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We have all read about the recent events celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first sailing of a

The Surface Transportation Board has given the go-ahead to small railroads to purchase other short-l

A gain in U.S. competitiveness linked to the depreciation of the dollar was instrumental in generati

For the week ended June 1, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 13

France's largest consumer advocacy group has called for a boycott of British beef byproducts because

''Free and fair competition'' is a phrase repeated time and time again in Greek maritime circles.

The jury in the case of Exxon Corp. vs Lloyd's of London and other underwriters begins deliberations

Trucking and other transportation industries shared in the surprisingly big May jump in nonfarm payr

The Panama Canal Commission says it will take 15-to-20 days to drain off the backlog of ships delaye

Government officials have come up with a truly New Jersey solution for disposing of contaminated sil

Japan's official development assistance increased to $14.7 billion in 1995, up about 9 percent from

TOYOTA EXPANDSCOMPONENT PLANTLONG BEACH, Calif. - Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. completed an $18

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NOL TO CHARTERNEW TANKERS TO BAYWAYOAKLAND, Calif. - Samsung Heavy Industries Shipyard in So

SHIPSMOBIL COMMISSIONS2ND DOUBLE-HULLED TANKEROPPAMA, Japan - Mobil Corp. last week

Environmentalists are welcoming a decision by the North American Commission on Environmental Coopera

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 248.68 up 1.23 w

Friday, June 7, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Two leading ship classification societies are at odds with each other about the best way to load bul

WISCONSIN CENTRAL TAKINGCHARGE OVER CSXT RULINGROSEMONT, Ill. - Wisconsin Central Transporta

Friday June 7, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

At the moment, there's an uneasy peace between Lloyd's of London and the Lloyd's of London coordinat

Pennsylvania Democrats are trying to stonewall changes to workers' compensation by calling for publi

June 7, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Growing economic integration in the Americas will not be derailed by the thorny Cuban issue splittin

A bring-your-own-rice cruise to North Korea, being organized by Japan's non-governmental organizatio

YELTSIN BEGINSSERIES OF GIVEBACKSMOSCOW - The first phase of President Boris Yeltsin's plan

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

BILL BACKED TO AIDALAMEDA CORRIDORLOS ANGELES - A bipartisan group of House and Senate leade

''This is not a case you can follow with a calendar. You need a watch, and the watch has to have a s

CPC International, the largest U.S.-based food processor in Latin America, is now finding expanded o

June 7, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

This is a man-bites-dog story.Despite the priority handling required by refrigerated cargo,

You can read wastepaper exports like pulp fiction.The story line is almost always the same.R

The eye-popping increase in jobs last month has reawakened fears of a rise in U.S. interest rates as

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 9, '95, - June 7, '96 (a graph)(2)D

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