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GERMANISCHER LLOYD (Hamburg, Germany) - Eckhart Pless, 64, executive director of the shipbuilding di

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Little remains now of Poplar Island. Just four mounds of grasses and a few trees, four acres or less

For the first time in 25 years, Hong Kong is not building new container terminals. That's wo

The deep-water port of Stockton, Calif., located 75 miles inland from the Golden Gate Bridge, can fi

China's nine-year bid to join the World Trade Organization is likely to drag into 1996 unless the po

Insurers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a six-year dispute over ownership of a sunken t

China's trains likely will shed their drab, army-green exterior for colorful Coke and Pepsi ads but

McDonnell Douglas entered a new phase in its long relationship with China in late August when factor

China's auto sector, designated as China's pillar industry in the eighth 5- year plan (1991-95), is

Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. isn't waiting for China to call. The franchised monopoly -

With China's economy growing at a double-digit pace for the last several years, the country's electr

Comparison of freight costs is nearly impossible in China - dozens of rates and surcharges apply. Th

As part of its strategy to satisfy China's oil-guzzling industrial provinces, China National Petrole

You can reach 10 times as many people in China by phone today as you could 15 years ago, and the num

For more than a decade, foreign companies have been spinning a wheel of fortune when it comes to pic

For such an important market in the trans-Pacific trades, China has almost an embarrassing shortage

Hong Kong developer Gordon Wu, a k a "the No. 1 infrastructure player in Asia," is an enigma.

"Businessmen fish in troubled waters," muses Robert Kuok Hock Nien, the Malaysian tycoon whose China

Twelve months ago, international companies were racing to form China's first foreign-invested nation

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 6, '94 - Sept. 29, '95 (a graph) (2

Friday, Sept. 29, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The government of Grenada has halted the privatization of the island's power company to a Florida fi

Is China a 500-pound gorilla throwing its weight around, or just a rambunctious youngster unaware of

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

Sept. 29, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

Safeguarding against international financial crises will be a principal focus of this year's annual

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

Close on the heels of India, Sri Lanka is to end state monopoly of basic telephone services and open

SHIPCO LAUNCHING NEW SERVICE TO JAPANShipco Transport Inc., an ocean freight consolidator ba

China has been building up its ports almost as if it were in a war. While the results are im

"It will be prudent for east Asia to have Europe as a full partner, and be as fully engaged in its e

Like waves from a vessel changing course, management upheavals at Bremen's biggest shipbuilder may i

EU, MOLDOVA TO SIGN INTERIM TRADE ACCORDBRUSSELS - European Union foreign ministers

The Indian government Friday eased rules governing the duty-free import of goods, and will allow som

What goes up but can't come down? Freight on China's three main north-south rail routes.Offi