRLINE TO BUY11 BOEING PLANESHONG KONG - Xinjiang Airlines, a regional carrier in nor

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Mar. 4, 1998 as supplied by the bunker fuel de

At the request of a Senate committee, the Department of Transportation's inspector general is review

Truck drivers Wednesday launched a 48-hour strike in this Panamanian city, site of three private por

MARCHNational Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America. March 15-19. San Antonio.

U.S. exports of controlled high-tech goods to Russia have soared nearly sixfold in the past year, su

APB GLOBAL RESOURCES INC.Barbara J. Jones has founded this consulting firm in Plano, Texas.I

Russia appears to have tipped its hand in trying to gain control of Ukraine's gas pipelines to Europ

U.S. distillate fuel oil inventories rose significantly in the week ended March 6, as compared with

Over the heated objections of Democrats, a House panel has reissued subpoenas in its investigation o

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

The U.S. economic embargo of Cuba does not work in its goal of ousting Fidel Castro or forcing him t

'Asia remains the main economic engine globally, and all the key ingredients that made the Asian mir

Members of the American business community in Vietnam on Wednesday welcomed President Clinton's deci

It is no longer fitting that the view from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy falls across the ship ch

SOUTH AFRICA INSURER MAYHURRY ITS PUBLIC OFFERINGJOHANNESBURG - South Africa's second-larges

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1097 (March 11, 1998) Previous day - 1102The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

March 10, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

One of the earliest warnings of deflation has come from The Journal of Commerce industrial materials

EU SETS NEW STUDIESON BEEF HORMONE RISKBRUSSELS - The European Union will respond to a World

Although the Asian financial crisis is likely to have a negative short-term effect on U.S. grain exp

United Parcel Service won a $66 million contract from IBM for express parts delivery that will help

KDR ACQUIRES STAKEIN RAIL-VAN INC.COLUMBUS, Ohio - The intermodal business is getting a firs