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For years, the Charleston Naval Shipyard serviced the big gray hulks that kept the seas free and the

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

Despite continuing low insurance prices in many lines, corporate-owned ''captive" insurers say they

20TH CENTURY INDUSTRIES, UNITS GET S&P UPGRADENEW YORK - 20th Century Insurance Co.

Australia's two alumina operations will be forced to begin curtailing production this week unless a

Two U.S. congressmen have asked the Indian ambassador to "immediately intervene" with his government

Agricultural exports are projected to reach a record $51.5 billion this fiscal year, thanks largely

June 2, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Four years after dismantled trade barriers unleashed a flood of imported red meat into Japan, a weak

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

French industrial production, excluding construction and public works, rose by a monthly 2.0 percent

The weakening U.S. economy will knock the dollar to the basement floor as market participants antici

ALITALIA (New York) - Bruno Scaldaferri was appointed manager of passenger sales and marketing, Nort

2055 (June 2, 1995) Previous day - 2081 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

"You have sold your souls, but must you debase our nation and threaten our children as well?"

UNION TEXAS UNIT TO BUY ORYX'S NORTH SEA STAKENEW YORK - Union Texas Petroleum Holdi

June 2, 1995 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Unle

U.S. cotton growers, flush with the success of a near-record export season in 1994-95, anticipate an

Brazil's government may boost the sugar export tax, to 40 percent from the current 2 percent, "durin

The Dominican Republic, one of the larger countries of the Caribbean, wants to become a member of th

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 7, '94 - June 2, '95 (a graph) (2)D

Three people were killed and 30 injured when a passenger train ran off the tracks west of Tehran lat

With Alaska Airlines running nostalgia TV commercials, Era Aviation is going it one better - sightse

Now that the Senate and House budget committees have issued their proposed budgets, the technology a

NISSAN OFFICIAL SLAMS HEARING ON SANCTIONSWASHINGTON - A Japanese carmaker spokesman

OIL PRODUCTS EXPORTS DECLINE IN GERMANYFRANKFURT, Germany - German exports of oil pr

Resistance is growing to a plan to change the way marine pilots on the Great Lakes are regulated.

Friday, June 2, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Bank of Korea said importers of Japanese products are increasingly being asked to pay contracts

A U.S. complaint under the North American Free Trade Agreement alleging unfair treatment of United P

The managing director of a major European hull and liability insurer has blasted the London insuranc

MEXICAN VESSEL CAPSIZES OFF YUCATAN; 24 DEADPUERTO PROGRESO, Mexico - A crowded fish

MARAD BACKING SOUGHT FOR PHILA. DOCK REVAMPWASHINGTON - A German-owned company is as

The Rolodex sitting atop the desk of Wayne G. Wiggs is a little lighter this year. And becau

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Four maritime and two other transportation unions are joining the Seafarers International Union in b

The Massachusetts Port Authority reversed several years of losses in its import-car business this we

Upjohn Co. of Canada sold its pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in DonMills, Ontario, to