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Shell International Marine Ltd. will lease four petroleum product tankers for at least seven years.

Reliance National Risk Specialists in New York revised its wrongful termination policy to include se

Florida's 1991 exports jumped an impressive 16 percent during the first six months of 1991, and inte

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

A continuing strong export coal market has the barge industry optimistic on rates for 1992.

One of Samuel K. Skinner's last major duties as transportation secretary was a strong appeal at the

Negotiators from some 29 countries comprising about 75 percent to 80 percent of the world's steel-ma

Two appeals court decisions last week released Commercial Union Insurance Co. and Royal Insurance Co

Delta Air Lines scheduled daily round-trip flights immediately after the Department of Transportatio

Some of the world's biggest companies are playing for very high stakes in a little-publicized battle

SUMITOMO TO REMAIN WITH GOLDMAN, SACHSSumitomo Bank has agreed to maintain its US$500 millio

Romania formally became a multiparty presidential republic with a free-market economy Friday, when t

The planned European Monetary Union of the European Community is unlikely to include all 12 member s

The cargo business at Florida's three busiest airports is feeling the impact of recession. But so fa

A final vote on a bill to lower income taxes on profits remitted by multinational companies investin

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

A Canadian company specializing in boosting output from oil wells plans to double its investment in

The head of a group of diplomats negotiating to end global shipyard subsidies said there is a 70 per

Dec. 13, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Battle lines have been drawn between business interests and environmentalists over a new federal def

As of Dec. 13, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

The battle over Philadelphia's status as a base port is over, much to the relief of officials at the

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Energy ministers from 11 Soviet republics, along with ministers and senior officials from 35 other c

The rapid spread of opium poppy plantations on Colombia's Andean mountain slopes is badly damaging t

Dec. 13, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

American Airlines is considering a bid for up to 49 percent of PWA Corp., parent of Canada's second-

Council of Logistics Management, North Texas round table, Jan. 9, 1992. Doubletree Hotel at Park Wes

Dec. 13, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

More than 60 overseas companies are interested in starting joint ventures in Pakistan, according to

Sun Refining and Marketing Co. has extended its discounted heating oil price by offering incremental

The Japanese government and the private sector should urgently work to reduce the country's resurgin

A presidential commission will resume its deliberations on key maritime regulatory questions, devoti

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

Maersk Line will get its first significant access to the South American shipping market by teaming u

S&P UPGRADES RATING ON CARNIVAL BONDSStandard & Poor's raised the credit rating on about $60

Now that David Duke has been decisively beaten and the French Quarter has been made safe for tourism

"General cargo - that's what the Port of New Orleans is all about." The statement, made by t

PALM OIL PRODUCERS SET SIGHTS ON FAR EASTKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Palm oil producers during

The steel industry is fast becoming an industry without borders as companies invest in mills all ove