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TRAINSREPORTING DELAY CITED ASAMTRAK ACCIDENT FACTORGARDEN CITY, Ga. - A del

With a strike deadline at Amtrak looming next week, Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater is

American ship pilots, saying they are constantly striving for safety, want to present sea captains w

For the first-year students at the maritime academies, here is the answer that has baffled these scr

An item in the defense appropriations bill that creates a 30-year monopoly on the cruise business in

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ONGOINGCalifornia Maritime Academy. November and January. Oakland. Seminars on situational n

One of the world's largest container shipping firms is setting sail on a course to increase its reac

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 13, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

Oct. 14, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

RUSSIA SET TO AUCTIONSTAKES IN 5 STATE FIRMSMOSCOW - Russia will auction stakes in five majo

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Europe's monopoly dominated gas supply and distribution market will be opened later rather than soon

Japan will be pressured to cut its huge trade surplus with Southeast Asia when meeting with the Asso

A historic rescue package to salvage Thailand's ailing financial sector has opened the way for major

BRAZILIAN CHIEF GIVES OKFOR FREE-TRADE TALKSBRASILIA, Brazil - President Clinton Tuesday sai

SHELL CHIEF: NO 'MIRACLES'ON RENEWABLE ENERGYThe world will probably need to develop all its

In one of the first cases of its kind, an Australian telecommunications company has gone to court to

With forecasts of steady growth in the Asia-Pacific petroleum market, Exxon Corp. is maneuvering to

It is China's latest model city.Zhucheng, a tiny municipality in the coastal province of Sha

Tuesday Oct. 14, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Five years after the ''Europe 1992'' program was supposed to create a unified market in Europe, ship

'The problem is, what constitutes indentured labor? If there's no age limitations, it becomes imposs

ISRAEL SAYS IT SIGNEDARMS DEAL WITH POLANDJERUSALEM - Israel said Tuesday it had signed an a

After enduring two years of threats and demonstrations by longshoremen, the $200 million Los Angeles

A 4 percent increase in revenue powered Illinois Central Corp. to an 8 percent increase in third qua

A Michigan Republican opened two days of hearings into the tainted 1996 Teamster election, charging

For the week ended October 4, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

Three weeks ended Oct. 4, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCARS CARS LOADED LOADED

Transportation stocks on The Journal of Commerce Index fared poorly against the Dow Jones Industrial

1352 (Oct. 14, 1997) Previous day - 1339The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Oct. 14, 1997BALTIC INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET Prev.Close High Low

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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990 (Oct. 14, 1997) Previous day - 981The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursday

SHIPSEPA PRESENTS PLAN TO CUTEMISSIONS IN 22 STATESWASHINGTON - The Environm

When Capt. Kirk first boldly goes where no one has gone before, his voyage will likely be via a mous

Airline alliances continue to gather steam, despite a spotty record in creating true cargo agreement

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