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The local textile industry, Hong Kong's third-largest export earner after clothing and electronics,

JAPAN TO NEGOTIATE BID FOR SAUDI NAPHTHAA delegation of Japanese petrochemical companies is

Seven South Korean shipping companies agreed to form a consortium to move liquefied natural gas from

The longest strike in the history of the Port of Santos ended Sunday morning after 20 days, but port

WEST GERMANY'S CPI SHOWS 0.6 PERCENT INCREASEFRANKFURT, Germany - The former West Germany's

The president of Maersk Line in Canada says he personally would like to see his company resume direc

1312 (Oct. 29, 1990) Previous day - 1320 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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Cuba's northeast coast is stained red with rich reserves of mineral ore that are the lifeblood of th

An uneventful election process in the Ivory Coast cast a bearish light on cocoa markets here and in

The American Association of Port Authorities is going to do some soul searching in the next few mont

Maritime Administrator Warren G. Leback said ports that develop the most efficient landside infrastr

The Port Everglades Authority filed a petition last week seeking to exempt all port tenants from loc

Yellow and gray smoke belches from the power stations at Jaenschwalde, near the border with Poland.<

Emergency meetings are being planned at the Uruguay Round of GATT trade talks to try and deal with t

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Oct. 26, 1990 Copper Total, 7,889. Gold Total, .1,557,959.Silver Total, .259,425,969.

President Bush is expected to veto a wide-ranging export controls billbecause of new curbs i

P&O Containers Ltd., Britain's largest container shipping line, plans to eliminate 120 seafaring job

AIR FRANCE ADDS MIAMI-PARIS FLIGHTNEW YORK - Air France is adding a weekly all-cargo 747 fli

The International Air Transport Association expects air freight traffic to grow 7 percent a year bet

Banks that lend funds to oil producers have generally raised their valuation of crude oil only sligh

The Principal Financial Group boasts that its new 44-story building in Iowa's capital is the tallest

Monday Oct. 29, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Oct. 29, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

A proposal to create a Canadian tax haven for ship management companies may have merit, but Canada's

BAHAMAS - $2 million from the Inter-American Development Bank for feasibility and engineering studie

The Pacific Century is coming, but many people on the tropical island states of Micronesia are afrai

ICO COFFEE EXPORTS FELL 26 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBERCoffee exports to all destinations by produce

The International Maritime Satellite Organization, which provides satellite communication services f

Canada is in a position to significantly increase its exports of natural gas to the United States, b

BP AMERICA DENIES HEAVY LAYOFFS PLANNEDCLEVELAND - BP America Inc. Monday denied there would

A major dispute over black lung benefits, drugs in the transportation workplace and a truck rate dis

About 175 Hartford, Conn., children are being bused to Cigna Corp.'s Connecticut offices during the

Buried in the vast details of the tax and spending reduction bill passed Saturday by Congress is a p

Mexico eats trucks and time. Goods moving into the country can vanish for days or even weeks.

With its in-bond permit, Mexico Express can get Mexican-bound freight to consignees almost as quickl

Red River Valley & Western Railroad opened a railcar repair facility in Breckenridge, Minn.

House and Senate negotiators on immigration legislation agreed on a compromise that softens the impa

Members of a coalition of 10 trade unions walked off their jobs and formed picket lines Monday at th