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ABC Containerline NV is restructuring its round-the-world service after the recent arrest of one its

The European Union has abandoned a plan for a shipping register for its 15 member states that was at

The three shipping conferences that govern rates from Japan to the United States are being merged in

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

Speculation was rising at the weekend that owner-operators, fed up with congestion and low pay, woul

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

ZIM UNION PLEDGESTO BEGIN LABOR ACTIONNEW YORK - Zim Israel Navigation Co. may once

Ports in East Asia could be handling more than half the world's container moves by the turn of the c

Whatever happened to Customs modernization?It's alive and well in Canada, whose Customs serv

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Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., has set March 15 as the target date for a Senate vote on a new 10-year, $1

Friday, Mar. 1, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Apr. 10 '95, - Mar. 1, '96 (a graph)(2)D

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

Look east, the Commerce Department's export promotion officials are telling U.S. medical equipment m

Factories' new export orders and their bookings for imported materials declined slightly in February

As part of its efforts to become the premiere electronic provider of transportation information worl

The February employment report, to be released Friday, will be a make-or-break event for the U.S. do

A clear and intriguing theme among the many strands emerging from the pioneering Asia-Europe summit

The World Bank signed a $45 million financing package for war-ravaged Bosnia.Friday's action

Demonstrations and protests sparked by a recent news story in The Journal of Commerce concerning the

When it comes to implementing new regulations, the U.S. Customs Service is one of the most deliberat

''Because so many opinions have already been written on this abstruse subject, we elect not to consu

RUSSIA'S TARIFF THREATBRINGS AN EU WARNINGBRUSSELS - The European Commission warned

Two price indexes, one from the federal government and the other from The Journal of Commerce, confi

Total quality management is fueling an uptick in Armstrong World Industries Inc.'s worldwide sales.<

A story appearing on Page 7A on Wednesday with the headline, ''What Happens At Lloyd's Affects Us Al

1995 PROFIT RISES FOR WILLIS CORROON GROUPLONDON - Willis Corroon Group PLC announced increa

AETNA PAYS EXECUTIVE$4.5 MILLION IN 1995HARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna Life & Casualty Co. paid its

The European Parliament gave almost unanimous approval Thursday to a new wide-ranging economic and p

GERMAN TAX PROBEREACHES COMMERZBANKFRANKFURT - German tax investigators are continui

They are advertised as rugged vehicles that can plow through mud, snow and anything else that gets i

Russia has become the 39th member of the Council of Europe, promising to safeguard democracy and hum

An economist who held a top Bush administration post said he is telling international corporate clie

One of the nation's most senior and outspoken port officials has declared war on the main U.S. shipp

Portland, Maine, has a new piece of waterfront paperwork: a docking master's license. It was created

Leaders and senior representatives from Asia and Europe have several topics to discuss at the Queen

Iowa farmers are getting a chance to buy two new types of crop insurance that for the first time wou

The American College has announced the creation of the Charles J. Zimmerman Endowed Chair in Life In

The board of Life Re Corp. increased its annual dividend by 43 percent to 40 cents a share from 28 c