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As 1994 rolled to an end, Japan's Economic Planning Agency very, very carefully forecast that Japan

The trucking industry emerged victorious in the wake of this past summer's bloody battle between Con

Although statistical proof is hard to find, the widely held belief that long- haul truckers have shi

SPILL-RESPONSE VESSEL DAMAGES VALDEZ DOCKVALDEZ, Alaska - An empty 460-foot barge ra

A federal appeals court ruling on what constitutes the maximum hours of service limit has left some

The Clinton administration will ask Congress to phase out the Interstate Commerce Commission in the

Friday Jan. 6, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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It's official. Lloyd's of London, and therefore the London insurance market, is entering the downwar

Japan's property/casualty insurers will expand coverage next month for water damage from typhoons an

A severe thunderstorm packing high winds battered San Diego Wednesday, damaging PACT '95's new Ameri

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Montana may find itself in court if the state follows through with a plan to apply a workers compens

While trade within Asia remains the fastest-growing maritime sector anywhere, the earnings from it c

Shipping lines on the Pacific will take advantage of strong cargo volume this year to try to rebuild

The deck is stacked against enactment this year of a $1 billion program of ship-operating subsidies

Marine hull rates shouldn't be going down, but they are, according to London market sources.

Now that California has met its Nov. 15, 1994, deadline for submitting a proposed clean air plan to

Efforts to make Puerto Rico a Caribbean transhipment hub face severe hurdles, followinga rate increa

APL LAND TRANSPORT SERVICES A Few Issues to Watch For Domestic TransportDomestic int

Railroads set a traffic record in 1994, but not in the way they have been accustomed todoing.

Like the politics of the region, Middle East connections for American importers and exporters are a

AAPA Port Authorities Push For Expansion of NaftaPublic port authorities throughout

The decision by Taiwan's government to permit some direct shipping with China will have only slight

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 30, '93 - Dec. 9, '94 (a graph) (2)

The Royal Dutch-Shell Group will support an independent, internationally coordinated environmental s

Norway's industrial production rose 1.5 percent in November from October, Norway's Statistical Burea

Ukraine has scrapped all export quotas except those for grain in an effort to encourage foreign trad

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Take two parts soybean flour, two parts recycled newspaper and one part ''secret stuff," and squish

CYPRUS AMAX COAL CO. (Denver) - Garold R. Spindler, a longtime executive in the coal industry, Wedne

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

The first shipments of U.S.-financed fuel oil supplied to North Korea under a 1994 accord will provi

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

A Romanian stowaway who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison was recaptured last week andarraigned on

Trucks are carrying a lot of air cargo these days because of the growing preference among shippers f

AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION Drive to Cut Costs Will Spill Over to '951994 was a year t

Canadian exporters and investors setting their sights southward are increasingly looking past the Un