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Japanese carrier Mitsui O.S.K. Lines named a veteran of its European operations as its next U.S. chi

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 239.92 up 2.24 wh

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INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXCHANGEAug. 20, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Aug. 20, 1997RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLE

Northeast Utilities has a new leader who hopes to guide the company back to prosperity.Micha

CALIFORNIA FIRM USES NETFOR EXPORT DECLARATIONSOAKLAND, Calif. - Sealink Information Technol

Exxon Corp. of Houston appears to have lost a bid to develop a major oil deposit in the Nenets regio

The Volzhsky Pipe Works (VTZ) and the Kala Naft Co. of Iran will shortly sign the second of a series

As part of the intensive debate over an overhaul of the central government, the Ministry of Finance

The Clinton administration issued new pollution rules for imported gasoline, complying with part of

'We want to go forward. The strike tomorrow will be ancient history.'

Like a surge of adrenaline, the Deutsche mark's depreciation this year has temporarily spurred Germa

Orbcomm Global LP said it signed a service license agreement with Salcon Philippines Inc., Manila.

OFFERS TO BUY* MACARONI. Something other than the standard type (f e spiral). four to five t

France's state-owned nuclear processing company said it has reached an agreement in principle with R

SHIPSCOSCO, ITALIAN FIRMIN CONTAINER VENTURETIANJIN, China - China Ocean Shi

BRITISH FIRM TO SELLSTAKE IN GENERAL CABLELONDON - British industrial conglomerate Wassal PL

A shareholder suit was filed against Norfolk Southern Corp., CSX Corp. and executives of Delaware Ot

1292 (Aug. 20, 1997) Previous day - 1293The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

A committee of experts will be created to seek political consensus on the question of protection of

The Surface Transportation Board on Wednesday released a decision siding with the railroads in a lon

P&O Nedlloyd Container Line Ltd. recorded a $36 million profit during the second quarter of this yea

Preston Trucking Co. announced a 5.4 percent rate increase effective Sept. 2, as the company said st

The master of the Greek-flag tanker Nissos Amorgos was reunited with his family in Greece after he w

Aug. 20, 1997BALTIC INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET Prev.Close High Low

ONGOINGIntroduction to Logistics Sales. Various dates and locations. Two-day seminars to tea

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Mary Schiavo, former top cop at the U.S. Department of Transportation, tearfully told the families o

SHIPSDOCKWORKERS STRIKEAT FRENCH PORTSMARSEILLES, France - Dockworker unions

Hours before a freight train derailed on a bridge over the Susquehanna River, plunging five coal car

Cuba has produced 60 million cigars for export so far this year and is on course to produce some 100

MEDIATORS SUMMON UPS,PILOTS TO RESUME TALKSWASHINGTON - United Parcel Service pilots said We

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About 10,000 injured Texas workers whose insurance claims have been covered by the Texas Workers Com

Union members at the Bethship yard voted to accept a labor agreement with a company that wants to bu

Japanese customs inspectors found 20 fake U.S. $100 and $50 bills aboard a North Korean freighter, o

Over the objections of rail rival Union Pacific Railroad, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway C