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SHIPSFLOOD MAY BE IN OFFINGON MISSISSIPPICHICAGO - The river season has just started

Steamship interests apparently have enough support in the state capital to kill a bill that would fo

The Clinton administration is prepared today to identify $3 billion in possible sanctions against Ch

As Iran makes major gains in its campaign for regional influence and power, U.S.-based Chevron Corp.

Tougher oil spill prevention measures will be put in place, but tanker owners will have more financi

This is the story of an American company that made its biggest assets Russian in order to beat the c

Crowley American Transport is trying to elbow its way into the trade between Brazil and Argentina, h

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Tuesday, May 14, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar rose Tuesday as a tame inflation report sparked a rally in the bond market.U

A joint venture by Lufthansa AG intends to buy five Boeing 727 aircraft for expanded cargo operation

The Chinese government expanded the coverage of Expeditors International of Washington Inc.'s Class

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 19, '95, - May 13, '96 (a graph)(2)D

The cargo ship that was finally allowed to disembark some 3,000 Liberian war refugees in Ghana after

William L. Ralph has been named to replace retiring Ed Dear as president of the Port Import/Export R

Independent Russian airline Transaero said Tuesday it plans to spend $1.2 billion expanding its flee

Tax reform advocates are sharply divided on a critical issue for foreign traders - how exports and i

Venezuela's weak banking sector is a major problem for the stabilization effort of the bolivar. Fo

The planned introduction of large or ''super'' jumbo aircraft could reduce airport capacity and sadd

EX-IM BANK GUARANTEESCHINA TRANSPORT LOANSWASHINGTON - The Export-Import Bank formally issue

Freightliner Corp. made hay while the sun wasn't shining in the heavy-truck industry last month, boo

''I think people in Hong Kong are as interested in politics as they are anywhere else, which is to s

Major rail carriers and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen have reached a tentative five-year con

SEA EXPRESS LINESMARKS ITS 5TH YEARHANOVER, Md. - Sea Express Lines Inc. is now 5 years old.

1438 (May 14, 1996) Previous day - 1442The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Frankfurt-Main International Airport has turned to the railway to help it stay on top of the Europea

EU MINISTERS PAVE WAYFOR PACT WITH MEXICOBRUSSELS - EU foreign ministers hammered out a comp

The double-decker truck arrived in a Paris suburb loaded up with a hot-ticket item from Italy: cars.

CARGRAPHICSColombiaAmount of contract: $1,690,688.Contract description: Printing and

The U.S. government is moving ahead with a controversial plan to levy a fee on imports of sheep prod

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada has signed a $10 million aid package with Sweden that h

''K'' LINE AMERICA INC.This U.S. arm of Japanese shipping line Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. ap

US TALKS WITH CHINAOVER PIRACY BOG DOWNBEIJING - Talks on Chinese piracy of American goods w

May 14, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Foreign banks have become an increasingly vital resource for U.S. exporters, particularly small and

More than a year after the Chinese government banned cigarette advertising the Marlboro Man remains

You have to assume that things are a little tense in the executive suites of Ford Motor Co.I

This week marks the beginning of an improved transportation stock table and index.We started

If Thailand is to keep its economic miracle going over the next two decades, it will need key reform