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Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. is investing in a container terminal near Shanghai.

COMBINED INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA (Chicago) - Richard M. Ravin was elected chairman and chief execut

ISSUE: Eliminate antitrust immunity held by ocean carrier conferences. STATUS: Pending in t

After years of complaining about high Caribbean port costs, maritime interests now appear committed

The Massachusetts Port Authority has cleared the way for Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. to start calling

SALVORS SEEK TUGS INVOLVED IN GROUNDINGNEW YORK - Salvors Wednesday attempted to rec

The federal Advanced Research Projects Agency said it is seeking innovative shipbuilding proposals t

A long-awaited computerized data bank on oil tankers available for charter is up and running amid op

July-Sept. July-Sept. Lane 1993 1992North Europe to Wes

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS (Washington) - Henry J. Randazzo Jr. is the trade association's ne

A Mexican truck and bus maker has agreed to buy Motor Coach Industries International Inc., a major U

Council of Logistics Management. Dec. 2. New York round table. Ray Carmichael, vice president of Nat

Hong Kong could overtake Frankfurt, Germany, within a year to become the world's second leading inte

Sea-air cargo from the Far East to Europe is climbing again after hitting bottom last year, accordin

AT LEAST 4 KILLED IN FRENCH TRAIN WRECKPARIS - At least four people were killed and

Two German liner shipping companies successfully concluded merger negotiations late Wednesday after

Canada's new Liberal government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien today will formally approve implemen

USAir has asked U.S. regulators to reconsider a recent decision the airline says limits its ability

Airlines gave in early Wednesday and agreed to pay the higher landing fees at Los Angeles Internatio

Freight consolidators are debating this week whether several objections they have raised about the T

As world trade talks in Geneva lurch uncertainly toward a Dec. 15 deadline, the United States has qu

Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Cautious U.S. efforts to build support among Asian nations for alterations to the terms on textile t

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York, are selling rates among trading

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The European Community and the United States negotiated late into Wednesday night in search of an el

Two key members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee sowed new seeds of doubt on prospects for a glo

The U.S. dollar rose above 1.72 deutsche marks Wednesday, despite heavy selling of dollars, believed

Switzerland's real gross domestic product (GDP) rose an annualized, seasonally adjusted 0.6 percent

GDP GROWTH Percent change 1993-3QPersonal Spending +4.4%Durable good

Asian Development Bank (ADB) members agreed to boost the bank's capital base, heading off threatened

China on Wednesday unveiled its biggest tax reform since 1949, cutting rates for state companies by

Top managers of Daimler-Benz AG and Mitsubishi Corp. this week announced modest joint ventures, incl

Vice President Al Gore, in what was hailed as a major foreign policy initiative of the Clinton admin

Curious is one way to describe the rules that govern the international trade of textiles. As

Sluggish demand for near-term delivery of large, new freighters contributed to Boeing Co.'s decision

The Clinton administration this week unveiled an initiative to spur the Middle East peace process by

US SIGNS AGREEMENT ON S. AFRICA INVESTMENTCAPE TOWN, South Africa - U.S. Commerce Se

Amtrak and CSX Transportation Inc. officials reacted angrily Wednesday to claims that a train dispat

The Supreme Court Wednesday wrestled with an unfair labor practice case in which a fired Teamster wa