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Back when George Saunders was an officer aboard a Keystone Shipping Co. tanker, he used to see passi

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 25, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

British services and marketing conglomerate Inchcape PLC on Monday reported a 92 percent drop in pro

Portland International Airport continued its record-setting cargo and passenger totals in January, w

''We've had a lot of events lately. The cleaning bills will kill you.''

A Calgary oil company refused to be pressured by the United States to stop doing business in Cuba, t

Already a fixture on more than 1.3 million U.S. railcars equipped with transponders, data communicat

The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months. The Journal of Commerce assumes

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A former executive director of the Maryland Port Administration settled charges that he traded in Ba

U.S. transportation stocks emerged relatively unscathed last week, leaving The Journal of Commerce t

Last year when most of the world's largest container lines announced plans to participate in long-te

Intermodal infrastructure and access is so crucial to Northwest ports that they seem to be in a cons

John D. Rathbun has a unique plan to deal with blizzards, floods and other demonstrations of nature'

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 31 '95, - Mar. 25, '96 (a graph)(2)

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Mar. 20, 1996, as supplied by the bunker fuel

LICHT PUTS SUGAR OUTPUTAT 121.2 MILLION TONSBANGKOK - F.O. Licht forecast Monday that world

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

As of Mar. 25, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

U.S. and French transport officials are scheduled to meet in Paris today in an attempt to defuse an

A.T. MASSEY IS TOPSIN METALLURGICAL COALCHARLESTON, W.Va. - A.T. Massey Coal Co., thanks to

Gasoline prices jumped more than 3 cents a gallon as warm weather pushed up demand at a time of lagg

Alec Zhloba hums along to his portable radio, swaying his frail, bony body, oblivious to the fact th

Brewmeisters and thirsty consumers in the Pacific Rim can rejoice: A 130-year-old Wisconsin malt com

Ports along the western Gulf of Mexico view the proposed $5.4 billion merger of Union Pacific Railro

Growing trade with Latin America is beginning to take the sting out of Gulf ports' loss of most Euro

U.S. and Chinese officials are tackling the touchy topic of textile transshipments.Negotiato

A Chinese-backed telecommunications firm is switching the launch of its next satellite to a Russian

TUESDAY, MARCH 267:30 - Expo registration opens.10:30-11:45 a.m. - Opening Ceremonies (Sidne

China's creaking intermodal system, which can't handle its current load efficiently, may have to con

Air cargo carriers have always provided the quickest method of transporting goods, and shippers were

In another cautious step away from its customary avoidance of industry entanglements, China's main s

The Clinton administration has refused to use the existing rights of three U.S. carriers as bargaini

You might think the technically illiterate would be the most resistant to technological change, but

Railroads fighting it out for north-south traffic in the U.S.-Mexico trades are bolstering their tra

French definitive consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in February compared with January and increased b

Mar. 25, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

COSMO LIQUIDATION COSTLYFOR SS PHARMACEUTICALTOKYO - SS Pharmaceutical Co. said Monday it wi

The French government appears set to rescue the money-losing ferry company Brittany Ferries through

Having clinched a handsome victory in the island's first direct election, President Lee Teng-hui and