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Despite heavy protest by shipping lines and ports, state lawmakers are facing mounting pressure to e

A Massachusetts transportation task force will recommend a $1.6 billion passenger rail link beneath

Commerce Secretary Ron Brown next week will make the first of a series of trips he plans abroad to s

The French government drew up plans for a massive spying effort to learn U.S. technological secrets

Faced with loss of intermodal business to large ports that draw the major container lines, smaller p

Numerous railroads feeding into the Chicago area should gain lower-cost access to shippers at nearby

Chancellor Helmut Kohl welcomed Manfred Lennings Wednesday as the new head of the board of directors

Standard & Poor's Corp. said Wednesday that it may cut its investment grade rating of Hong Kong's de

The Russian economy may be in dire straits, but Russian companies are still scouting for a variety o

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

Apr. 21, 1993 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

An Oklahoma Corporation Commission special committee will recommend next week to double the normal s

International fertilizer markets are important for domestic producers. Joseph Sullivan, Vigo

After prodding from the U.S. government, Germany's Hoechst AG has agreed to take steps toward making

UN TO HELP VIETNAM WITH REFORESTATIONHANOI, Vietnam - United Nations experts will he

No new regulations are needed to govern service contract negotiations, ocean carriers told the Feder

Britain could have avoided a battle with China over the proposed new Hong Kong airport if the territ

Wednesday, April 21, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Price and service are more important factors than environmental considerations when shippers make de

California's Republican Gov. Pete Wilson is taking a conservative approach to estimating the costs t

Who is the typical international logistics manager, and what does he or she earn? According to a stu

Analysts here ruled out the immediate prospects of a coordinated U.S.-European Community campaign to

THAILAND MOVES TO BAN TRADE IN FAKE PRODUCTSBANGKOK, Thailand - The Thai Cabinet app

There is a one-third chance at best that an impending decision from the Court of International Trade

International Petroleum Exchange Apr. 21, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Apr. 21, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Crude oil inventories fell 10.1 million barrels in the week ended April 16 compared with the previou

Consolidation within the steamship industry is forcing ports to alter their often scattershot market

Carl R. Young was named president and chief executive officer of Pa- nache Shipping Resources Intern

Demand for U.S. cotton to Japan and South Korea will likely pick up Friday or early next week after

NATIONAL RE REPORTS INCOME IN FIRST QUARTERSTAMFORD, Conn. - National Re Corp. has r

April 21, 1993 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity

A better economy and a favorable outlook on post-retiree benefits improved the earnings of pharmaceu

April 21, 1993 Copper Total, 104,017. Gold Total, .1,383,875.Silver Total, .2

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Apr. 21, 1993Bid AskedCopper_

The trucks are flying. The planes are trucking. And, in the cutthroat battle for the almighty shippe

The United States and European Community Tuesday failed to resolve a dispute over government procure

As federal agencies, shipping lines and several Eastern ports try to figure out why the U.S. Census

FRANCE'S BALLADUR WILL MEET MAJORThe new French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur will meet wi

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