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Despite a global supply overhang and ongoing talks about the need for restructuring, Japanese trader

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. is close to deciding about opening a direct inbound service from Northern

Only one of Louisiana's 15 riverboat casinos is in operation, but ethical and regulatory questions a

Dec. 7, 1993 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Prem

The National Transportation Safety Board has tentatively ruled out drugs and alcohol abuse as a fact

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 7, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

France's monetary authorities have not yet set their M3 monetary growth target for 1994 and are like

A preliminary study released by the Brazil's national association of automakers predicts a 1993 defi

Under a sweeping reorganization of its cargo division, American Airlines will be marketing a broad r

West German third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP), pushed up by increases in four major compone

The president of British Columbia Railway Ltd. is predicting difficult times ahead, asderegulation a

CHINA TO LET OUTSIDERS INVEST IN TRANSPORTBEIJING - China will allow foreign investo

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

STORM-RAVAGED PORT REOPENS IN RUSSIAMOSCOW - The Novorossisk commercial seaport, Rus

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent -6.2412/1 93.312/2 93.312/3

Shipowners have persuaded the government to ease, though not end, a ban on foreign classification so

Scientists struggling to keep 400 miles of the Columbia and Snake rivers open to maritime traffic ar

The Ukraine government has cut gas supplies to domestic metal smelters by 30 percent and to chemical

China said Tuesday it stripped more textile firms of their export rights and confiscated earnings fr

China's boiling transportation market has yielded a first-ever deal for a California-based investmen

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,230-$1,260per ton lots &

Alaska Airlines says shippers using overnight freighters can expect higher rates resulting from a ru

The price of Alaska North Slope oil is at its lowest in five years. But it still costs Alaska driver

1248 (Dec. 7, 1993) Previous day - 1251 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Ocean shipping rates are plummeting in the formerly lucrative trade between the West Coast of the Un

Russian monthly inflation slipped to 17 percent in November, its lowest level in eight months, from

Less-than-truckload shippers, resigned to rate increases set to take effect in January,worry if thes

Rafael Caldera, the grand old man of Venezuelan politics, is the country's president-elect.

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 6, 1993 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Natural gas production in the Hugoton field in southwestern Kansas could increase 10 percent to 15 p

A new "magic eye" pocket bank note inspecting device developed by Jiyang Hengfeng Electric Instrumen

S. KOREA FORECASTS '94 GROWTH IN EXPORTSSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's exports w

Sugar production is forecast to rise slightly in key Asia-Pacific producer nations next year but wil

As of Dec. 6, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Dec. 6, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The European Community Commission is facing frantic lobbying by shipowners and shippers as it nears

American President Lines is ordering three new containerships from a South Korean shipyard.

European nations expect to detain and ban many more unsafe ships in the war against substandard vess

The nation's airlines scored a victory Monday in their dispute over landing fees at Los Angeles Inte

Aviall, the aviation services business unit of Ryder System Inc., will be spun off today as a separa