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Greek shipowners are urging the U.S. government to provide oil pollution insurance. This is the only

Seaport Shipping Agency Ltd. recently began offering ocean freight consolidation services from three

Monday Feb. 25, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

OCEAN LINES ARE SUFFERING from tunnel vision when it comes to tariff automation, says Rob Quartel a

CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT WIDENS IN THE UKThe United Kingdom's seasonally adjusted current acc

The following business missions are scheduled. The Journal of Commerce assumes no responsibility for

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Claiming that the state still owes hospitals more than $22 million in payments from the Uncompensate

A bill to authorize $5 billion for the export bonus program over the next five years will likely hav

Southern Malaysia's Port of Johore, just across the causeway from Singapore,plans to extend

Iraqi forces set at least 517 Kuwaiti oil wells on fire, a U.S. general in Saudi Arabia said Monday.

The oil ministers of Algeria, Indonesia and Libya Monday started informal discussions with Subroto,

Throughout the months following the invasion of Kuwait, the nation's government-in-exile has been co

Feb. 25, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Heavy cargo bookings are the one bright spot in a dismal airline industry beset by low passenger tra

A group of 17 House members told President Bush they will oppose an extension of trade negotiating a

The new head of China's Foreign Exchange Control Administration said foreign debt was growing rapidl

A long-awaited National Academy of Sciences study endorses double hulls for tankers as the best and

A fatigued cruise ship crew could not extinguish last week's blaze aboard the Sovereign of the Seas

As the ground war rages in the Middle East, experts say both sides will respect the strategic import

DECLINE EXPECTED IN DURABLES ORDERSAnalysts expect U.S. durable good orders to have slid 1.5

Feb. 25, 1991 Copper Total, 13,463. Gold Total, .1,555,087.Silver Total, .264,693,894.

CECIL B. THOMPSON, President Bush's nominee for the U.S. Export-Import Bank's board of directors, is

Southern Pacific Transportation Co. and Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico have joined forces in a p

The European Commission has threatened legal action against European Community countries that mainta

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Feb. 25, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

International Petroleum Exchange Feb. 25, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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Sweden's shipping community is hoping a change of government later this year will prepare the way fo

Efforts to upgrade the sagging economy in the five states of eastern Germany are bogging down over t

CSX/Sea-Land Logistics Inc. won a major contract to move cargo for the government of Kuwait, The Jou

US RELEASES SOME KUWAIT BANK ASSETSWASHINGTON - Seven Kuwaiti banks that had their assets fr

Aeroflot, the Soviet national carrier, plans to resume cargo service between New York and Moscow on

Australian wool prices Monday fell between 10 percent and 40 percent during the first sales in 20 ye

PICKETS BLOCK ACCESS TO PORT OF SANTOSSAO PAULO, Brazil - Picketing by strikers at Brazil's

A lawyers group active in anti-apartheid issues is threatening to sue the Port of San Francisco over

The developer of a housing complex built for last September's Asian Games in China plans to offer Be

The U.S.-China Business Council's board of directors voted to keep the organization alive after mull

The Jamaican government and General Electric Co. of Fairfield, Conn., are studying a joint venture b