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The European Union begun an investigation Wednesday into a $2 billion bailout of Alitalia, Italy's s

AIRCLINTON APPROVESAVIATION SAFETY BILLWASHINGTON - President Clinton Wednesday sign

COLORADO TOWNS, COUNTIESTO PURCHASE SP TRACKAGEASPEN, Colo. - After months of negotiations,

A new maritime career is being created.The job is appearing on ships carrying their own gant

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued final advisory guidelines Tuesday, giving state

The new head of Argentina's customs service, appointed as part of a corruption crackdown, described

U.S. stocks of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, rose by 1.3 million barrel

A monthly industry announcement comparing orders of semiconductors to sales suggests that the chip m

Away from the congressional spotlight, the battle grinds on over U.S.-flag shipping protections embo

Oct. 9, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

The New York Mercantile Exchange, already the world's biggest physical commodity exchange, is tappin

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 9, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Navieras NPR Inc., operating the largest liner service to Puerto Rico, is suing a customer for alleg

After promising the Environmental Protection Agency that it would stop those nasty fumes coming from

Gianluigi Aponte, the soft-spoken founder and president of Mediterranean Shipping Co., interrupted a

Letters from Lloyd's debt collectors demanding money take no account of amounts due back to investor

OLIVETTI WORKERS STRIKEAGAINST INTERNAL CHANGESROME - Italian unions representing workers at

President Clinton signed the Maritime Security Act on Tuesday. The law provides $100 million annuall

RUSSIAN NUCLEAR ENERGYMINISTER VISITS CHINAMOSCOW - Atomic Energy Minister Viktor Mikhailov,

Mexico will begin construction on at least 20 new electric power projects with a capacity of 9,000 m

United Arab Shipping Co. may become a fourth partner in the Tricon alliance of Germany's DSR-Senator

Plans to create a free-trade area involving the European Union and mainly Arab southern Mediterranea

The chief mate is a moderate smoker, one cigar at a time.And he puffs only one cigar per voy

U.S. companies that sell stocks abroad would have to report those sales under a proposal made Wednes

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

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Amoco Corp. said Wednesday it will sell its gasoline stations in Central Europe as part of its strat

A story headlined ''People on the move'' that appeared on Page 8B on Oct. 3 should have said Forest

FORMER GM WORKERSPROTEST IN MEXICOMEXICO CITY - Former workers of a closed General Motors pl

California Republican government officials, unhappy with administration trade policy, used a visit h

Samsung Aerospace Industries is close to reviving Fokker, the bankrupt Dutch aircraft manufacturer,

China has made a new sale of nuclear weapons-related equipment to Pakistan in a move which could inc

ELECTRIC RATES UP 43.5 PERCENTFOR MOST VENEZUELANSCARACAS, Venezuela - Electric rates jumped

As of Oct. 9, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Oct. 9, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32.

A top maritime classification society hopes to expand its work in the offshore energy industry with

OCTOBERS.O.S. Safety on Ships. Through Dec. 30. New York. Exhibit on New York's maritime tra

The supply chain pipeline of General Motors of Canada Ltd. lies broken this week as scores of parts

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

Despite global overcapacity and falling freight rates, Taiwan's largest shipping companies continue