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Despite a sharp upward tick in August, international grain freight rates will not rise substantially

GLOBAL TERMINAL & CONTAINER SERVICES INC. (Jersey City, N.J.) - John R. Jeffrey was named chief exec

Waterfront workers employed by the firm Australian Stevedores continued a nationwide strike Monday d

The draft proposal put together by the United States, the United Kingdom and France to stiffen sanct

Federal budgetary pressures will probably force the Coast Guard to begin charging for its vessel tra

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Sept. 24, 1993.

TO THE UNITED STATES/CANADA POLAND. Oct. 6-22. A delegation of Polish companies will visit D

China will build a 200-megawatt nuclear reactor at the Daqing oil field near Beijing in its largest

Sept. 27, 1993 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

Amoco Corp. said a subsidiary will begin operating a new central natural gas processing platform in

Japan's Sakhalin Oil Development Corp. (Sodeco) and Russia will meet next month to discuss resuming

OPEC BASKET PRICE INCREASED LAST WEEKKnight-Ridder FinancialGENEVA - The price of OP

OPEC nations, desperate to force oil prices higher, agreed Monday to cap their surging crude product

Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. said it will undertake an in-house study of the 16-year-old trans-Alask

A weeklong conflict has ended between the Laurentian Pilotage Authority (LPA) and the Mid St. Lawren

Commonwealth Edison Co. Monday agreed to a $1.7 billion customer refund and rate reduction, called t

Monday Sept. 27, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

A group of shipping companies, maritime unions and citizens' groups has formed a coalition to campai

Brazil's Companhia de Navegacao Maritima SA (Netumar), in an aggressive move that will increase its

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has added a direct call at Keelung, Taiwan, on its PS-3 service from Los Angeles

Chinese apparel exporters are illegally shipping at least $1.5 billion worth of cargo annually throu

JAPAN AGREES TO PLAN FOR US APPLE EXPORTSWASHINGTON - The United States and Japan re

Indonesia is pushing ahead with plans to capitalize on its abundant tropical forests to become a lea

The world's depressed tin industry is dying and Malaysia, once the biggest tin producer, should let

JAPANESE SEEK CHANGE IN SAUDI NAPHTHA PRICINGTOKYO - Japanese buyers are seeking maj

Japan's customs-cleared beef imports totaled 43,782 metric tons (48,160 tons) in August, up 20.5 per

The U.S. said it will have to pull out of the International Coffee Agreementbecause of a a l

The latest political developments in Russia, as well as reports of an export surplus in Poland, are

Egypt Monday reduced its cotton prices for the 1993-94 marketing year (August-July) in a bid to make

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China said Monday it built a record 840,000 tons of ships in the first eight months of this year, up

A consultant who was hired by Bath Iron Works says the company is worth $310 million less than what

Triple Crown Services Co., the intermodal joint venture of Consolidated Rail Corp. and Norfolk South

DISCOVERY AIDS SEARCH FOR PIG DISEASE CUREWASHINGTON - A U.S. Department of Agricult

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

The European Community is offering Swiss truckers and airlines free access to its single transport m

BURLINGTON AIR EXPRESS (Irvine, Calif.) - Norman Rasmussen was named vice president of sales for the

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Sept. 27, 1993Bid AskedCopper_

Tighter night noise restrictions at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is forcing one air cargo li

Flooding in northeast Oklahoma threatened three bridges on Burlington Northern Railroad's St. Louis-