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1321 (Nov. 10, 1993) Previous day - 1322 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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

The Port of Tacoma wants to recapture non-container cargo business it has lost to smaller Puget Soun

The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, worried that passage of the North America

The U.S. dollar fell Wednesday, after an early rise faltered. ''The dollar's falling because

As foreign competitors get welcome relief from a worldwide tax code, U.S. multinationals are pressin

The European Commission Wednesday revised its 1994 forecast for EC joblessness down to 11.2 percent

Overseas interest in purchase of Arco Oil and Gas Co.'s newly approved-for- export California crude

US REFINERS EYE NORTH SEA FORTIES CRUDENEW YORK - U.S. refiners see increasingly ava

Exxon Corp.'s chemical unit has agreed to pay more than $3.8 million in fines and restitution for it

PORT AGENCY OKS FUNDS TO KEEP PHILA. JOBSCAMDEN, N.J. - The Delaware River Port Auth

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC. (New York) - Lynn C. Edwards was named vice president of underwrit

Jacques Friedmann, a longstanding confidant of former French prime minister and presidential candida

Rebounding off a big victory in the House of Representatives last week, maritime lobbyists are now s

Opposition is mounting here to U.S. attempts to alter a code of finely balanced rules on anti-dumpin

Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach was up markedly in August, allowing it to unseat rival L

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

GTE LEADS IN ARGENTINA FOR CELLULAR LICENSESSTAMFORD, Conn. - A consortium headed by GTE may

ALUMINUM INVENTORIES DOWN IN SEPTEMBERLONDON - Total aluminum inventories fell 9,000

Nov. 10, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Canadian Coast Guard unveiled a plan this week to improve winter navigation on the St. Lawrence

OFFICIAL CONFIRMS NEXOS LINE COLLAPSENEW ORLEANS - An executive of Nexos Line Inc. c

Manufacturing along the U.S.-Mexico border lacks the autonomy found in southeast Asian frontier oper

UPS TO CLOSE 29 SITES IN CANADA; LAYOFFS LOOMATLANTA - United Parcel Service said it

Teamsters union leaders, faced with another battle with United Parcel Service Inc. for a new labor c

BANK OF AMERICA TO BACK TWO PHILIPPINE PLANTSHONG KONG - Bank of America will help a

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by 4.4 million barrels during the week ended Nov. 5 compared with th

U.S.-flag ships hauling bulk freight within the Great Lakes continue to post slight gains in cargo v

With container volume at a record level, the Port of Seattle is proposing to spend more than two-thi

Malaysia will introduce automatic rubber tapping machines on plantations and new palm-oil products a

Carriers say Australia's much-heralded waterfront-reform program has failed to work and point to a s

Hull and liability insurance rates charged to major airlines rose by anaverage of 60 percent

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

Price wars between European fish farmers are forcing Northwest shippers to look for new markets for

U.S. containerized exports to Europe are expected to decline almost 9 percent this year, driving up

U.S. officials are trying to head off a Japanese attempt to craft a so-called reverse engineering la

With shippers increasingly demanding intermodal service on their trucking company menus, small and m

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

Look for polystyrene prices to remain firm over the next year or two, sources say. The reaso

As of Nov. 10, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s