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The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union will shut down longshore operations on the

SHIPPING, PACKING AND INSURING INTERNATIONAL CARGO. April 7. Berkeley, Calif. Seminar sponsored by I

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The United States and Japan cleared a major hurdle Thursday in negotiations designed to curb politic

CFTC APPROVES PLAN FOR NEW JUICE CONTRACTThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission Thursday a

Shell International has hauled the Maritime Administration into court, charging that the agency's de

Mike Tyson may be dethroned, but John F. Kennedy International Airport remains the heavyweight champ

Matson Freight Agencies Inc. said Naviera Interamericana Navicana SA has added the container vessel

Consumer groups reacted skeptically to Monday's Supreme Court decision to review a $1 million puniti

Cargo thefts fell dramatically last year at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

UPS ACQUIRES STAKE IN BERMUDA DELIVERYGREENWICH, Conn. - United Parcel Service acquired an i

USER FEES: PROPOSED LEGISLATION. The Bush administration has proposed legislation to eliminate flaws

US HEALTH OFFICIAL SLAMS TOBACCO TRADERSPERTH, Australia - Major U.S. tobacco companies are

A rate increase of 6 percent went into effect recently on ocean shipping between the United States a

In a statement sure to outrage U.S. shippers, Maritime Administrator Warren Leback Thursday said he

DIMER ACID Henkel Corp.'s Emery Group said it increased the list price of its Empol 1014 dis

AIR PRODUCTS BOOSTS STAKE IN SPANISH FIRMAir Products and Chemicals Inc. said it has acquire

Despite arguments that they were being manipulated by the tobacco industry, Pennsylvania House membe

Cocoa prices here and at London advanced sharply Thursday amid strong trade buying that reflected co

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

Federal Express Corp. starts clearing cargoes electronically through the U.S. Customs Service on Mon

Chemical Leaman Corp. lost $1.3 million during the 1989 fourth quarter. A headline on astory detaili

The commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service has challenged the port and maritime industries to make

Cuba will sell its sugar and nickel on the international market if the Soviet Union and other tradit

COMPANIES TO FORM MINING PARTNERSHIPPittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co., Englewood, Colo., an

The airline industry lost two titans this week. C.R. Smith, who helped build American Airlin

Chances seem remote for soybeans to become a new dietary fad in the United States - the oat bran of

Apr. 5, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

WALLACE TO STEP DOWN FROM MEDIATION BOARDWalter C. Wallace, a member of the National Mediati

Rising orders for new crude oil tankers could create serious overcapacity in the global tanker marke

"I don't have any secrets," said Edward J. Philbin, the new chairman of the Interstate Commerce Comm

It's fair to say that without the U.S. census, the IBM Corp. wouldn't exist.Neither would ma

In the Utility Outlook feature in the Wednesday, April 4, Journal of Commerce, Entergy Corp.'s 1989

WATERFORD MANAGEMENT THREATENS TO MOVE EASTDUBLIN, Ireland - Ireland's world-renowned Waterf

French wine shipments to the United States have resumed despite a U.S. move to block entry of import

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

BUNDESBANK OFFICIAL HEDGES ON MARK RATIOWolfgang Rieke, the West German Bundesbank's interna

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

Timothy J. Rhein is fuming. The president of American President Lines Ltd., Oakland, believe

Barges loaded with much-needed fertilizer for the nation's breadbasket began arriving here this week