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Dutch barge skippers are fighting a bitter rear guard action to preserve their way of life.

Roadway Logistics Systems Inc., the contract logistics arm of Roadway Services Inc., has scrapped an

Two barges and a freighter collided in the main shipping channel leading into Tampa Tuesday. One of

Russian officials have postponed signing a $610 million World Bank loan to help revive that nation's

Economists often make headlines with their predictions, happily knowing that few people will ever ta

Abusive trading practices on the Vancouver Stock Exchange are so extensive the exchange should be cl

Raymond T. McKay, the feisty leader of one of the country's largest maritime unions, died Monday of

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

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

Halter Marine Inc., part of Gulfport-based Trinity Marine Group, was awarded two contracts by the U.

Kazakhstan wants to invite foreign investors to take a stake in the giant Baikonur cosmodrome, part

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago8/10 8/9 Change % Change: 7/1

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Aug. 10, 1993Bid AskedCopper_

MILLIONS OF FOREST ACREAGE LOST, UN NOTESROME - The world lost 375 million acres of

US BUTADIENE SUPPLY FALLS FROM JULY LEVELThe U.S. inventory of butadiene totaled 148 million

A cool, moist spring yielded to a warm, mostly disease-free summer in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, pa

GERMANISCHER LLOYD NAMES BOARD MEMBERSHAMBURG, Germany - Hans G. Payer was appointed

Customs brokers and freight forwarders increasingly are targeting small businesses new to import/exp

China's headlong rush toward growth will harm not only its own environment but that of the surroundi

U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor will get an earful today from U.S. brewers unhappy with the

Anglo-Dutch Petroleum International of Houston will spend $185 million to develop the Tenge oil and

With a shutdown of British Columbia's main north-south rail cargo route entering its fourth week, ne

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 10, 1993Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

U.K. industrial production fell by an estimated 0.4 percent in June from May, partially erasing a ma

US PROBES COMMISSIONS PAID TO EGYPTIAN FIRMDefense Department audits cited in a government r

Aug. 10, 1993 Copper Total, 111,694. Gold Total, .2,448,369.Silver Total, .27

A U.S. Court ruling last week against Australian group CSR, which deals in building products and sug

Reducing Japan's huge trade surplus with the United States is a "major priority," Morihiro Hosokawa

Cuban leader Fidel Castro arrived here Monday night for a surprise visit that will include talks wit

Tuesday Aug. 10, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Allergan Inc. did something this year it has never done before. For the first time in the company's

Lloyd's Names have strongly endorsed the survival plan for the market unveiled by David Rowland, Llo

Virginia state Sen. Hunter D. Andrews, D-Hampton, has resigned as a director of a new mortgage insur

Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., ardent supporter of the maritime industry and avowed opponent of dereg

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Aug. 10, 1993 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

Companies working in India's proposed export-promotion industrial parks will have to export at least

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

The Russian port of Murmansk appears to be gaining a role as a supplier of mono-ammonium phosphate f