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The inspiration for this column was an incident last month at a seminar in Las Vegas. A forwarder di

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 23, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

China's largest shipping concern, eager to expand even more, faces a number of hurdles.China

Mariners are a tradition-bound group and view certain nautical items as unchanging. This tradition,

Italy's entrepreneurs aren't taking any more chances. A recent slew of corporate legal wrangles is p

JANUARYCalifornia State University. January and thereafter. Transportation, logistics and re

There is a large equipment market in South Africa that is competitive and much is produced locally.

Slow payment by the United Nations has helped put out of business a New Zealand company which suppli

Have you been avoiding doing business in Japan because you think it's too hard to break into this ma

NORTH AMERICAGift & Home Furnishings. Jan. 7-15, 1998. Atlanta. Contact: Daniel McKinnon, (4

The Hexagon financial services system can be installed in your own office, giving you in effect an e

OFFERS TO SELL* CHEMICALS. Granular activated carbon; humic acid sodium; humic acid potassiu

Truck driver Richard Crawford rose from his pew in the rear of the chapel and asked nervously as he

Customs has issued a ''final'' checklist of measures that importers and their agents can use in meet

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Middle EastJORDANThe Jordanian government has cut customs duties on 46 goods mainly

Sri Lankan trade unions are intensifying their protests as the government gets ready to sign an agre

Cylink Corp. said it was the first hardware vendor to win U.S. Department of Commerce approval to ex

Corporate advertising may tout customer service, but the American consumer seems sadly left out of t

Germany's shipbuilding industry is likely to suffer a fall in production of about 5 percent in 1998

A Colorado-based firm won permission to set up a $275 million fuel conversion project in Trinidad an

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

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Pilots of U.S. inland river towboats - who push the nation's barges full of grain, coal, steel, fert

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Grupo Libra/Companhia Maritima Nacional has appointed Libra USA Inc. as U.S. general agents for ocea

Dec. 23, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

1236 (Dec. 23, 1997) Previous day - 1244The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

905 (Dec. 23, 1997) Previous day - 913The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursday

Sri Lanka is enjoying an increase in the number of foreign visitors as tourists abandon other popula

As textile and apparel companies fight to rein in the noisome trade in fake goods turned out by fly-

Nearly all of the new manufacturing jobs in the Midwest in the past few years have come at companies

In an effort to dispel investors' fears, South Korean President-elect Kim Dae-jung revised his pro-l

The next Pearl Harbor-style sneak attack may well be aimed at the United States' economic and inform

Dec. 22, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

S. KOREA'S EX-PRESIDENTSWALK FREE AFTER PARDONSEOUL - Former South Korean presidents Roh Tae

The U.S. dollar climbed back above 130 yen Monday but retreated from its highs on rumors that the Ba

By reiterating their opposition to the sale of Conrail Inc., two shipper groups that represent major