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California's marine pilot agency is struggling with manpower and training questions in the wake of c

The majority of vessel charter party contracts contains a general-exceptions clause. This clause pro

A top Department of Transportation official Wednesday doubted a U.S. proposal to craft a multilatera

Monsanto Co. this week introduced a thin plastic film that houses an even thinner metal layer that r

Japanese lead smelting firms say they are not facing a severe shortage of concentrate supplies, but

Crude oil inventories rose 4.1 million barrels in the week ended May 21 compared with the previous w

BRITISH COAL GETS NOD TO CLOSE 10 MINESLONDON - British Coal can now lawfully close

Wednesday May 26, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

The day the big carriers took 12,000 containerloads of lumber away from him under a new contract, La

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Efforts to keep the newly energized global trade talks on track will have the highest priority when

Former Eastern Airlines pilots said Wednesday they are suing their union for $500 million in a fraud

The Philippines will repay foreign and local creditors 7.01 billion pesos ($266 million) this year o

A county attendant was lucky to survive when an 18-wheeler crashed into his toll booth outside Brown

MID-OCEAN TO PLANS PUBLIC STOCK OFFERINGWASHINGTON - Mid-Ocean Ltd., a Bermuda-based

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 209.90 up 0.62 which compares w

May 26, 1993 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity Ex

Nippon Yusen Kaisha's North American operation will get a new president this summer. Keitaro

Varlen Corp., a Naperville-based manufacturer of engineered equipment for the railroad and trucking

Vice President Al Gore said Tuesday that American business must develop profitable products and tech

As of May 28, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

Chemical manufacturer Du Pont was first on the government's list of "Top 10" polluters in 1991, the

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,150-$1,250per ton lots &

Frightened by low natural gas prices and discouraged by abundant oil overseas, the nation's biggest

The U.S. dollar fell to a record low against the Japanese yen for the second day in a row Wednesday.

The contrast between rapid growth in intermodal rail traffic and lack of growth in the fleet of trai

Wednesday, May 26, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

JFK Air Cargo Association. May 27. Luncheon. Speaker: Walter Reuther, director, air freight, Frankfu

After years of wrangling, the U.K. government confirmed Wednesday that British Aerospace (BAe) had f

There will be stiffer competition in the excess liability insurance market if American International

Northwest Indiana environmentalists, including Save the Dunes Council and Save Our Selves, are hopin

Rep. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has introduced legislation directing the secretary of transportation to disp

A federal judge in Baltimore has consolidated all outstanding litigation between key factions of one

A dispute panel of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade has ruled that the European Community'

China has targeted more than 3,000 companies for a national crackdown on pollution, which afflicts m

A House maritime committee Wednesday approved the tax portion of a congressional maritime revitaliza

Using technology pioneered by a leading U.S. railroad, CN North America plans to turn its transconti

Guilford Transportation Industries Inc. is examining sites in central Maine for an intermodal operat