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Nissan Motor Co. on Friday announced a plan for a joint venture to produce cars in Vietnam.N

Sea-Land Service Inc. has its own dedicated, automated facility at Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, but exec

Industrial output rebounded strongly in February after severe winter weather temporarily closed some

The United Nations is launching a 10-year, multibillion program meant to focus world attention on Af

Caribbean trade ministers will use this week's meeting in Cartagena, Colombia,to discuss what they s

Louisiana's insurance commissioner last week proposed using two existing high-risk insurance pools t

A shortage of slots for refrigerated containers within the Asian region is spurring increased deploy

NOBLE TO ACQUIRENEDLLOYD DRILLING UNITHOUSTON - Noble Drilling Corp. and Royal Nedlloyd NV,

When the Hellespont Grand, one of the largest tankers in the world, called at the French oil termina

When a roll-on, roll-off ship filled with 5,000 autos worth $25,000 each arrives in port, the motto

After earlier doubts, Republican congressional leaders plan to give President Clinton authority to v

Airborne Express said a new partner in South Africa will help the air freight and express company im

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 247.90 up 0.58 w

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 15, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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Toyota Motor Corp. said the company and General Motors Corp. decided the dissolution of their Austra

Dismissing several hundred longshoremen would have brought Britain's international trade to a virtua

US REFUSES TO BARTERJETS FOR SANCTIONS DELAYWASHINGTON - The Clinton administration would ne

A rail union has endorsed a plan devised by Conrail Inc. and Greenbrier Cos. to give the equipment m

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Six North European ports have finally set up a harmonized information service detailing the movement

A flurry of activity involving high-speed rail doesn't necessarily mean the technology, which has be

A lack of political will in the European Union, Japan and Canada is expected to stymie significant p

John Wanamaker, the famous department store owner, was considered a retailing and marketing genius.

Many lobstermen have filed partial claims to help them through tough times after a recent oil spill,

Insurance Commissioner Jim Brown Friday said he would ''wade straight in'' to the battle between the

While ports still boast about the shipping lines they attract, these days they are just as likely to

The battle for supremacy among Europe's seaports has moved from the waterfront to the continent's hi

As of Mar. 15, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

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The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

Long-established ship finance banks are concerned about the recent expansion of shipping portfolios

A man who admitted helping the Colombo crime family steal more than $200 million in federal fuel tax

The world's densest concentration of large, modern containerports dots the coast of North Europe, bu

A mere 150 miles from Rotterdam, the world's busiest seaport, is the world's largest river harbor -

Mar. 15, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

France Telecom, the state-owned telephone monopoly, should be partially privatized as quickly as pos