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Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. plans to give up management of its U.S.-flag vessels to avoid federal rule

As nearly everyone in Japan knows, the country's economy has traditionally depended upon exports.

Trade relations between Japan, Europe and the United States have reached a critical stage. Despite a

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The Australia beef export industry has been encouraged by the first round of talks with South Korea

Lloyd's of London financiers who have already neared personal bankruptcy while backingLloyd's underw

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Interprovincial Pipe Line Inc. is limiting crude oil movements in its pipeline system to less than 8

GERMANY'S BASF SELLS WINTERSHALL ENERGY UNITLUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany - German chemical group BA

Against the opposition of major coal-hauling railroads, national energy legislation pending in Congr

The story "Africans Reach Out for US Markets," on Page 8A Wednesday, misidentified Alan Baer and mis

The Port Everglades Authority plans to postpone a public hearing scheduled fortoday on whether to gr

Shippers and truckers are bracing for a transportation nightmare in the Northeast if rail unions mak

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Environmentalists said Wednesday that a plan to open a McDonald's fast-food restaurant by the ruins

The Senate Finance Committee revived a proposal by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D- W.Va., to impose an indu

Tramp containerships will continue to find more work at higher rates despite the cargo shortages and

The first phase of the $200 million renovation of the Port of New Orleans' Uptown wharves will open

3 JAPANESE FIRMS DELAY BUILDING RESIN PLANTThree Japanese petrochemical companies have delay

European shippers repeated their charge that the proposed agreement among 12 North Atlantic shipping

The weakening of U.S. distillate fuel oil prices, which was spurred by significant inventory builds

Freight Users Association of New York, 22nd annual meeting, June 18. Charles W. Hoppe, president of

Two large oil discoveries and promising indications of more are rising hopes that the Philippines co

The lingering woes of U.S. clothing retailers has taken a heavy toll on one Hong Kong firm, and some

The former chairmen of Burlington Air Express, who were abruptly ousted last month while crafting a

The Bush administration's plan to save the U.S.-flag fleet, unveiled by Transportation Secretary And

With a nationwide railroad strike deadline less than a week away, company and union negotiators are

The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries decided Wednesday to study two methods to help

Canadian politicians, faced with compact-car revenues, are scrambling to find ways to pay for a Cadi

Customers of leading insurance broker Marsh & McLennan who've purchased coverage from Reliance Insur

SOUTH KOREA, TAIWAN SAID TO DUMP PIPESouth Korea and Taiwan are selling stainless steel pipe

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As trade grows and demand for internal movement of goods rises, China is opening more ports to forei

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 209.04 off 0.40 which compares

Better product and process design is the most economical way for chemical manufacturers to reduce th

Aluminum producer Comalco Ltd. agreed to cut its use of electricity by 5 percent if New Zealand's po

Top executives with the two largest U.S. flag shipping companies Wednesday pledged an all-out lobbyi

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