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Monday Aug. 4, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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Without W. Don Welch's vision and single-minded determina- tion, the Wando Welch Term- inal might

The member companies of Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response Inc. have invested $840,000 in a ba

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AUGUSTHarbor Transportation Club. Aug. 7, San Pedro, Calif. Joseph N. Miniace, president and

A draft shipping policy, strongly skewed in favor of domestic players, is likely to be accepted by t

The Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Port Authority on Friday kicked off a privatization program that will put

ENRON SAYS BIDWAS ON THE UP AND UPNEW DELHI, India - Energy giant Enron denied Monday that i

The growing convergence of power and money at the center of the world economy was highlighted Monday

At the last minute, Russia's Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin ordered a halt to the sale of the 38

PLANESGERMANY PREPARES TOSELL LUFTHANSA STAKEFRANKFURT - The German governme

A ship laden with several thousand metric tons of rice broke a naval blockade of Sierra Leone on Thu

A rail link is now officially open for international container movement in Harbin, capital of China'

A California congressman who in 1992 was the first Korean-American elected to Congress has pleaded g

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending July 30, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

As Washington bickers over who should be the next U.S. ambassador to Mexico, only one thing counts i

Troubled semiconductor company Alphatec, a major supplier to U.S. companies like Texas Instruments I

HOUSE BILL WOULD BOOSTEARTHQUAKE SAFETY FUNDSWASHINGTON - A bill proposing to provide some $

Cargo rates across the Atlantic, hovering at dramatic lows, are holding steady, and even inching upw

It never rains but it pours, in this case literally.While United Parcel Service was on tente

Financial troubles at Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's third-largest automobile manufacturer, are hav

OFFERS TO BUY* PU LEATHER. 5 X 20-ft. FCL per month. Wet PU; Suede PU; Nubuck PU. Thickness:

Jim Kelly and Ron Carey, veterans of the armed services who started their careers driving brown UPS

PARTY MEMBERS BANNEDFROM VIETNAM BUSINESSESHANOI - Vietnam's Communist Party has banned its

The United Parcel Service strike Monday appeared to have killed at birth an effort by international

US PROMISES TO TREATFRUIT BEFORE SHIPPINGBRASILIA - Brazil will not need to burn any more U.

OFFERING HELPS BOOSTHARTFORD'S PROFITHARTFORD, Conn. - Hartford Financial Services Group Inc

What is it worth to United Parcel Service to get out of the current Teamster pension plans?

In a statement on Friday, the Executive Board of the Common Fund for Commodities said it has awarded

The murder of a Russian businessman who was shot in a Swedish parking lot could be related to his wo

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 243.36 up 0.61 whi

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

1283 (Aug. 4, 1997) Previous day - 1279The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

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

In 1991, a cash-strapped California briefly imposed a sales tax on bunker fuel. Shipowners responded

Aug. 4, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

The Kalitta Cos. and Kitty Hawk Inc. announced a merger of their air cargo and air charter logistics

Far East Air Transport Corp. of Taiwan is moving to scheduled services between its base at Kaohsiung

It's not unusual to see trucks moving slowly at a toll bridge, but here at the Peace Bridge linking