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A government-run fund that supports the country's fragile merchant shipbuilding industry could becom

Food-processing machinery is a key target of the new corporate raiders who go after big companies fo

THE AUSTRALIAN BARLEY BOARD, a marketing group that's seldom heard from, told Congress that U.S. sub

The hull insurance market will harden in early 1990, according to a top insurance official.

Pittston Co. announced Friday its subsidary, Pyxis Resources Co., will develop a new low-sulfur coal

1557 (Mar. 23, 1990) Previous day - 1569 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

ONE WAY TO RESOLVE a labor-management issue is to get it off the bargaining table. That's wh

Operators of a fleet of U.S.-flag factory ships responsible for $500 million in annual fish exports

A new study has concluded that using the Chesapeake Bay's Deep Trough to dispose of clean dredged ma

America West Airlines has its sights set overseas. The six-year-old carrier, which this year

UAL AGREES TO DISCUSS UNITED BUY-OUT BIDUAL Corp., despite what it calls "serious deficienci

The U.S. Naval Institute is offering cash prizes for winning essays about international navies and p

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index rose to 104.1 on Friday, a gain of 0.9 point for the

To many Americans, the much-publicized "cola war" between Coke and Pepsi is nothing more than Madiso

Mar. 23, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

EC BANS TOXIC WASTE EXPORTS TO 3RD WORLDBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community agreed to

BASF Corp. has developed a new form of expandable polystyrene that contains half the pentane of curr

Netumar Lines is the correct name of the Brazilian carrier ranked 68th in ''Top 100 Ship Lines," in

The U.S. government, responding to an outcry from exporters, is reviewing its push to reserve cargo

SKINNER MAY SEEK WATERWAY USER FEESU.S. Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner Friday said

DURABLE GOODS ORDERS ROSE 3.3 PERCENT IN FEBRUARYA rebound in automobile orders during Febru

Producer delegates at the International Cocoa Organization Friday backed a plan to extend the curren

The U.S. Customs Service will launch an auditing program April 1 to confirm that U.S. apparel import

Union Pier, the Port of Charleston's primary breakbulk terminal, now is handling most of the South C

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries apparently is considering moving a key conference

Domestic manufacturers have teamed up with the Treasury Department to fight Senate legislation that

American supercomputer manufacturers reacted cautiously Friday to an announcement that Japan has agr

Mar. 23, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Meetings to decide what to do with the Delaware & Hudson Railroad Co. begin here today. The

The Interstate Commerce Commission is expected to make a final decision by midsummer whether to allo

BUSH DECLARES ALABAMA FEDERAL DISASTER AREAPresident George Bush declared a major disaster e

The Norwegian shipping community wants to establish Oslo as the world's premier capital market for t

U.S. officials defended agreements regulating Indonesia's textile sales to the United States, its la

A $162 million settlement of Puyallup Indian land claims will free the Port of Tacoma to begin doubl

The Port of Charleston, S.C., won two more battles last week in the South Atlantic's version of Port

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

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CORROON & BLACK SIGNS PACT WITH ITALIAN FIRMCorroon & Black Corp. has signed an agreement wi

The U.S. nuclear insurance pools have increased their property insurance capacity to more than $1 b

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