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Pakistan and Iran have signed a deal to jointly build a $1.1 billion oil refinery, Pakistan's larges

Wednesday Aug. 21, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

ILWU CONTRACT VOTESSTILL BEING COUNTEDSAN FRANCISCO - Although preliminary results indicate

British officials Wednesday rejected reports that a possible U.S.-U.K aviation agreement was doomed,

BENCHMARK RATES SETFOR WORKERS COMP COVERAUSTIN, Texas - Beginning Jan. 1, new ''benchmarks'

China's hopes of recovery from a series of expensive disasters with its commercial space program suf

NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONOF INDEPENDENT INSURERSDavid R. Smolensky was promoted to public affairs

Aaron Richardson and Reliance National announced plans to form Onyx Insurance Co., a property/casual

GENERAL MILLS SUESINSURER FOR $168 MILLIONMINNEAPOLIS - General Mills Inc. has filed a lawsu

SHIPSISRAEL GETS FIRST CARGOHEADED FOR JORDANTEL AVIV - The first shipment of goods

China Ocean Shipping Co. has confirmed plans to swap space on its containerships with two other ship

Matson Navigation Co., for many decades a domestic carrier with a name synonymous with cargo service

Union Pacific Railroad stands to make a mint from vague wording in last week's Surface Transportatio

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

INVESTIGATORS: BOMBLIKELY DOWNED TWA JETSMITHTOWN, N.Y. - Investigators have all but ruled o

China is stepping up pressure on Taiwan to resume the direct transport links banned by the island si

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1109 (Aug. 20, 1996) Previous day - 1108The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Aug. 20, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

PORT ARTHUR REPORTS2ND-HIGHEST CARGO GAINSPORT ARTHUR, Texas - The Port of Port Arthur repor

CAROLINA SHIPPING CO.Paul L. Barbro was named president of Carolina Shipping Co., a ship age

The state port has hired an operations director and a fiscal officer, part of a new management team

An airport cargo handler was sentenced Monday to six months in jail for stealing credit cards from a

In a trend expected to accelerate in the next few years, small Japanese ports like Sendai and Niigat

Another battle royal is shaping up over who builds and operates the container terminal at Subic Bay,

Asia's ports may be suffering a general decline in their growth rates this year, but for most it's s

PROPANE CARRIER CHARGEDWITH LOG FALSIFICATIONWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A suburban New York propan

India's main gateway to the West, the century-old Port of Bombay, is fighting a battle against age a

Indochina's ports will face increasing demand as the region moves toward greater economic integratio

An item appearing in a People on the Move column on Page 9B in the Aug. 19 edition should have said

Airline passengers and air cargo customers who have escaped paying federal excise taxes since the be

Two train crewmembers died Tuesday in a fiery head-on collision between two CSX Transportation train

CRUDE STEEL OUTPUTDECLINES IN JAPANTOKYO - Japan's crude steel production fell 6.5 percent f

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

Licensing a product in Japan varies from industry to industry and has not been a serious barrier to

In my last column on main carriage transport documents. Point 3 should have read as follows: ''They

The Journal of Commerce's transportation section welcomes announcements of industry news.Per

REGIONAL BLOCSJapan-U.S. Southern Conference. Sept. 4-6. Houston. Contact: Greater Houston P

As of Aug. 20, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

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