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European port inspectors discovered more defective vessels last year than ever before, which suggest

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Resolution of a yearlong trade dispute with South Korea over disclosure of chemical ingredients shou

A South Korean consortium has sold 30 percent of its exploration rights in a oil block off southern

STOLT EARNINGS SURGED IN SECOND QUARTERLONDON - Stolt-Nielsen SA, one of the world's

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With the ashes of the Latin American debt crisis still smoldering, the nations in the region are onc

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Tropical commodities traded in New York tumbled Monday following weaker prices abroad, and in most c

As Vista Chemical Co. looks south to Mexico for new markets, the company is glancing over its should

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Heavy truck sales steamed to their highest June levels in 14 years, capping one of the hottest quart

July 12, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A strike by customs inspectors caused May imports to decline, which resulted in a 146 percent wideni

Inflation is seen as Public Enemy No. 1 in a five-year economic reform plan launched last week to sp

China's central bank stepped forcefully into the Shanghai "swap market" of currency trading for futu

When Frank Carney became a dry cleaner in 1947, the rules were simple - cleaning solvents were dumpe

A California importer has mounted the first court effort seeking to undo a U.S. Customs Service ban

Work is expected to begin this year on a new Pakistani port at Gwadar on the Baluchistan coast some

Japan plans to draw up a plan for the international management of plutonium and present it to a glob

An international database of oil tanker inspection reports that shipowners are touting as a major st

The Japanese rate of unemployment, officially at 2.5 percent, rises to more than 6 percent when sala

It begins in a big, black pot atop a heavy-duty restaurant stove. Spice it with some soy sauce, perh

America West Airlines' mechanics and ground-crew workers overwhelmingly voted against joining a unio

Leaders of Portuguese and Spanish-speaking nations launch the third Ibero- American summit this week

Amid the pricing battles taking place in the Pacific outbound trade is a curiosity: Carriers squarin

CZECHS BAN MATERIALS DAMAGING OZONE LAYERPRAGUE, Czech Republic - The Czech Parliame

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Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party Friday pledged its support for further trade liberalization

Asian shippers are battling what they say are gouging increases in terminal handling charges.

ECONOCARIBE CONSOLIDATORS INC. (Miami) - Theresa Barroso was named district manager for Latin Americ

North Carolina ports saw an increase in commercial breakbulk tonnage and containerized cargo during

An agreement by the world's richest nations to eliminate tariffs in eight manufacturing sectors woul

EUROPE RISK MANAGERS SET FORUM IN OCTOBERNEW YORK - Members of the Risk and Insuranc

When word spread of Gov. Jim Hunt's takeover of the North Carolina Railroad Co., a few shareholders

Swissair is hoping to attract passengers by establishing its credentials as an environment-friendly

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Ukraine's economy appears to be locked in a steady downward spiral, crippled by the painful process