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Michael P. Duncan, formerly a vice president and assistant general counsel at Allstate Insurance Co.

EQUITABLE OF COLORADO ASSIGNED 'A+' STATUSDuff & Phelps, a credit rating agency, has assigne

Thousands of existing buildings owned or leased by federal agencies across the nation will be assess

JARDINE INSURANCE BROKERS INC. (San Francisco) - Ralph R. Petersen has been named chief operating of

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

The multinational crew aboard the Taxiarchis - a freighter detained at the port here for the past si

Port of Tacoma Commissioners will name Stephen R. Anderson, a Gig Harbor real estate developer, to a

The story headlined "6 Yards That Quit Builders Council Unite To Form Own Association" on Page 12B o

With no regrets and no immediate plans for the future, Salvatore R. Curiale said Monday he will resi

The European Commission is expected to approve a special aid plan for French shipyards today that wi

HANJIN SHIPPING CO. (Long Beach, Calif.) - Paul Seelig was named to the newly created position of pr

The Navy's Military Sealift Command said Monday it will replace nine tankers leased since 1975 with

Wasting little time in bringing their newest partner into the fold, trade officials from the United

Supertankers of up to 160,000 gross tons are now allowed to pass through the Suez Canal, canal offic

Capitalizing on the momentum from the weekend Summit of the Americas, transportation ministers from

STUDDS ASKS GINGRICH TO REINSTATE BENEFITSWASHINGTON - House Merchant Marine and Fis

U.K. producer output prices were up 0.1 percent in November from October, after rising 0.1 percent i

A group of sea captains from the San Francisco Bay area threw cold water on environmentalists envisi

A lawsuit brought by U.S. shareholders against the U.K. equipment rental Tiphook PLC has been settle

Wallenius Lines is extending the range of services it offers to motor manufacturers to include inlan

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The container index, with its sharpest monthly rise since March, rose to a 1994 high this past month

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

EU LIKELY TO EXTEND BAN ON MILK HORMONEBRUSSELS - European Union farm ministers are

Using U.S.-flag vessels to carry government cargo has more than doubled the price of transportation,

The Clinton administration, eyeing Republican fervor over cutting the cost of regulating transportat

Japan and the United States failed to reach an agreement Friday after three days of negotiations ove

The U.S. government, in a precedent-setting case, has hit a handful of importers who allegedly overs

A rate skirmish has broken out among trans-Pacific ocean carriers vying to increase their share of t

In an effort to keep Santa Fe Railway out of Union Pacific's hands, Santa Fe's board ofdirectors is

Bureau Veritas, the French classification society, is removing several hundred ships from its regist

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Friday, Dec. 9, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Port of Santos will shortly designate six priority berths to dock containerships and roll-on, ro

A U.S.-led consortium has won a $2.8 million contract to study the environmental impact of a 1,800-m

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The forecasting and consulting company DRI has cut its inflation expectation for next year, estimati

BRITISH WARSHIP TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND IN '95WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Prime Minister

Norway's Seamen's Service and United Seamen's Service here recently agreed to work together to distr

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 8, '93 - Nov. 21, '94 (a graph) (2)