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CHINESE COURT TO SELL SHIP KEPT IN DETENTIONDALIAN, China - The city's maritime cour

Norwegian shipping firm Bergesen d.y. said it would have a bookkeeping loss of 22 million crowns ($3

Nordstrom Inc., a retail giant, is giving an unexpected boost to legislation designed to spur a U.S.

Four of the leading ship lines serving South America said they intend to rationalize their schedules

The International Chamber of Shipping is urging shipbuilders to construct more robust ships.

Container carriers continued to chop away at bulk operators' share of thetrans-Pacificlumber

ALEXANDER CONSULTING GROUP (Lyndhurst, N.J.) - Francis T. Joyce was named managing director,finance,

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

Capital inflows to Latin America will not continue at the pace of recent years, but a repeat of the

Spanish consumer prices rose by 0.4 percent in April compared with March and by 4.9 percent compared

There's a saying in Vietnam that the easiest way to hit the lottery is to become a customs officer w

By the end of the decade, China expects to be using coal slurry to replace 70 million barrels of fue

FEDERAL EXPRESS UNVEILS ELECTRONIC AIR WAYBILLFederal Express Corp. has introduced a "therma

Bolivia will open its mining industry to the private sector this month, after 42 years of state oper

May 13, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

EXPORT ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (Washington) - Barry E. Carter was appointed depu

The first time she dredged up the courage to join the other peddlers out on the street, Yelena Polov

Paper and forest products exporters continued to lessen their reliance on containershiplines last ye

Friday, May 13, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +12.535/9 100.15/10 100.35/11

The California Trucking Association will launch a major offensive against pending Environmental Prot

Federal Express Corp., which already handles about half the overnight package volume at Fort Lauderd

May 13, 1994 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

Exxon Corp. said Friday it had signed an agreement with Hindustan Petroleum Corp. to blend and marke

Friday May 13, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Bad weather, a shortage of product and rampant speculation are driving coffee prices to their highes

The U.S. Embassy here has warned U.S. firms that employ Mexican nationals carrying non-immigrant vis

The North American Free Trade Agreement may mean liberalized commerce for the three partner countrie

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

1500 (May 13, 1994) Previous day - 1491 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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

The Journal of Commerce's daily Industrial Price Index rose again Friday and now shows an annualized

The local paper industry may be headed for tough times because of a shortage of raw material based o

Not long ago, the health-insurers' lobby was Special Interest Enemy No. 1, taking fire from an openl

If there's one thing roiling the forest products industry in the United States today, it's environme

First came the spotted owl, then the marbled murrelet. By the time the crane arrived, most people ar

I know, I know. I shouldn't be preaching about saving trees. A guy who works for a newspaper with a

U.S.-India economic relations are expected to get a big boost this week during the visit here of Ind

PORTUGAL SETS JUNE 23 FOR BIG BOND REFORMSLISBON, Portugal - Portugal will implement

Proposals sponsored by the Teamsters union to restructure the board of directors at Consolidated Fre