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Sea-Land Service Inc. will use a Dutch shipyard for regular dry dock work on five vessels it employs

SOUTHERN PACIFIC may get a separate labor agreement in negotiations with its unions but don't bet on

In the ancient valleys west of Italy's Lake Garda, some market-sensitive farmers are pulling the gra

A West Coast port trying to help U.S. exporters sell in the Soviet Union says trial runs on the Sovi

While China's coal output, vital to the country's industry, continues to climb, so do the sector's f

Although Japan is grappling with its new, more political role in the international community, its be

Coal mine operators, East and West, will have to wait another week or so to find out what fuel strat

The spring session of China's main trade show ended with a claimed record value of contracts, as usu

FUTURES TRADING picked up last month in most categories and some new volume records were set.

The World Environment Center selected the Rohm & Haas Co. to receive its seventh annual gold medal f

World sugar prices should fall as world supply surpluses escalate, U.K. trade house E.D. & F. Man sa

May 3, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premiu

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(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) May 3, 1991Bid AskedCopper-Gr

The battle over shipboard gambling here began with U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh's office.

Canada's two largest provinces, Quebec and Ontario, unveiled budgets last week that underscored diam

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating to determine what caused a fire aboard a B

CORPORATE SERVICE INDEX RISES 0.4 PERCENT IN JAPANJapan's corporate service price index (CSP

MK TO BUY 49 PERCENT STAKE IN PACIFIC RIM FIRMBOISE, Idaho - Morrison Knudsen Corp. has agre

At least one shipping line suspended service to the Port of Chittagong, Bangladesh, in the wake of l

A caucus of House Democrats has deflected an effort by some of their senior colleagues to narrow rev

Domestic soybean prices may turn out to be the key element for Brazilian soybean crushers, as they s

Fri., May 3, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Singapore International Monetary Exchange May 3, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)<

May 3, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.00

SEA-LAND RAISING RATES IN PUERTO RICO TRADEFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Sea-Land Service Inc. wil

A House maritime committee sent seven bills to the House floor last week, including the fiscal year

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

Currency traders said the dollar likely will rise in the weeks ahead due to concern about the German

The airline recession finally has caught up with airports in Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C., leaving th

MOODY'S DOWNGRADES DEBT OF JAPANESE BANKSMoody's Investors Service last week lowered the rat

President Mauno Koivisto visits Washington for his third meeting in eight months with President Bush

Germany appealed to foreign companies Friday to invest in economically blighted eastern Germany, pro

The European Commission today will attempt to revive faltering plans for the creation of a pan-Europ

Avondale Industries Inc. reported a $3.3 million net loss - 23 cents a share - for the first quarter

The U.S. paper industry is suffering from widespread price discounting as newmills, planned

General cargo at Alabama State Docks climbed 19 percent during the first six months of its fiscal ye

Wood pulp exports have increased dramatically to become the leading forest product shipped out of th

CANADA TO END LICENSE FOR US WHEAT IMPORTSOTTAWA - Canada announced that it no longer will r

A measure enabling Texas insurers to charge some customers extra to make up for losses in the state