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Spurred by an expanding global economy and widespread market-opening measures, world trade next year

The Czech government said last week it would wind up its rapid coupon privatization program and prop

In the struggle for global economic supremacy, freight forwarders and brokers can be enticing target

Before 1989, Czechoslovakia's Strojexport sent 80 percent of its mining machines, lifting equipment,

Nov. 18, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Despite the publicity and fears, gasoline markets along the East Coast began the shift in late Novem

Unlike the happily orphaned nations of Eastern Europe, Mother Russia is having a rather tough time.<

Luxury carmakers Mercedes-Benz and Porsche are among 12 global car companies that have entered an in

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

The first of 10 Romanian stowaways was released from a Pennsylvania prison Thursday andmore were exp

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

The Federal Maritime Commission is expanding its four-month-old investigation of the band of shippin

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A resurgent global economy and greater use of civilian aircraft by the U.S. military has led to a wo

As of Nov. 18, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

The debate next year in the new Congress over barge safety, if there is to be any debate, is likely

"GATT is the Trojan Horse of the New World Order. It carries in its belly the anti-American World Tr

Friday, Nov. 18, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

ARCO CHEMICAL CO. (Newtown Square, Pa.) - Marvin O. Schlanger has been elected executive vice presid

After a yearlong battle, the New Jersey Insurance Department and the National Consumer Insurance Co.

GRAPHS: (1) US - South America Air Freight Market, fastest growing industry markets 1989-199

Executives on the move: * James Symons, general manager, U.K. & Ireland, Emery Worldwide, to

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When it comes to coal hauling, truckers concede much of the market to the railroads and barge lines,

Sluggish international coal demand early this year hurt Virginia's coal terminals but operators are

The Port of Hampton Roads, Va., ranks as the top handler for bulk commodities being exported from th

Nearly a year into the North American Free Trade Agreement, non-tariffbarriers and complicat

Aside from being cosmopolitan coastal ports, San Francisco, Boston and Miami have at least one other

A jury awarded $4.6 million in damages against Liberty National Life Insurance Co. in a fraud disput

Southern Air Transport, at the request of the Defense Department, will double its relief flights to

Remember those days in the basement when you pushed a lever on a transformer to play with your model

Environmental and cost concerns are forcing changes in the way transporters make deliveries of overs

China's trade turnaround this year has been nothing short of remarkable - economic growth has been e

(1) DAILY INDEX * Annual Smoothed percent +19.6711/14 109.511/15 109.611

China's consumption of cobalt will rise dramatically by the end of the century,and buyers will be fo

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

The first witness in a trial involving Lloyd's of London said some underwriters at Lloyd's "grossly

Traffic on the St. Lawrence Seaway grew at a rapid pace this year, as incentives and a toll freeze l

International Petroleum Exchange Nov. 18, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)