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Ports want to make more harbor projects eligible for federal funding.But first, they have to

What a difference a few years makes.While many aging intermodalists in their 30s, 40s and 50

The story headlined ''US pushes for renewal of chip pact with Japan,'' which appeared Thursday, Marc

When U.S. steel producers - eager to export - look overseas, they see an economic image ever flatter

Mar. 27, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The recent opening of Mexico's natural gas market is luring a slew of U.S. energy companies south of

From California to New York, seaports are cashing in on the peace dividend.With the end of t

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150 per ton lots

Mar. 27, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 27, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 27, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Wednesday Mar. 27, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

U.S. distillate fuel oil inventories fell by 5.3 million barrels during the week ended March 22 comp

Sea-Land Service Inc., the United States' largest shipping line, expects its business in the former

Canadian nickel miner Inco Ltd. on Wednesday made a $3.3 billion takeover offer for Diamond Fields R

Russian shipping lines will play a secondary role to foreign carriers in developing intermodal trans

Russia's neighbors are cashing in on its ability to buy more goods from abroad and its inability to

Edward Benson got the St. Petersburg bug when he visited the city as a tourist back in 1989.

The beleaguered operators of the Trans Siberian Railroad thought things couldn't get much worse afte

PROCTER & GAMBLETO CUT PRICESCINCINNATI - Procter & Gamble said Wednesday it would reduce pr

Russian trade has grown strongly over the past year but the Port of St. Petersburg, Russia's window

Futures contracts on Latin American Brady bonds totaled 2,745 contracts, according to estimates on f

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

South Korea's crude oil imports in February reached 70 million barrels, up 48 percent from the same

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether some of the world's largest drug makers have c

More than 3,000 people are stranded in the central Philippines by a torrent of possibly toxic mine w

The closure of the Ka'u Sugar Co. brings an end to sugar production on the Big Island, and also leav

Russian company Evikhon and the Anglo-Dutch multinational Royal Dutch/Shell Group Wednesday agreed t

MANUFACTURED GOODSIMPORTS UP IN JAPANTOKYO - Japan's imports of manufactured goods i

The German shipping group Hamburg-Sud will change the name of its sales, marketing and logistics org

South China's booming Guangdong province near Hong Kong hopes to put eight to 10 more nuclear reacto

Despite continued declines in log export volumes, the Port of Longview, Wash., last year posted reco

Overall cargo volume was on the rise again at Virginia Port Authority terminals through the first tw

An international team of divers and marine archaeologists has embarked on a dangerous quest to haul

Mar. 27, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

1430 (Mar. 27, 1996) Previous day - 1428The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Sumitomo Marine and Fire Insurance Co. said Tuesday it will establish a wholly owned subsidiary for

It's possible to ''steel'' a look at the future.The business of steel trading is changing th

Memorabilia from an 18th century mutiny on the British Bounty naval vessel fetched nearly $215,300 a

Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has increased its available employment practices liability limits to $