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Running a successful port these days requires much more than operational skills, a good relationship

''This could get ugly.''

Friday Mar. 15, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (America) Inc. is expanding its Central and South American service to include th

APL REQUESTS WAIVERFOR FOREIGN-FLAG SHIPSWASHINGTON - American President Lines Ltd. has requ

Drivers who had pinned their hopes on Gov. Parris Glendening's initiative to try and reform car insu

A brand new container facility in southern Italy has secured two coveted prizes in recent weeks as c

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 15, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

France's final nuclear test campaign in the South Pacific cost the country's wine and spirits export

Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Parties under contract to Mexico's state-owned railroad are getting little information about where t

The European Union has ''little room for maneuver'' in negotiations with the United States and four

Where do ports handling refrigerated produce turn when they've explored every competitive avenue fro

Shipping lines transporting timber and paper products into Europe have few complaints about the serv

Mar. 15, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Fokker, the Dutch aircraft maker that filed for bankruptcy Friday, today will start a search for a p

Wyoming Interstate Co., Williams Natural Gas Co. and Trailblazer Pipeline Co. are considering a join

A fungal disease with a funky name, karnal bunt, left ships full of U.S. grain treading water for a

Never before have Europe's ports been under so much pressure to improve customer service, reduce cos

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Taiwan's hopes for a quick end to tension with China and resumption of normal vessel and air traffic

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MOODY'S DOWNGRADESMET LIFE RATINGNEW YORK - Moody's Investors Service last week downgraded t

Swiss industrial production fell 2.0 percent year on year in the fourth quarter 1995, while new orde

The Danish Port of Ensted, Ijmuiden in the Netherlands, and Britain's Redcar may not be household na

US TO FUND $2 BILLIONOF $3.4 BILLION IN PROJECTSWASHINGTON - The Clinton administration anno

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 24 '95, - Mar. 15, '96 (a graph)(2)

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

With computer use soaring in China, more companies are jockeying for a chance to write programs in t

Railroad consolidation in the 1990s may look, at first glance, like the wave that swept the industry

More than 20 carriers offer container service across the North Atlantic every week, although some do

Mexican drug maker Signa SA de CV last week became the first private company making use of a provisi

A year after it formally burst onto the truckload scene, Con-Way Truckload Services is doubling the

Canadian authorities will start publishing the identities of foreign-flag ships that fail safety ins

Several countries whose wheat imports from the United States were suspended because of the discovery

If the Clinton administration is indeed taking a ''breather'' from pushing for free trade at this we

BOARD SEEKS COMMENTSON SERVICE PRESERVATIONWASHINGTON - The Surface Transportation Board ann

Fueled by heavy demand for exports and livestock feed, corn futures prices hit record highs last wee

Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Kansai International Airport Co. said an Osaka city government affiliate will open Osaka City Air Te