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Air cargo shippers would see no change to their waybill tax for at least two years after the federal

CREW SAFE AFTER FIRE IN ENGLISH CHANNELDOVER, England - British and French firefight

The future of riverboat gambling in Pennsylvania seems no sure bet. In addition to a promise

An association of shipping lines using West Coast ports is going to the state's Supreme Court to ask

Japan and the European Union face heated talks this week on Japanese car quotas for Europe in 1995 b

International competitiveness and internal growth are in danger of being squandered unless the count

Only one-third of Hungarians think foreign investment in their country is a good thing, according to

"Compliant importers, those who conduct importations within the bounds of U.S. law, should have noth

After a flurry of openings following enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement, trade off

More than a half-century after their creation, many of the "original motivations" for federal farm p

NEW DEVICE PROMISES FASTER SPILL RESPONSEA new sensing device developed by three scientists

The Bonneville Power Administration, the largest power wholesaler in the Northwest, last week propos

U.S. agriculture must "benchmark its counterparts worldwide" to stay competitive in some industries,

International Petroleum Exchange Feb. 13, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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The U.S. Customs Service said it chose five ports nationwide as sites for a pilot program to track a

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DISTRIBUTION SCIENCES INC. (Des Plaines, Ill.) - Mary Lynn Treadwell was named to the new position o

Successful fleet operators today improve their bottom line by focusing on mechanical details as well

American and Indian companies Monday completed 23 agreements for energy- related projects valued at

To help jump-start the stalled Mideast peace process, President Clinton has proposed extending the U

As margins of error have narrowed in an increasingly competitive global trading system, ocean shippi

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The Los Angeles Harbor Commission will begin developing an expanded action plan Wednesday expected t

Leif Hoegh & Co. AS, the Norwegian shipping group active in a wide range of trades, reported a sharp

American Freightways Corp. plans to open six new terminals in April in the West and Midwest.

CP Rail System intends to keep most of its freight trains running with specially trained white-colla

BREMER LAGERHAUS-GESELLSCHAFT (Bremen, Germany) - The supervisory board of BLG named Emanuel Schiffe

Belgian imports of liquefied natural gas from Algeria have now returned to normal, following four mo

Monday Feb. 13, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

BRAZIL POWER SECTOR OPENED TO INVESTMENTSAO PAULO, Brazil - President Fernando Henri

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 233.93 up 1.26 whi

Feb. 13, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Jim Stimpfle looks out over the ice-encrusted Bering Sea at Nome and sees a ferry boat plodding its

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U.S. beef and pork exporters expect the value of shipments to Japan will rise to $1.7 billion in 199

Women in Transportation. Feb. 21. Panel discussion on "Electronic Environment in Theory and in Pract

Leslie J. Buglass, the author of several books on marine insurance and a former executive at insuran

GERMAN METAL TALKS END WITHOUT SALARY OFFERFRANKFURT, Germany - The third round of metal and