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After nearly nine years of research and success with a small pilot project, a biotechnology company

A New Jersey trucking company that used to handle maritime containers for Maersk Inc. has filed a fe

Like their U.S. counterparts, Canadian ocean shippers are blasting liner conferences for paying lip

United Parcel Service and its pilots union are making progress in contract talks, but the pilots hop

Two longtime employees of the Maritime Administration were killed in a traffic accident here last we

EVA AIRWAYS POSTSSECOND PROFITABLE YEARTAIPEI - EVA Airways Corp. reported net income of $17

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South Korea, a world power in shipbuilding, craves more respect for its own fleet, and one official

Conrail Inc. is asking the Maritime Administration to support its merger with CSX Corp. as a way of

Feb. 21, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 241.36 off 0.02

India, the once-slumbering tiger of the Asian air cargo market, has begun to stir, increasing compet

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Microsoft Corp. is reinventing the wheel. Well, someone has to do it.Last September, the sof

It took nearly 10 years of negotiating in talks that often resembled some ponderous air turbulence b

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 20, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Feb. 21, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 21, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Russia's troubled miner, Norilsk Nickel, one of the world's largest producers of nickel and platinum

The Global Automotive ''Mistake Network'' is growing rapidly, air express and logistics service prov

Before we begin, I should tell you I am not overly fond of public relations people. Actually, I thin

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First Annual Women In Freight Conference (In conjunction with IATA Cargo Week.) March 5. Long Beach,

American forwarders who have used the decade to build and extend their reach into the global marketp

Canada is on the verge of an overhaul of its maritime system.The Canada Marine Act, designed

The mighty German export machine is moving up a gear, as the fall in the value of the Deutsche mark

Despite the crisis in trade relations over U.S. sanctions against Cuba, the European Union is reluct

Jose Pinera frequently characterizes himself as a ''missionary.''Once on his favorite subjec

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Friday, Feb. 21, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Some shippers are facing a 3 percent rate increase on their rail-truck traffic as demand for freight

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

The yen also rises.Currency traders and analysts said the Japanese currency is entering an a

Antigua will close five of six Russian-owned offshore banks operating on the island, and will tighte

Croatia Line, once a niche feeder service in the Adriatic and Mediterranean seas, has increased serv

The transportation division of one of Hong Kong's oldest and most diversified conglomerates is pulli

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

Three weeks ended Feb. 15, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded<

Ship Sale Report appears biweekly. The information, compiled by Shipping Intelligence Inc., a New Yo