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Two California congressmen have asked the Defense Department to postpone turning over a closed Navy

Canadian potash will begin flowing through a new Port of Portland, Ore., mineral bulk terminal that'

SHELL AND TEXACO SIGNJOINT MARKETING PACTWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Shell Oil Co. and Texaco Inc.

Pan American World Airways, a fledging carrier with a world-famous name, is talking with Carnival Ai

The Port of Seattle's oldest, largest and most diversified international cargo terminal is wearing o

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 244.34 up 0.23 wh

The polite term is ''residual ballast.''But a better description is the ''unpumpable slop an

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The Indian government this week unveiled a new petroleum exploration policy aimed at boosting produc

New York Mercantile Exchange - March 18, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

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March 19, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

International Petroleum ExchangeMarch 19, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

House Republicans, trying to keep to the proposed timetable for consolidating three banking bills ne

Wednesday March 19, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

Rhode Island business regulators may make changes to the state's 7-month-old banking law that curren

Salvage experts say that proposals from liability insurers to reform how ship salvage operations are

Turkey's total wheat imports for 1996 rose by 21.6 percent to 1.97 million tons, according to a repo

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, declined by 3.6 milli

Zurich Insurance Co. has taken a 25 percent holding in struggling Thai Metropole Insurance Co., refl

RADIATION LEVEL HIGHAT JAPAN NUCLEAR PLANTTOKYO - The Japanese state-run Power Reactor and N

Executives at Arco Alaska Inc. are trying to find the source of sea water bubbling up next to some o

It seems obvious. Since freight forwarders and shipping lines communicate with each other electronic

The Russians never needed U.S. aid in building nuclear weapons, but this week they're enlisting thei

STUDENTS LEND A HANDWITH SEA-LAND'S HELPFALMOUTH, Ky. - Sea-Land Service Inc. loaned a conta

Last summer, ocean carriers could have earned $1,100 for shipping a 20-foot container from Italy to

Intermodal truckers are pressing the federal government to make equipment owners legally responsible

Coast Guard officials in New Orleans are hoping that the mighty Mississippi River will be open for b

Japanese shipping analysts said Tuesday's agreement by domestic maritime groups to improve Japan's p

With environmentalists stronger than ever, the only hope to make dredging projects a reality is to e

SEA-LAND UPGRADES ITSUKRAINIAN CARGO SERVICELONDON - Sea-Land Service Inc. is increasing the

CONTINENTAL BEGINSHOUSTON RENOVATIONHOUSTON - Continental Airlines has begun $190 million in

ATLAS EXTENDS TWO CARGOPACTS WITH CHINA AIRLINESGOLDEN, Colo. - Atlas Air Inc. said it exten

1493 (March 19, 1997) Previous day - 1490The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

March 19, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

International Container Terminal Services Inc. has big plans for Mexico's modest Pacific Coast port

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