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A 600 percent growth in intermodal rail traffic is driving the Port of Tacoma to plan construction o

Tuesday Feb. 8, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

London shipbrokers are urging tanker owners to consider withdrawing their vessels from the marketpla

France's Port of Marseilles returned to normal operations Tuesday after a 24- hour dockers' strike a

Frigid weather in the eastern half of the country and the California earthquake caused a 1 percent d

A Houston oil-field service company has accused top officials at a giant Russian oil company of cons

A bipartisan group of House members has been formed to promote a nascent Clinton administration plan

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Insurers issuing individual accident and health insurance policies could raise rates without state a

The story "NY Forwarders Group Honors Evergreen Chief," on Page 12B Feb. 4, omitted the names of two

The split hull of the tanker Cosmas A, which blew up in the South China Sea two weeks ago, was sunk

Sept. - Nov. 1993 Japan 25.2 percentSingapore 19.2 percentTaiwan

Heavy lifting may be a new experience for United Parcel Service and its drivers (Story,Page 1A), but

NORTH AMERICA New York Premier Collections. Feb. 13-15. New York. Fashion exhibition for int

The European Union will launch a last-minute peace effort Thursday to end a long-running battle with

A senior Persian Gulf oil official said Tuesday he did not expect OPEC members to bring forward thei

FRENCH, EU FISH POLICIES DRAW NORWAY PROTESTOSLO, Norway - Norway has protested to Paris and

The Clinton administration wants to cut off the flow of oil into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve bef

After a year of spectacular earnings for traders on East European stock markets, experts fear that a

Britain cut interest rates by a quarter point Tuesday, sending the British pound lower against the d

Prospects for world coarse grain trade over the next eight years appear much rosier than they have b

A firm of analysts with a far better record of predicting Lloyd's of London's earnings than Lloyd's

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

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

STRIKING FOOD WORKERS ASK AIRLINE TO INTERVENEEAGAN, Minn. - Striking workers who pr

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

CF Motor Freight, which serves two South American countries and several in the Caribbean, has added

The island state of Sri Lanka is looking to its own backyard to spur trade prospects after a prolong

International Petroleum Exchange Feb. 7, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

The Chinese government will centralize crude oil imports, effective March 1, industry sources in Hon

The Association of British Factors & Discounters, London, said smaller U.K. businesses are "migratin

The European Union on Tuesday offered big trade concessions to four former Soviet republics and thre

Nigeria has revoked the licenses of 400 oil companies involved in the export of petroleum products,

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 227.14 off 1.30 which compares w

A ship line has installed a quality management program for its container lessors. Australia-

A California congresswoman has proposed a bill that would have U.S.-built vessels carry up to 30 per

CHANNEL TUNNEL SADDLED WITH ANOTHER DELAYLONDON - Eurotunnel, the embattled operator

The two U.S.-flag cargo liner companies that stand to benefit most from the maritime subsidy program

U.S. companies doing business in Poland are remarkably optimistic about their future prospects, and

Officials at the nation's third-largest oil refinery, faced with spending $250 million to comply wit