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Annual grain volumes passing through the Port of Tacoma are expected to shoot up by 60 percent follo

The United Arab Emirates has promised $5 million to help the victims of Hurricane Andrew, the Americ

A last-ditch campaign by business groups and the U.S. Customs Service has convinced the Senate Finan

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that it would allow irradiation of poultry as a

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners has fired the first volley in an expect

Daniel L. Zink was named director of administration, a new position. He was transportation e

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Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,200-$1,300per ton lots &

House and Senate conferees will not fail to deliver national energy legislation to President Bush be

The Panama Canal may one day find itself challenged by Central American rivals offering alternative

More than $1 billion worth of International Monetary Fund credits given to Czechoslovakia since last

A top health care adviser for Gov. Bill Clinton said the Arkansas Democrat's election as president w

The deadly Los Angeles riots last spring caused hundreds of millions ofdollars in uninsured

LIFFE SETS A RECORD ON BRITISH EC MOVELondon International Financial Futures Exchange volume

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 18, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen H

Louis Romano was appointed senior vice president for sales at this independent fuel oil distributor.

Mexico's dizzying economic growth has slowed, but chances of a recession are remote even with the Un

Many stevedore/terminal operating companies are angry. Increasing numbers of independent fir

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 201.87 off 1.07 which compares

Rival Gulf ports never gave it a standing ovation, but this city's controversial high-tech Omniport

1049 (Sept. 18, 1992) Previous day - 1051 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Rules on export credits and aid should be tightened to reduce distortions in trade to developing cou

The market is wide open, the local competitors are few and even foreign companies can make money aft

Q: How did you join the council? A: It occurred to me as an interesting opportunity. I used

EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE U.S. (New York) - Joseph J. Melone was named president and c

Texaco Refining and Marketing Inc. said Friday it would restructure its executive and support operat

Friday Sept. 18, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

While U.S. port management systems have undergone drastic changes in this century, it isunlikely tha

Mexico became the first nation to ratify a convention to guarantee workplace safety in the chemical

The United States and Britain face a crossroads in their bilateral aviation as U.S. Transportation S

Standard & Poor's Corp. placed the ratings of 13 Swedish banks on its CreditWatch list, due to conce

It certainly didn't hurt that design specifications have improved for such high-profile port equipme

Sept. 18, 1992 Copper Total, 42,556. Gold Total, .1,829,607.Silver Total, .27

For years now, federal and state governments have restricted their once-free outpouring of funds to

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Ports around the world generally are preparing themselves for the anticipated growth in container sh

The minister of public works in Costa Rica, bowing to pressure from exporters who charge that he has

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

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