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NIGERIA TO BOOST IMPORTS OF SUGAR AFTER FLOODSLAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria's sugar imports are s

New international standards for the multibillion-dollar leisure boat industry, close to being finali

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Managing directors of 10 top London shipbroking companies reached a consensus at a meeting here this

Marsha D. Egan has been elected secretary treasurer of the Society of Chartered Property Casualty Un

Ocean carriers will have to hire smarter staffs, keep services simple and pursue emerging markets in

DIXIE BOX & CRATING INC. (Norfolk, Va.) - Jack Valos was promoted to general manager at this consoli

GATT envoys have agreed to set up a dispute panel to decide whether new U.S. regulations on imported

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

Energy regulators said new conservation goals will mean building fewer power plants in Florida, but

Major components of the 1990 farm bill should remain mostly intact in the 1995 bill, speakers at a K

U.S. wheat exporters see good prospects for increased American sales in Asia this year as a prolonge

It pays for truckers to check their loads. Just ask Jerry Goldsberry, traffic manager for Baja Boats

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

South Africa's seven deep-water ports handled a total of 11.63 million tons of cargo in August, vs.

DOCKWORKERS STRIKE AT GUADALOUPE PORTSDockworkers at the ports of Pointe-a-Pitre and Basse T

The Environmental Protection Agency, which helped build a coalition of businesses and environmentali

PRETAX PROFIT RISES 2.5 PERCENT AT EVERGREENTAIPEI, Taiwan - Evergreen Marine Corp.

A former Morrison Knudsen Rail Corp. vice president says he was fired without an explanation and is

Take the world's second-largest aircraft, add a shipment of pedigreed pigs, mix in some oil drilling

Korean Air will begin a daily 747 nonstop combi service between Seoul and San Franciscoon Oct. 15.

Lep Profit International said it is building a new hub in Columbus, Ohio, to handle itsincreasing do

Companies that try to squeeze new intermodal terminals into cramped, unused old freight yards may wi

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Malaysian United Industries Bhd. (MUI), the acquisitive flagship of reclusive tycoon Khoo Kay Peng,

RUSSIAN DEBT PLAN CALLED A BREAKTHROUGHMADRID, Spain - Wednesday's agreement to finalize com

In a further effort to control its runaway steel sector, China laid down new rules Tuesday on import

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Great Eastern Shipping Co., India's second-biggest shipowner, reported an 85 percent lift in profits

The 18,633-deadweight-ton bulk carrier Manessi rescued 24 crewmembers of the 4,252-dwt. refrigerated

For the second year running, New York-based Eveready Insurance Co. ranked as the poorest performer i

Western German unemployment in September fell to 2.453 million people from 2.531 million people in A

Despite sweeping changes in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union over the past four years, the

SCS Industries has acquired virtually all of the assets of Tacoma Cold Storage, including its 3 mill

Responding to criticism that the management of John F. Kennedy International Airport is too bureaucr

Sales of U.S.-made pleasure craft to the Middle East are expected to increase dramatically over the

AEROFLOT RESUMES FLIGHTS TO BELGRADEBELGRADE, Yugoslavia - A Russian Aeroflot airlin

International Finance Corp., the World Bank's private-sector lending arm, said Wednesday that it has

With major Japanese inspection hurdles behind them, Washington state apple growers are planning to s

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil fell 300,000 barrels during the week ended Sept. 30 compared