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Alan Harper may not want to admit it, but he has a tough job: bringing new life to an old institutio

The executive committee of the Trans Atlantic Conference Agreement, the rate- making group for North

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

South Korea is a market with enormous potential for U.S. food exports, but also one with a history o

Combined Terminals Amsterdam, the biggest stevedore in the Port of Amsterdam, has struck a deal with

Vietnam has raised its economic growth and foreign investment targets for the next five years, the m

A.P. Moller, the Danish conglomerate that owns Maersk Line, reported Friday a sharp fall in profit f

The government has decided against banning chemical dyes that may cause cancer and this may adversel

The 1984 Shipping Act is the "bedrock upon which our maritime strength rests" and plays a vitally im

APL, PHILIPPINE FIRM PLAN KARACHI TERMINALOAKLAND, Calif. - American President Lines

The European Union's competition commissioner Karel Van Miert has agreed to meet shipowners later th

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

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

France's law on the use of the French language contains a number of ambiguities about how it will ap

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 11, '94 - April 7, '95 (a graph) (

The U.S. dollar, which lost 3 percent of its value against the yen last week, but strengthened again

French industrial production, excluding construction and public works, rose a preliminary seasonally

Direct foreign investment in Mexico remained strong for the month of January, a somewhat positive si

The chief lobbyist for U.S. importers and exporters reliant on ocean transportation sharply rebuked

A locally listed Chinese shipbuilder reported Friday a 64 percent jump in earnings for last year, bu

The Clinton administration is pressing for international rules to prevent Japan from "unfairly" usin

Northern Missouri River states get a poor deal from commercial use of the river and want fast action

STOWAWAYS ON THE RISE, INSURANCE EXPERT SAYSLONDON - Global recession and the collap

An item appearing in the Maritime Calendar on Page 7B April 6 gave the incorrect year. It should hav

CONTINENTAL STEVEDORING & TERMINALS INC. (Miami) - Charles J. Arocha was named senior vice president

Nearly a year after a state judge ordered a notorious polluter jailed for violating her probation, t

The United Nations approved by consensus Friday a deal setting up a procedure to reduce emissions of

For the week ended April 1, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

"The renewal of confidence in the multilateral trading system that came with the decision to set up

Legislation to fund Amtrak and highway projects and to ease federal requirements on transporting sal

TEAMSTERS WINS VOTE AT OVERNITE TERMINALCANTON, Ohio - The Teamsters union won a vot

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As if to demonstrate the truth of the Robert Burns dictum about what becomes of the best-laid plans,

British Petroleum will pay $68 million by today to settle disputes with the state of Alaska over bac

World demand for beef imports will rise significantly this year, fueled in part by a roughly 35 perc

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USDA Secretary Dan Glickman Friday said he would seek a July 1 resolution on the long-imposed ban by