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MASS. AGENCY ALLOWED TO ISSUE BONDS

Journal of Commerce Staff |
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority is within its rights in issuing $500 million in reconstruction

CORPS OF ENGINEERS SCALES BACK PLAN FOR LA PORT PROJECT

Kevin G. Hall |
The Army Corps of Engineers, faced with environmental concerns from federal and state agencies and t
Maritime

BULGARIA LOSES TRACK OF WASTE-LADEN SHIP

JOC Staff |
Bulgarian environmental officials Friday said they were worried by the disappearance in the Black Se
Maritime

EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Information Supplied by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
Maritime

WORLD TRADE CENTER NETWORK - TRADE LEADS

World Trade Center NETWORK |
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:These trade leads are supplied through the World Trade Center NETWOR
Maritime

FOREIGN UTILITIES MUST BEAR RISK, INDIA MINISTER SAYS

N. Vasuki Rao |
Foreign companies setting up power utilities in India will not get any government guarantee on repat
Maritime

VLADIVOSTOK MODERNIZES IN EFFORT TO WOO TOURISTS

(Reuter) |
Vladivostok, a Russian port city on the Sea of Japan, is sprucing up its spartan hotels and leisure
Maritime

UK RETAIL PRICES ROSE 0.4 PERCENT IN MAY

Knight-Ridder Financial |
U.K. retail prices rose 0.4 percent in May from what they were in April, the Central Statistical Off

GAO ADVOCATES CAUTION ON RAIL WORK HOURS

Geoffrey H. Brown |
A congressional investigating agency and a House panel agree more research is needed before changes

PEOPLE - TRANSPORT

From Wire and Staff Reports |
Donald J. Allison was retained by this transportation management consultancy to represent its freigh

UN PEACE TEAM STUDIES OPENING SARAJEVO AIRPORT

(Reuter) |
U.N. peacekeeping officers arrived in Sarajevo Wednesday to evaluate how to reopen its airport for e

BALTIC FREIGHT INDEX

JOC Staff |
1178 (June 11, 1992) Previous day - 1183 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in
Maritime

SHIP FIXTURE BREAKDOWN

Ship fixtures are a product of Transportation News Ticker, the |
Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in
Maritime

GERMAN SURPLUS DECLINED IN APRIL

Knight-Ridder Financial |
Germany posted a trade surplus of 2.3 billion deutsche marks (US$1.45 billion) in April, compared wi

CONRAIL WILL CUT BOX RATES IN BID TO GRAB TRUCK CARGO

Lawrence H Kaufman |
Consolidated Rail Corp., targeting import and export traffic now moving by truck from East Coast por

RAIL-MOUNTED TRAINING PLATFORM EDUCATES EMERGENCY CREWS IN KY.

John Boyd |
Paducah and Louisville Railway Inc., a regional carrier based in Paducah, Ky., is using a double-rai

MILLS IN JAPAN, LUXEMBOURG NOT DUMPING, US PANEL RULES

Journal of Commerce Staff |
Japanese and Luxembourg steel mills were cleared by the U.S. International Trade Commission of charg

PORT OF PHILA. SAID TO SUFFER FROM POOR RAIL CLEARANCES

Journal of Commerce Staff |
Improvements must be made to railroad clearances throughout Pennsylvania to permit use of double-sta

AGRICULTURAL TRADE LEADS

Supplied by the US Department of Agriculture |
Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural ServiceAgric
Maritime

TRANSPORT BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports |
AMEFORD OPENS OFFICE IN NEW ORLEANSROSEDALE, N.Y. - Ameford International Corp. has

TRADE BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
US-KOREAN BEEF TALKS FAIL TO MAKE PROGRESSSEOUL, South Korea - Angry farmers opposed to the
Maritime

SPOT METALS PRICES

JOC Staff |
Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,200-$1,300per ton lots & in

CRB FUTURES INDEXES

JOC Staff |
The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 211.78 off 0.76 which compare

MARITIME CALENDAR

JOC Staff |
Unctad, the Port Training Institute of Le Havre, and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees. Through
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HANCOCK WON'T PULL AD THAT OFFENDS SPEECH GROUP

Margo D. Beller |
The financial services division of John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., Boston, refused to pull o

BRAZIL PLACES CONDITIONS ON SUPPORT OF COCOA PACT

Elizabeth Herrington |
Brazil says it is willing to be flexible at next week's producers talks in the Cote d'Ivoire on the

PRIVATIZED FRENCH INSURERS COULD BECOME A FORCE IN US

William Pitt |
The privatization of some of France's biggest insurance companies, once again the subject of lively

FRENCH CABINET OFFICIAL RECOMMENDS AID FOR COMPAGNIE GENERAL MARITIME

Barbara Casassus |
The French government should agree to a capital infusion for Compagnie General Maritime to help lift
Maritime

CHINA SEEKS $2.2 BILLION IN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOANS MONEY WOULD GO TOWARD 11 PROJECTS OVER TWO YEARS

P.T. Bangsberg |
China is proposing to borrow US$2.2 billion from the Asian Development Bank in the next two years, i

REEFER LINES TO AVOID MISTAKES OF BOX LINES, COOL CARRIERS SAYS

Janet Porter |
Reefershipping operators will not lock themselves into fixed schedules that must be adhered to regar

EDITOR'S NOTE

JOC Staff |
The story on today's Page 12B, "Engineers Reject Merger; Ward Group Faces Suit," was mistakenly omit

EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

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Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
Maritime

INSIDE TALK - CRAIG DUNLAP JACKSONVILLE PORT FACES BATTLE TO SWAY CITY IN FAVOR OF EXPANSION

Craig Dunlap |
After voters in Jacksonville, Fla., overwhelmingly rejected creation of a tax district to fund Jacks
Maritime

MARITIME BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports |
UNIGLORY MARINE SHIP ENTERS SERVICE IN EASTTAIPEI, Taiwan - Uniglory Marine Corp. in
Maritime

BUSH REAFFIRMS OPPOSITION TO KEY EARTH SUMMIT TREATY

(Reuter) |
President Bush Thursday reaffirmed his opposition to a controversial Earth Summit treaty designed to
Maritime

E. EUROPE REACTORS CALLED TIME BOMBS

(Reuter) |
The head of Eastern Europe's development bank warned that 60 Soviet-built nuclear reactors in the re

G-7 WON'T FORMALLY ENDORSE HIGHER YEN, JAPAN OFFICIAL SAYS

Knight-Ridder Financial |
The Group of 7 nations will not officially endorse a stronger yen at their annual economic summit in

MULFORD'S YEN COMMENT SENDS DOLLAR TO BIG LOSS

Knight-Ridder Financial |
The U.S. dollar dropped sharply against the yen and deutsche mark Thursday as traders interpreted a

ASIAN FUTURES

JOC Staff |
June 11, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity E

NEW YORK OIL FUTURES

JOC Staff |
New York Mercantile Exchange June 11, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low
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