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New York Mercantile Exchange Dec. 6, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Chilean scientists say they are receiving reports of increases in skin allergies and sunburn among s

The Tung family is increasing its grip on Orient Overseas Container Line through the purchase of a b

A federal court imposed a $56,000 fine against a foreign exporter's U.S. representative who refused

The advisory committee of Western banks, which met here Friday to discuss Soviet foreign debt repaym

Railroad efforts to get into the business of hauling municipal solid waste finally may be succeeding

THE MASSIVE RESTRUCTURING announced last week by International Business Machines Corp. Chairman John

The City Council approved a land swap deal in which the Port of New Orleans will turn over three agi

A growing number of U.S. firms are using direct-mail catalog sales to get around Japan's costly and

Container growth in the Pacific Northwest might slow slightly in the next few years, but is likely t

A New Zealand navy frigate was preparing Monday to sail for the South Pacific island state of Wester

A Massachusetts woman's precedent-setting award in a workers compensation insurance claim, which was

Dec. 9, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 212.28 off 0.41 which compares w

Fred Gutterson has a lot to smile about these days - his container leasing operation is becoming the

For the week ended Nov. 30 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10

Seven government leaders from the Peoples' Republic of China are visiting the Pennsylvania Turnpike

American Airlines Cargo is winging its way toward a record year fueled by rapidly growing fashion an

Abu Dhabi on Monday extended the detention of 18 senior officials of the failed Bank of Credit and C

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

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 9, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

CHINA FOREIGN TRADE UP FROM YEAR-AGO PERIODChina's foreign trade in November rose a year-on-

Sea-Land Service Inc. said Monday it will, as expected, launch a direct vessel service between the M

An attorney for the U.S. environmental group Friends of the Earth denounced the International Mariti

Dec. 6, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

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

Now that the money pot for construction and acquisition of new military cargo vessels is almost $2 b

Japanese companies, once voracious buyers of U.S. businesses and real estate, have dramatically curb

The leadership of the International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots is moving to block a g

The government-held British Rail may be headed into private ownership soon, but nobody's quite sure

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

Dec. 6, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Most Atlantic Coast ports from Boston to Virginia are spending heavily on container terminals in hop

Latin American nations are divided over how to deal with Cuba, despite their efforts to present a co

US OFFICIAL SEEKS TALKS ON JAPAN TRADE CURBSThe U.S. ambassador to Japan Friday called for t

Denmark posted a seasonally adjusted trade surplus of $394.3 million (2.19 billion kroner) in Octobe

EC APPROVES PURCHASE OF CONTINENTALE ASSETSBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission Frida

These are heady days for Britain's ports as they battle for market share in the sort of competitive

California trucking companies, once thought to be insulated from national economic woes, are sufferi

Industrialized countries are expected later this month to approve a ''gentleman's agreement" to redu