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Canada is sending a jumbo jet full of top political and business leaders south next month to give si

Dec. 5, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Russia's Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations is in turmoil as exports and trade with the former S

SUN SUPPORTS CLINTON'SGLOBAL WARMING PLANWASHINGTON - A big U.S. oil company has broken rank

Dec. 5, 1997RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEA

Gold's fall to below $300 an ounce threatens up to 150,000 jobs in South Africa's mines, where more

While farmers protested a potentially devastating drop in meat prices, Britons appeared to be ignori

The International Monetary Fund is revising down its forecasts for world economic growth as Asia's e

After two years of construction and numerous demonstrations by longshoremen, the Los Angeles Export

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 234.88 off 1.12

SHIPSEIGHT-DAY STRIKEENDS AT SANTOSSAO PAULO - Dockworkers at Brazil's large

THREE WEEKS ENDED NOV. 29, 1997, VS. SIMILAR 1996 PERIODCARS CARSLOADED LOADED

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

When it comes to shipping giant earth-movers, size is everything.Excavators, front shovelers

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For the week ended November 29, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equal

The Surface Transportation Board turned down a proposal from the Tongue River Railroad Co. to build

Global air cargo rose by 9.2 percent in August 1997, to 4.6 million tons, compared with the same per

In a bid to accelerate its entry to the World Trade Organization, China is now offering to eliminate

Caribbean countries are objecting to the region's civil aviation agencies being given air safety ove

Charter rates have turned sharply higher for North Atlantic cargoes, largely because of an influx of

Raymond A. Boyle, a 24-year veteran of the Port of Oakland, was named director of maritime.M

Fewer shipping lines, operating ever-larger containerships, are going to be served in the future by

Having provoked the scrap, the Philippine govern- ment now says it's unhappy with the outcome, and

HAMMER AWARD GIVENTO HARBOR DATA SERVICELOS ANGELES - The Marine Exchange of Los Angeles-Lon

Until a few short weeks ago, the ocean carrier community had a glimpse of what looked like the light

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

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Plans by an aggressive Malaysian shipbuilder to extend its reach into Europe collapsed in a dispute

Western railroads are being pressed to move mountains of backlogged grain shipments in the wake of t

DECEMBERCalifornia State Lands Commission. Dec. 9. Martinez, Calif. Meeting with U.S. Coast

When it comes to insurance coverage for overseas employees, the unofficial slogan for U.S. companies

Despite President Clinton's stunning setback in his pursuit of authority to negotiate a Free Trade A

The din of construction machinery built in the United States is being heard around the world.

Dec. 5, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

1200 (Dec. 5, 1997) Previous day - 1188The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

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

Bob Fien said he began to get serious about exporting four years ago, when German manufacturers of c

It's a cold day as the wind strafes the tarmac at Dulles International Airport. Air France workers w