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A new approach to improving maritime safety by the U.S. Coast Guard is already paying dividends.

GREEK SHIPPING MINISTERWANTS FEWER NEW RULESROTTERDAM - Greece's new shipping minister is ca

U.S. importers are spending millions of dollars a year on insurance for their cargo shipments, somet

They still talk about the time that bosun William Horton leapt into the water to save the day.

SHIPSSINGAPORE PORT AGENCYAWARDS TERMINAL CONTRACTSINGAPORE - The Port Authority of

Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg-Sud, Germany's top two liner shipping companies, are to investigate cooperat

BOEING WILL DOUBLE737 TWIN-JET PRODUCTIONSEATTLE - Boeing Co.'s Commercial Airplane Group wi

COMPANY PERFORMANCEPercentYear Closing ChangeHigh/ Price in P/E 52-Week 52-W

As of Oct. 15, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

A wide-ranging review of the Baltic Exchange will be carried out to decide on the future of the worl

Transportation stock values fell last week following the example set by the Dow Jones Industrial Ave

JAPAN TO EASEPAPERWORK FOR 8 PORTSTOKYO - The Transport Ministry said it will simplify appli

1076 (Oct. 14, 1996) Previous day - 1069The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Oct. 15, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

US RIG COUNT UP 8TO 827 FOR LATEST WEEKNEW YORK - The number of rigs exploring for oil and n

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lo

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 245.49 off 0.21 wh

Oct. 15, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Participating in something as enormous and apparently daunting as the fast-growing global power busi

REGIONAL BLOCSCarib News Multi-National Business Conference. Oct. 17-20. Jamaica. Contact: L

In another bid to cast Cyprus as the trading hub of the eastern Mediterranean, Cypriot officials and

Oct. 15, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 15, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Port of Portland, Ore., Commission approved a new terminal services, terminal use and stevedorin

MANUFACTURERS LIFE BUYS28 PERCENT STAKE IN ALTAMIRATORONTO - Manufacturers Life Insurance Co

Imagine a corporation investing millions of dollars in a business initiative, but lacking the tools

Despite big sales declines, '96 may not be such a bad year for heavy-truck makers.Although S

China's latest discovery on the road to a more competitive insurance business is that agent commissi

A leading marine underwriter has called for classification societies to be given sole responsibility

A mission from the U.S. General Accounting Office has arrived in Japan to investigate the openness o

While ADM's guilty plea Tuesday to two criminal charges and a related $100 million in fine will stin

Consumers Union, a watchdog group critical of California's new earthquake insurance plan, has called

TRAVELERS SAYS PROFITUP 22 PERCENT IN THIRD QUARTERNEW YORK - The Travelers Group of insuran

For years, United States Aviation Underwriters Inc. has been the 800 pound gorilla in the aviation i

CSX Corp. and Conrail Inc. Tuesday stunned the transportation world by announcing an $8.4 billion me

Long before the leaves started falling from the trees, some people in Massachusetts were thinking sn

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Japanese computer giant NEC Corp. is suing the U.S. Commerce Department, alleging that top political

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