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OCCIDENTAL ABANDONS STAKE IN CHINA MINEOccidental Petroleum Corp. virtually abandoned its mu

Ocean freight futures prices remained firm last week, but appeared to consolidate before making a po

New ways of handling cargo are saving time and money at modern breakbulk ports. They include storage

FIRM PAYS $407 MILLION FOR ZAPATA AFFILIATETidewater Inc. said it will pay an estimated $407

A NEW KIND OF POTOMAC FEVER has broken out: preoccupation with the insolvency of insurers, particula

A leading Lloyd's of London broker recently set up a satellite office in the United States to act as

Nearly 20 years after the federal government began taking the lead out of gasoline to protect the na

In the world of international commerce, every company must deal with the risk of ever changing curre

May 29 - The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling holding the Pan American Corp. must pay fo

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As finance ministers and central bank chiefs from key industrial nations prepared to gather in Londo

A Hong Kong telecommunications company is teaming up with two U.S. industry giants to put pressure o

The pricing coup that allowed non-containerized ocean carriers to walk away with 50 percent of the t

Executives of two of Japan's largest brokerage houses admitted Friday that their companies paid $241

Martin Bangemann, vice president of the European Commission, vowed the European Community will not b

For Klaus-Dieter Schepull, the first year of German currency union hasn't been bad at all. He has a

Japanese refiners have opened their plants to third-party processing by foreign companies, say refin

SOVIET METAL TRADERS ARE PLAYING THEIR DEALS close to the vest after recent price declines on the Lo

South Carolina port officials plan to appeal a federal court ruling last week that ordered the relea

A new gasoil contract on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange appears viable for industry h

Modern breakbulk ships are flourishing as carriers of steel, forestry and paper products, refrigerat

After living in harmony with the state's powerful oil industry for more than a century, Texas state

The region's air cargo debate has ensnared freight forwarders. Forwarders are eager to arran

Despite the container and intermodal revolutions, the predicted demise of traditional breakbulk ship

Why do so many New England importers ship through New York instead of Boston? Shippers and p

The board of Willis Corroon PLC will seek shareholders' approval in the autumn to change the company

The Commerce Ministry has tentatively set an export target of 402 billion rupees (US$19 billion) for

REGIONAL BLOCS Asean 1991 and Beyond. June 24. Research Triangle Park, N.C. Contact Heather

Oman is preparing for the day when it no longer has the oil wealth that transformed it over the past

New airports are going up in Munich and Warsaw to increase trade and traffic. At the Bavaria

Essential of Explosives Transportation, July 30-Aug. 1, Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas. Contact: Teresa

June 21, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

US AEROSPACE FIRMS SOUGHT FOR MISSIONWASHINGTON - The Commerce Department is inviting U.S. a

Before this year's Missouri River barge season opened in April to yet another round of drought-induc

The first containers to be moved through Evergreen Marine Corp.'s new Pacific Northwest terminal wil

New hazardous materials transportation regulations are creating strains between shippers and carrier

Better-built and better-managed oil tankers are attracting longer leases but aren't fetching higher

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

One outcome of the Persian Gulf war has been a desire by the U.S. government to buy more roll-on, ro

Currency traders are watching and waiting for possible central bank intervention to block the dollar