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''Every single major carrier is in there trying to get into the market, but getting concrete deals i

SHIPYARDS REOPENAFTER WEEK-LONG STRIKESEOUL - Thousands of shipyard workers returned to work

Shoot, then shake hands.Last March China sent warships on exercises that amounted to saber r

AMERICANASSOCIATIONOF PORT AUTHORITIESKURT NAGLEPresidentPorts throu

ECUADORIAN LINEJOHN F. MYLOTTVice presidentWith mergers, acquisitions, confe

XTRA Corp.LEWIS RUBINPresident, chief executiveFreight transportation companies were

The world's largest private operator of port terminals ''wouldn't touch the Philippines after this;

As exporters and transportation providers in the Northwest began sifting through the damage wrought

LOMAK TO PURCHASEOIL ASSETS FROM COMETRAFORT WORTH - Lomak Petroleum Inc. said last week it

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 240.56 up 0.95 w

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 3, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

HYDRO-QUEBEC FILESPOWER PLAN WITH FERCTORONTO - Hydro-Quebec is making another bid to crack

The global ship financing market seems calm now, but two troubling impressions have appeared on the

Federal officials will investigate the shipyard accident that killed Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco's youn

California auto insurance rates decreased significantly in 1996 and will continue to do so in 1997,

Partners in the Airbus consortium reached a preliminary accord Friday to restructure the European pl

China on Friday angrily denied that its worsening pollution was a threat to the world environment an

ASSOCIATIONOF AMERICANRAILROADSEDWIN L. HARPERPresident, chief executive

CANADIAN NATIONALRAILWAYPAUL M. TELLIERPresident,chief executive

U.S. officials can claim great success in blanketing Europe with open skies aviation deals, but sewi

A controversial ergonomics standard that the trucking industry says could cost millions of dollars t

Jan. 3, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

The story headlined ''UPS slaps hikes on a range of shipments'' that appeared Friday on Page 1B shou

Jan. 3, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 34.

The muddled and sometimes contradictory regulatory environment in which liner shipping companies ope

Insurers expect a flood, but not a deluge, of homeowners and auto claims as the waters recede in the

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A surge in imports, more business with foreign banks and restrictive monetary policies led Asian cou

The United Arab Emirates will this year approve the long-awaited plan to set up an official stock ma

Thousands of miles from Detroit in the snowy wastes of a dilapidated industrial park, U.S. cars are

Trade and diplomatic journals concerned with Latin America are bursting with a previously little use

MOACJOAN WILSONPresident,chief operating officerOvercapacity continu

LYKES BROS.STEAMSHIP CO.JOE B. FREEMANChairman, chief executive1997

FESCO AGENCIESROBERT GUINANPresidentStrong market conditions are providing g

As of Jan. 3, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Jan. 3, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Cargo volumes kept growing, the ships were virtually full, and yet rates in the Europe-Asia trades s

The troubled Caucasus region of the former Soviet Union is poised for explosive growth in world trad

China's exports of coal for 1996 are estimated at 30 million tons, up 11 percent from a year earlier

TOTEM RESOURCES CORP.Marc Langland was appointed to the Seattle-based company's board of dir