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WASHINGTON - For the week ended April 7, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railro

The Maryland Port Administration is seeking bids from private stevedores by April 27 on a contract t

Hapag-Lloyd AG, the West German shipping line, soon will open a sales office in the East German city

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

REGIONAL BLOCS Doing Business With Europe. April 21. Berkeley, Calif. Contact Shirley Fogari

A Columbus, Ga., federal judge struck down as unconstitutional last week two key product liability p

Thu, April 13, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Japanese tourists shell out so much money for macadamia nuts when they visit Hawaii that Agriculture

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

Major ship lines that carry goods across the Pacific from the United States to the Indian subcontine

Venezuela, with the support of a key U.S. bank, has asked its creditor banks for permission to delay

California Insurance Commissioner Roxani Gillespie's new two-tier assigned risk was greeted with con

One of the companies that helped clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill wants to try its hand at bright

The parties in the Amoco Cadiz oil spill case are assembling an out-of-court settlement that, if acc

A classic standoff is developing between companies that import goods from the Far East and the shipp

The Canadian government was caught by surprise by a ruling last week by a Quebec Superior Court that

Foreign entities will be allowed to lease land in China's special economic zones and some other area

Bechtel Inc.'s announcement that it will be the master developer on a $16 billion project in Hong Ko

Moody's InvestorsService Inc. said it may soon downgrade the credit ratings ofseveral major Japanese

FURTHER DECLINES SEEN IN PRODUCER PRICESWASHINGTON - Further declines in U.S. producer price

For a company that claims to run the tightest ship in the shipping business, the place looks pretty

Here is a rundown of key events in the growth of United Parcel Service's air- delivery operations, a

Shipping company executives, especially those whose companies have a reputation for quality service,

PRATT ENGINES GET FAA CERTIFICATIONEAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Pratt & Whitney said the Federal A

Association of Water Transportation Accounting Officers. April 18. New York. Luncheon meeting. Guest

Apr. 12, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

COLOWYO AGREES TO SELL COAL TO COLORADO-UTEColowyo Coal Co., jointly owned by units of Grace

DULUTH-SUPERIOR PORTS REACH TENTATIVE ACCORDDockworkers at the twin ports of Duluth-Superior

Shipping leaders here plan to shove off for a Maritime Day ceremony on May 21, but local maritime un

1456 (Apr. 12, 1990) Previous day - 1459 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Computers someday may enable a ship captain to evaluate a collision threat or other emergency and ch

Richard C. Leone, director of Twentieth Century Fund, was elected chairman of the Port Authority of

National Starch and Chemical Corp. said in three separate announcements that it acquired a specializ

Quantum Chemical Corp. said it sold its 50 percent interest in RMI Titanium Co. for approximately $9

Eastman Kodak Co. is offering a new incentive program to help draw buyers to homes near the company'

BAUXITE, ALUMINA OUTPUT UP IN JAMAICAKINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica's bauxite output reached 2.

RESIN EMULSIONS, HOT MELT ADHESIVES National Starch and Chemical Co.'s Adhesives division wi

Japan-bashing is fast becoming one of America's most popular pastimes. A growing number of Americans

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's planting flexibility proposal would significantly increase U.S.

REICHHOLD CHEMICALS INC. (White Plains, N.Y.) - Randall A. Weghorst was named president of the react