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Friday Sept. 17, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Royal Nedlloyd NV announced a major shake-up of its shipping, distribution and trucking operations i

When Bernd-Artin Wessels got the chance to mold the banana of his dreams, he built a two-faced desig

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

PORTSMOUTH SHIPYARD LOSES 3RD NAVY PACTKITTERY, Maine - Portsmouth Naval Shipyard ha

U.S. corn shipments are glutting Japan's market as extra cargoes bought this summer arrive at ports,

High-tech satellite communications between truck dispatchers and their drivers have dazzled the moto

Vomitoxin tolerance levels announced late Thursday should take the uncertainty out of the wheat mark

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Chinese authorities have blocked plans by a U.S. cargo airline to begin a weekly freighter service l

Spot prices for No. 6 oil, 1 percent sulfur, for October delivery into New York harbor are being pre

Action is imminent on a technology firm's Federal Communications Commission applicationthat would al

As an American team begins investigating Indonesia's labor record today, one industry group said U.S

Seeking to tap the growing air cargo market for fresh fish, produce, flowers and pharmaceuticals, Su

The Clinton Administration is still planning to tax barge lines and their customers to recoup the co

Japan's Import Board met Friday and agreed to designate five areas as special import promotion distr

Japan's trade minister has denied there was a division within the Cabinet over numerical targets and

The Interstate Commerce Commission's proposal to automate its tariff-filing procedures has received

U.S. airlines, including several cargo carriers, last week received more than $200 million in milita

Sept. 17, 1993 Copper Total, 93,788. Gold Total, .2,444,038.Silver Total, .2

The House and Senate are headed for a showdown over whether to include a U.S. shipyard promotion pro

1423 (Sept. 17, 1993) Previous day - 1424 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

ONE MAN DIES IN FIRE ON OIL-CHEMICAL SHIPLONDON - The 17,740-deadweight-ton oil-chem

In August, for the first time since the 1989 anti-communist revolt, joblessness in the Czech Republi

Arab states have started to taste the gains of economic reform, with their debt problem easing sligh

Commercial navigation on the St. Lawrence River between Montreal and Quebec City has been partly dis

Carriers moving goods from Asia to the United States are increasing the amount of vessel space they

Friday, Sept. 17, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Increases in clothing, tobacco products and alcoholic beverages pushed Canadian consumer prices up 0

A maintenance worker at a chemical plant that was the site of an explosion and fire Aug. 18 was inju

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The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development said Friday that he has recommended closin

China, facing explosive energy demand, is planning to award foreign oil companies exploration rights

A new Cuba-related investment fund plans to start selling shares next week seeking an initial $10 mi

European Community industry ministers will attempt to narrow differences over steel subsidies Tuesda

Sonoco Products Co., a large producer of packaging, wants to increase its focus on consumer products

The planned 458,000-barrel-a-day expansion in South Korean oil refining capacity may prove excessive

An agreement by major U.S. textile industry bodies to accept a reduction in high tariff levels could

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

With tonnage down by almost one-half from the heyday of the 1980s, and few prospects for improvement