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Cynthia Taylor is using her Jamaican roots and London education, along with help from the internatio

MC Shipping Inc., an owner of small containerships and multipurpose vessels used in ship lines' feed

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

John F. Keegan, chairman, stockholder and director of Commercial Marine Underwriters Inc., a Miami c

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 2, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

What was considered mostly a one-on-one struggle between the Port of Baltimore and Virginia's Port o

China appears to have embarked on a flurry of new oil activity in an effort to meet its rising home

Many ports are susceptible to being blocked for a week or more if a ship collision or other accident

Australian export officials said they are worried they will lose their live- sheep trade with Kuwait

CPC INTERNATIONAL (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.) - Charles R. Shoemate was elected chief executive officer

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines added a second weekly double-stack rail service from the Pacific Northwest to th

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Silicon Valley executives hoping to take advantage of new trade opportunities between the Soviet Uni

McDonnell Douglas Corp. said it will continue production on a $1.8 billion Kuwaiti order for 40 figh

A Viking shipyard unearthed in southern Denmark is giving archaeologists new insights into boat-buil

International Airline Support Group Inc. of Miami has signed a joint venture agreement with Internat

Bids for the next stage of Hong Kong's new airport project should be called in the fall, with the fi

Iraq's invasion of Kuwait will create regional winners and losers in the United States, pushing some

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

ACTIVITY IN THE OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET last week was livened up by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.<

The United States submitted to the Thai government Friday a $125 million soft-loan proposal that wil

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index accelerated swiftly late last week following soaring

While Kuwait Petroleum Corp.'s refineries in Europe appeared to be operating normally on Friday, oil

DOT BANS TRANSPORT TO OR FROM IRAQThe Department of Transportation last week prohibited all

Costa Rica is making an early bid for stronger trade and investment ties with the United States unde

TEXAS REGULATORS SEEK 21.1 PERCENT BUDGET INCREASEAUSTIN, Texas - State insur ance regulator

The Takeover Attempt from Hell is 1 year old. The merger world's problem child, the proposed

Some British economists are raising their forecasts for U.K. August inflation by as much as 0.6 perc

President Bush is lending his name to a maritime industry event in honor of one of his few early sup

1180 (Aug. 3, 1990) Previous day - 1185 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Aug. 3, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 23.55

Weight and fuel-efficiency problems are keeping Douglas Aircraft Co.'s new MD-11 jetliner from flyin

Just as the United States and Europe are waking up to the "green" potential of alternative fuels in

Maritime and trade interests that work in and around the Port of New York are slowly accepting an el

YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEM INC. (Overland Park, Kan.) - Tom Witty was named director, marketing informati

Reports late Friday that the Soviet Union was assured by Iraq that it would soon withdraw forces fro

Soviet cattle production will continue to be troubled in 1990 as the country struggles to maintain

Aug. 3, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

A Port of Seattle shake-up scheduled for next month will install new top managers, propose the spino