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MATSON SEEKS MARAD OKFOR A BOXSHIP OPERATIONWASHINGTON - Matson Navigation Co. is seeking Ma

CLUB OFFERS DISCOUNTON SHIPS THAT MEET CODELONDON - Shipowners that insure their vessels wit

Members of a government advisory panel Wednesday disputed the U.S. argument that Japan is opening up

Jordan this week held its first round of talks for entry into the World Trade Organization, and its

With a new business-labor economic pact agreed to for the coming year in Mexico, hopes are rising th

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 241.11 off 2.22 w

IMF MAY RESUME LOANTO RUSSIA IN DECEMBERMOSCOW - The International Monetary Fund may issue t

Applications are pouring into the Maritime Administration for slots in the $2 million-a-ship operati

The jet fuel prices increases of recent months came to a head Wednesday as Lufthansa Cargo confirmed

Norfolk Southern Corp. is offering to break open the rail monopoly that Conrail Inc. has on many Nor

GE Capital is quietly retooling its logistics business after an attempt to enter the growing market

JAPANESE BANK EMPLOYEEEMBEZZLES $30 MILLIONTOKYO - A regional Japanese bank said Wednesday t

Oct. 30, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Circle International, one of the few U.S. logistics companies to offer a fully global range of multi

William E. Krause, a sales executive for Flexi-Van Leasing Inc., died Sept. 19 after a battle with c

FIRE GUTS TERMINALIN INDIAN CAPITALNEW DELHI - A fire destroyed a departure terminal at New

The U.S. dollar declined against the Japanese yen Wednesday, but recovered from an early slide again

Some 80,000 gallons of bunker fuel spilled out of a drydocked cargo ship this week because a shipyar

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The Department of Energy's first land transfer under an obscure provision of a Defense Department fu

Most seafaring superstition has been handed down by storytellers who anchored their yarns in voodoo

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Oct. 30, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 30, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

ALMOST HALF UK AIRPORTSLACK STATE-OF-ART SECURITYLONDON - Almost half of British airports la

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

Pulling the thread of foreign connections, the Republican chairman of a key House panel charged Pres

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Executives operating in Asia for Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. offer the following advice to those w

A senior official in Cambodia's Commerce Ministry has warned that foreign companies in the Cambodia'

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New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 29, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The U.S. dollar fell against the Deutsche mark Tuesday on renewed uncertainties about European monet

Oct. 29, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The Long Beach Harbor Commission Monday disregarded the advice of the port's executive director and

SHIPSTWO LINES TO EXPLORE'POSSIBLE SYNERGIES'HAMBURG - The chief executive of German

A welcome surge in trade with Brazil is backing up ships at South America's main Atlantic port, acco

The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday that wider use of nuclear