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Breakbulk cargo traffic levels at the Port of Hampton Roads, Va., are taking a nose-dive. Fi

The Massachusetts House gave strong support to two clean air bills that would adopt California auto

Streams of cash from Japanese companies investing in overseas factories, companies and real estate w

The Bush administration's plan to loosen controls on exports of sophisticated medical equipment is g

The 11th annual Richlands Coal Show is scheduled to take place Sept. 13-15 at the National Guard Arm

Italy's world-renowned research and development sector is trailing other European countries in overa

The Nedlloyd Kembla discharged 33 refrigerated containers holding 150 tons of frozen poultry recentl

President Bush's lifting of economic sanctions in response to Namibia's newly won independence shoul

Mexico will sell its largest shipbuilding company, Astilleros Unidos de Veracruz, as part of a progr

The Maritime Administration has approved using the USS Algol as an offshore artificial reef.

Degussa AG, a West German firm, has been fined $800,000 for illegally re- exporting U.S.-origin nucl

EUROPEAN AIRLINES JOIN FORCES TO REDUCE COSTSFour European airlines - Swissair, Scandinavian

U.S. cotton exports in the 1990-91 export season should be almost as strong as during the past year,

A Dallas insurance company is offering to refund a portion of its premiums to trucking companies tha

FARMERS SEEN SHIFTING FROM BEANS TO CORNA swing back to corn plantings from soybeans is expe

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Graphnet Inc. has joined with Deutsche Bundespost Telekom to create an electronic service called Tel

A Federal Maritime Commission administrative law judge has scheduled a hearing April 24 in a case in

US REJECTS UN BID TO HIKE FINANCIAL AIDThe United States Wednesday rejected calls by the Uni

The slide of the yen has been exaggerated and could impede Japanese efforts to reduce its large trad

Primary inventories of gasoline declined and crude oil imports remained high, the American Petroleum

POQUET ASKS FUJITSU FOR ADDED COMPUTERSSUNNYVALE, Calif. - Poquet Computer Corp. said it wil

Aegis Publications has launched the first edition of its Maritime Services Directory, a 797-page boo

A period of nervousness and caution with uncertain price movements in a bearish environment looks to

Lloyd's Register of Shipping, the U.K. ship classification society that also provides engineering an

Customs officials said they foiled an attempt Wednesday to smuggle 40 U.S.-made nuclear trigger comp

Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. are in negotiations on possibly forming a joint

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U.K. brokers and underwriters questioned Wednesday whether John Head's much- publicized "rescue" pla

American General Corp. said Wednesday it received a $50-a-share takeover bid worth an estimated $6 b

Insurers have won a major California Supreme Court case that prevents local governments from forcing

Mail Boxes Etc. Inc.'s selection of DHL Worldwide Express as the exclusive carrier for its overnight

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines' new once-a-week service between Amsterdam and Baltimore will use "combi" a

P&O Containers Ltd., Britain's largest container shipping line, is ordering at least four new vessel

The European Commission said that EC countries should extend patent protection for new drugs, making

BURUNDI - $43.2 million from the World Bank's International Development Association for road improve

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ABU DHABI ISSUES JET FUEL TENDERAbu Dhabi's National Oil Co. issued a selling tender for 25,

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