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Shipping lines left scrambling in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Kobe are using a variety

A rail suppliers' group is spreading an alarm to every locomotive builder and freight-car component

Reformulated gasoline is having a difficult time in the marketplace, but not for the expected reason

FREEPORT-MCMORAN UNIT ENTERS SRI LANKA DEALCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka - U.S. mining giant Fr

A strike at a key manufacturing plant in Mexico has put 1,600 Indiana employees of Thomson Consumer

COPPER RANGE SMELTER TO CLOSE TEMPORARILYNEW YORK - The Copper Range smelter in Whit

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

Feb. 3, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The skies brightened for the dollar last week when the Mexican peso crisis was defused, but analysts

U.S. and Canadian shipping executives, port representatives and St. Lawrence Seaway officials begin

SHELL PLANS TO COMBINE OIL, SHIP OPERATIONSLONDON - The oil trading and ship operati

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

The Port of Kobe this week unveiled a three-phase plan designed to let the world's sixth-largest con

Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Sunday and begin the first leg o

Video game giant Nintendo Co. said it was not surprised Wednesday by news that one of its main chip

AMERICAN SEAFOODS SUES SEA-LAND OVER SALMONSEATTLE - American Seafoods Co. is seekin

The proposed Ozark Mountain Railroad has hit another gap in its tracks with its main investor, Innov

ALLIANCE SHIPPERS INC. (Palos Park, Ill.) - Larry Henry was promoted to vice president of logistics

The pilots of Russia's Aeroflot airline, concerned over declining safety standards and upset by late

CHEVRON, CLARK REOPEN REFINERY SALE TALKSHOUSTON - Chevron Corp. has reopened talks

Thursday Feb. 2, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

The rush of overseas money into China has spurred rapid economic growth and wholesale changes in the

1961 (Feb. 2, 1995) Previous day - 1966 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Mexico's financial crisis appears to be over, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin told reporters Thursda

The Port of Seattle is examining all of its maritime and aviation lines of business to see which sho

The Philippine government is likely to relax rules restricting the entry of players for imports of o

Chinese officials say oil and gas exploration in the Tarim Basin in remote and inhospitable northwes

Russia's main trade union of coal miners has called for a one-day national strike Wednesday over sal

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 232.42 off 0.36

HUNTSMAN RESUMES STYRENE PRODUCTIONHOUSTON - Huntsman Chemical Corp. said styrene pr

The Dutch insurance industry hasn't worried about the floods that have caused billions of dollars of

Allstate Insurance Co. backed off a 30-day moratorium on earthquake insurance following complaints f

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The catastrophic floods in Europe have proved one thing: The Dutch are still masters of transport.

The Pakistan government is slashing the import duty on machinery used for ship demolition in a move

Under pressure from border states to curb illegal immigration, the Clinton administration Monday wil

The Clinton administration, caught in a firefight between big U.S. corporations, ocean carriers and

US OFFICIAL: CHINA PACT UNLIKELY BY DEADLINEWASHINGTON - The U.S. deputy trade repre

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

In the latest twist in the complex saga of the Puerto Rican government's efforts to sell the state-o