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The Clinton administration will strongly resist calls from developing countries for a faster phaseou

Asarco Inc. is crawling back from the precipice after this summer's sharply lower copper prices thre

Ruling party nationalists have doomed government plans to privatize Mexico's 61 petrochemical plants

Ultramar Corp. and Diamond Shamrock Inc. Monday agreed to a merger that would create a leading oil r

AAPA SAILS ONTOINFORMATION HIGHWAYVANCOUVER, British Columbia - The American Association of

FLIGHTMASTERS / SEAMASTERSRichard McCrady Sr. was named chief executive of this internationa

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Sept. 18, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel

LLOYD'S CHAIRMAN'LEADER OF THE YEAR'NEW YORK - David Rowland, chairman of Lloyd's of London,

One of America's biggest insurers is moving into the Indian market, confident of success despite the

Lunch and Learn is the name of a new program sponsored by the American Institute of Marine Underwrit

Bill Clinton has an army of them. So does Bob Dole. And Ronald Reagan's were legendary. They're spin

HAWAII SEES DROPIN WORKERS COMP RATESHONOLULU - Hawaii businesses will save an estimated $30

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 20, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Some U.S. cargo airlines could see increased business from a government order that would make Alaska

SHIPSTHORNE OF PORTLANDNAMED AAPA CHAIRMANVANCOUVER, British Columbia - The Port of

A labor dispute that has idled a Romanian freighter in Coos Bay, Ore., since Sept. 16 heated up late

JAPAN ADOPTS US-STYLEGDP CALCULATIONTOKYO - Japan will adopt a new statistics-processing met

One of the most important series of meetings in recent times of container shipping lines ended Frida

MARAD BACKS DESIGNERSOF SPECIAL CRUDE CARRIERWASHINGTON - The Maritime Administration will c

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

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

We have seen several generations of containerships over the past four decades. Each, in turn, seemed

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The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

Con-Way Transportation Services Inc. is making a foray into the expedited freight market pioneered b

For the week ended September 14, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equa

Highway lobbyists are stepping up their campaign to channel more federal transportation funding into

TESTIMONY SOUGHTFROM AIRBUS WITNESSMONTREAL - Federal lawyers fighting Brian Mulroney's $50

Senators aiming to salvage an international agreement to curb shipbuilding subsidies are embracing H

Years of inactivity at the Howland Hook container terminal in Staten Island are due to end today whe

AMERICA AFRICA DELMAS LINEHannu Huttula was named account executive for the Northeastern U.S

Three weeks ended Sept. 14, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded<

1001 (Sept. 20, 1996) Previous day - 1003The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Sept, 20, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

With most of the world's easy oil already found, the petroleum industry has been forced to look furt

That good feeling you get when you bundle up old newspapers for the church fund-raiser may actually

U.S. seafarers would be shocked. Shipowners would smile curiously.The attraction is unfoldin

Friday, Sept. 20, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada