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If the strike that began Thursday at Chile's Chuquicamata copper mine lasts more than two weeks, it

Orimulsion, a new, tar-based power plant fuel from Venezuela, may have more trouble finding a place

TRUCK DAMAGES I-93,TIES UP BOSTON TRAFFICBOSTON - Small package deliveries were delayed for

The U.S. Department of Transportation has received pledges from a Mexican trucking company that it w

Women in maritime law and industry were urged Thursday to ''stay the course'' as they work in a male

British ocean carrier P&O Containers has joined the principal trans-Pacific rate setting conferences

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Yoko Niibo, manager advertising/promotions for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (America) Inc., died April 26 whi

The ''cloak of confidentiality'' House members said was draped over Superfund reform negotiations fe

APRIL TORNADOES TO COSTINSURERS $500 MILLIONNEW YORK - The insurance industry will pay an es

A bitterly disappointed Safeco Corp. is pondering its options after the California insurance commiss

California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush said he would appeal last week's federal court d

The International Chamber of Shipping in London Thursday expressed concern and disappointment about

SWISSAIR STANDS BYCUTS FROM GENEVAZURICH - Swissair offered quicker transit times and more E

Rep. Herbert H. Bateman, R-Va., a staunch and longtime advocate for the U.S. maritime industry, is w

Hong Kong's principal airline is seen as having bought itself political insurance for its future by

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The United States and Japan have settled a trio of air disputes that threatened to lead to mutual av

P&O Containers is charging into the stormy trans-Pacific trades with a swagger that is leaving some

In a move to get a piece of the estimated $5.7 billion regional reinsurance market, Hong Kong has se

FMC CALL FOR DATAFROM SHIP CONFERENCESWASHINGTON - All ocean shipping conferences must provi

A third of the people in the world have never made a phone call.There are lots of dizzying s

When the giant airship Hindenburg burst into flames while landing at Lakehurst, N.J., on May 6, 1937

The National Research Council said enough data is available for it to proceed with a congressionally

A standoff over trucking labor turned the nation's busiest container complex into a ghost town Wedne

The Air Transport Association Wednesday told the Senate Aviation Subcommittee that if Los Angeles is

Wednesday, May 1, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The U.S. dollar rose to a two-year high against the British pound Wednesday, but was unchanged again

The supersonic aircraft era, led by Europe's Concorde, may have become a thing of the past even befo

AIRPORT GOES GLOBALWITH ITS NEW NAMEGREER, S.C. - The Greenville-Spartanburg Airport has gon

MAYS.O.S. Safety on Ships. Through Dec. 30. New York. Exhibit on New York's maritime tragedi

The foundering Bremer Vulkan Verbund AG ran aground Wednesday as a Bremen court began bankruptcy pro

Manufacturers' new export orders rose more rapidly in April, offering further evidence that an unusu

A seemingly minor flap over a new tollbooth on the Massachusetts Turnpike could have consequences fo

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 5, '95, - May 1, '96 (a graph)(2)DAI

AFRICAN EX-IM BANKPOSTS PROFIT IN 1ST YEARCAIRO - The African Export-Import Bank Wednesday r

Faced with sluggish car traffic and declining perishable goods shipments, Transportacion Maritima Me

PACCAR CHIEF EXECUTIVETO RETIRE AT YEAR-ENDBELLEVUE, Wash. - Charles Pigott, chairman and ch

India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party will slash state controls to accelerate economic refo