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The Christmas season will not bring its usual cheer this year to Pacific ports and shipping lines.

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Having lost its luster as the brightest of emerging markets, Mexico is beginning to lift itself out

Bangkok's reputation as a key economic center for Indochina has been accompanied by a wave of invest

Exporters/suppliers or importers/buyers are sought for the following items. Interested parties are a

MEXICO INCREASES TAX-EXEMPTION LIMITStarting in November, Mexicans living in border regions

The European Union said on Monday it would allocate new funds totaling 50 million European Currency

India will host its second international trade fair on pulp and paper technology from Dec. 8-12.

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, apparently trying to answer criticism he opposes special stat

Vietnam has declared war on bureaucratic inefficiency with a governmental shake-up seen by analysts

The barge Patricia Sheridan has been refloated early, 10 days after it capsized off Charleston with

CURRENT TEXTILE AND APPAREL QUOTAS: Average recent utilization rate indicates full quota uti

American President Lines, dealing a blow to the Port of Oakland, will no longer bring its own vessel

More than 600 delegates at the American Association of Port Authorities' 84th annual convention Thur

Insurance industry groups are still waiting for the House Rules Committee to release a banking bill

The Federal Aviation Administration has started to test the Future Air Navigation System oceanic dat

Participation in networks such as Trans Pacific Freight, which groups 24 freight forwarders from 16

Amtrak has settled claims with neighbors of the Paoli (Pa.) Railroad Yard who contend that they have

WISCONSIN CENTRAL TO APPEAL TAX MOVEROSEMONT, Ill. - Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp.

After the worst domestic harvest in three decades, Russian grain imports would normally rise, but tr

ELECTROCUTION BLAMED AS KENTUCKY MINER DIESLOVELY, Ky. An eastern Kentucky miner di

AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION (Washington) - William Van Deventer, who had been manager of information s

Tom Donohue, president of the American Trucking Associations, came out swinging Monday at trucking's

With a number of U.S. ports working hard to help Mexico privatize and modernize its ports, an old qu

UP TO ADD TRACKS TO RELIEVE BOTTLENECKOMAHA, Neb. - Union Pacific Railroad will build a seco

China's growing demand for man-made fibers to feed its vital textile sector will get an American boo

The Export-Import Bank of Japan said it signed a loan agreement for $195 million with the Indonesian

Some 10 months after a botched peso devaluation and subsequent currency collapse, the Mexican govern

The first private-sector bank formed since China's 1949 communist takeover will open its doors in No

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Monday that a global economic recovery had done litt

The banks that are listed as secured creditors for Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. are concerned that the

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Oct. 20, 1995.

Rijnhaave Information Services Inc., an information technology firm specializing in the transportati

The Alaska Federation of Natives wrapped up its annual convention with a sometimes bitter debate, en

The process of selling secondary petrochemical plants owned by state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicano

A United Nations commission is quietly trying to ease the headaches of international businessmen by

GRAND ALLIANCE TO USE 34 CONTAINERSHIPSLONDON - A total of 34 large containerships w

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

Although a deadbeat on its obligations to the United Nations, the United States is unlikely to relin

As of Oct. 23, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s