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Container shipping companies offering service between Japan and major consumer markets in Europe and

January-December 1993 International Freight in 20-Foot Container Equivalents, or TEUsTotal

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New York Mercantile Exchange - June 22, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

A threatened strike by workers at two aluminum plants owned by Norway's Elkem has been avoided after

Faced with a lawsuit, the Kentucky League of Cities' board is bracing to protect insurance-company l

Shippers bellow that the ocean rates charged by the Trans-Atlantic Agreement are too high, but the v

The National Transportation Safety Board issued 21 recommendations Tuesday stemming from its investi

Wednesday, June 22, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Three stowaways, who were taken into custody Wednesday aboard the containership Newark Bay, gained a

It once was easy to determine how much intermodal traffic was domestic and how much consisted of imp

South Africa's new government has kept its promise of sound fiscal discipline by reducing its 1994-9

After issuing more than $315,000 in fines to truckers and suppliers accused of evading diesel taxes

The Westbound and Eastbound conferences in the U.S.-Mediterranean trades announced a merger Wednesda

Legislation to implement a historic world-trade agreement is racing an early election-year recess in

The biggest U.S.-Russian joint venture yet is about to be signed, government and business sources sa

U.S. inventories of crude oil fell 2 million barrels during the week ended June 17 compared with the

President Clinton on Wednesday ordered a freeze of U.S.-held assets of all Haitian nationals in a bi

U.S. retailers along the 2,000-mile border with Mexico won important backingfrom eight borde

The Senate on Wednesday approved a decree that clears the way for the privatization of state insurer

Southern Yemeni forces, frustrated by persistent northern attacks on the port city of Aden, have str

With export growth appearing to falter, Philippine garment firms are being urged to concentrate on h

It's 79 degrees in the shade and you're a German letter carrier. It's hard workingin the sun, so why

Jennifer Kelly won't soon forget the day she was promoted to government- affairs director for the Am

Europe Combined Terminals (ECT) is having the last laugh. After 18 months, the $275 million

The European Union's semiannual summit, which starts here Friday, will not be short on drama and big

Supertankers built in the mid-1970s will likely not be scrapped as soon as many in the industry had

The leading railroads in intermodal traffic have conducted a quiet mating dance designed to create a

Japanese Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa Wednesday called on Japan to promptly conclude trade talks w

FOREIGN FIRMS IN CHINA HAD 260 STRIKES IN '93BEIJING - Foreign-invested companies we

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International Petroleum Exchange June 22, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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Declining supplies of raw material are expected to force more lead smelters to curtail operating cap

A small Houston company here said it has acquired an exclusive option to license an AIDS vaccine bei

Exports will play a major role in South Africa's new economic development plan, and financial incent

The inland towing industry may soon be required to train and certify its towboat operators in radar

Aiming to be more customer-friendly, and save some money in the process, Procter & Gamble Co. on Wed

PRATT GETS BIG ORDER FROM SINGAPORE AIREAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Pratt & Whitney has la