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FMC TURNS DOWNSHIPPING AGENTS' PETITIONWASHINGTON - The Federal Maritime Commission at the w

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Washington state's marine safety office is not likely to draft new rules governing financial respons

It could be a contender for the container king crown, if only its government would let it.Th

HOUSE APPROVESTRANSPORT SPENDING BILLWASHINGTON - The House has acted to advance a $36.8 bil

SUMITOMO HIRES FIRMTO PROBE COPPER LOSSLONDON - Accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand was hired

July 1, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

Before long, drivers in Uzbekistan will be filling up with gas. Natural gas, that is.In what

The top two officials at one of the Philippines' largest copper mining firms officially stepped down

The impending ratification of the German tax legislation, whereby only ships ordered before April 30

''This probe really underscores how deep fraud is in the insurance arena.''

General Electric is considering a $700 million polycarbonate plastic manufacturing plant on Thailand

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CENTRAL BANK CHIEFRESIGNS IN CHILESANTIAGO, Chile - Roberto Zahler, Chilean Central Bank pre

The Czech Republic and Estonia are the two former Soviet bloc countries that have so far gone the fu

MERIDIAN REPORTS LOSSESFROM SPRING STORMSINDIANAPOLIS - Meridian Insurance Group Inc. said l

The bank's project cycle involves four stages: Identification, Preparation, Analysis and Final Appro

One step forward, two steps back? That appears to be the rhythm that Brazil's sell-off of state asse

General Re Corp. has reached a definitive agreement to acquire National Re for about $940 million, a

Railroad companies, electricity utilities and steelmakers moved into Europe's telephone market Monda

Auto insurers in New York can't refuse insurance coverage to older vehicles under a bill signed last

S. AFRICAN RACING YACHTCOLLIDES WITH TANKERHALIFAX - A South African yachtsman was making sl

Proposed changes to the constitution of the Baltic Exchange that would have given increased powers t

The Coast Guard today is relocating a 65-foot tugboat icebreaker, christened the Wire, up the Hudson

One of the greatest mysteries to international ocean shippers using liner vessels in the U.S. trade

The fight against flags of convenience by the International Transport Workers' Federation may not ha

Senate proposals to pare U.S. Export-Import Bank funding and bar U.S. investment in Myanmar (formerl

The West Coast waterfront contract that expires at 5 p.m. today achieved a significant common goal o

TEXAS OFFICIAL SETSINTERIM BANK RULESAUSTIN, Texas - Texas Insurance Commissioner Elton Bome

Leaders of the world's largest industrial democracies gave a major vote of confidence in the fledgli

NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONOF INSURANCE COMMISSIONERSCatherine J. Weatherford was named executive v

Hard-line campaign statements by Russian security chief Alexander Lebed have sparked deep concern in

A series of parliamentary maneuvers continued to block an Iran-Libya sanctions bill Friday as uniden

The American P&I Club reported a 10 percent gain in tonnage entered with it for the 1995 year of acc

Car insurance fraud, which adds $237 a year to the average annual insurance bill of New York State m

Anyone who buys life insurance here now has the right to change his mind - for 21 days after signing

Four million Texans may be plaintiffs in a $109 million class action lawsuit against Allstate and Fa

Three insurers selling homeowners insurance in Massachusetts see new business opportunities while me

SHIPSGDANSK SHIPYARD CHIEFQUITS AS LIGHTS DIMWARSAW - The president of Poland's aili

The Air Line Pilot's Association is charging that NASA pulled its punches on a study of fatigue amon