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Out of the ashes of Infoport, a failed port automation project here, a newinitiative is being develo

CP Rail offered Consolidated Rail Corp. little of value in exchange for trackage rights CP wants to

The Soviet Union is likely to be both a borrower and a lender at the bank being created to revive Ea

For chemical manufacturers, paperless trading is the present rather than the future, according to a

Exxon Chemical Co. is close to signing a deal to buy Allied-Signal Inc.'s polyethylene business, ma

RAIL EQUIPMENT FINANCE '90, sponsored by Railroad Financial Corp. and Business Railroader, March 4-6

PORT OF GREATER BATON ROUGE (Port Allen, La.) - Wesley H. "Buddy" Knox was named director of trade d

A new shipping line will begin offering service between the United States and the Eastern Mediterran

Killing racehorses for the insurance money could have been quite lucrative for a Kentucky dentist wh

Frustrated by the high incidence of shipping accidents caused by human error, a leading marine insur

Britain's insurance industry is expected to raise homeowners insurance premiums 25 percent or more f

Japan's young and affluent drivers seem bent on trimming the fat off insurers. They are throwing off

Gov. Jim Florio's auto insurance reform plan has passed its first major political hurdle. A

SEDGWICK GROUP SAYS PROFITS, REVENUES UPSedgwick Group PLC, Britain's largest insurance brok

The executive vice president of Star Shipping Inc. was appointed president this week following the r

MISSION CLAIMS CASE GOES BEFORE LA COURTA hearing being held today at 9:30 a.m. in Los Angel

Sembawang Shipyard Ltd. turned in significantly improved results for the year through last Dec. 31 o

Federal prosecutors here hope to take some 70 depositions from waterfront businessmen and labor offi

The government Tuesday failed for the second time in five months to auction state-owned National Shi

Illinois International Port will benefit enormously if a proposed airport in the vicinity of the por

U.S. domestic shipments and exports of single screw extrusion machines fell 6 percent in 1989, while

Shipping operations in northern Europe were badly disrupted again Tuesday as gale-force winds closed

Feb. 27, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Polyethylene manufacturers huddled Tuesday to decide whether they would follow price increases annou

TOOL IMPORTS BANNED IN TRADEMARK CASEThe U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a ce

Frans Andriessen, chairman of the European Commission, told the World Automotive Forum last week th

UNQUESTIONABLY, scheduled international airlines are in the difficult position of playing catch-up i

Carol Boyd Hallett, the new commissioner of Customs, has won the hearts of customs brokers with her

EXPRESS CARRIER GROUP SETS UP LATIN OFFICEThe International Express Carriers Conference has

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Opportunities for international shipping lines and shippers will increase as the trade of the fast-c

SEOUL URGED TO FOSTER FREE FOREIGN EXCHANGESEOUL, South Korea - The U.S. Treasury has urged

The U.S. dollar was mixed in quiet, narrow trading Tuesday after Federal Reserve intervention to boo

A regional unit of International Business Machines Corp. of Armonk, N.Y., is taking an equity stake

OFF-DOCK CUSTOMS SITE SET TO OPEN IN VIRGINIACHESAPEAKE, Va. - A new off-dock facility for c

Feb. 27, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

''High Court Upholds Ruling on Damage Suit," which appeared on Page 3B in The Journal of Commerce Fe

1603 (Feb. 27, 1990) Previous day - 1593 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Paccar Inc., a top manufacturer of heavy trucks, is joining a list of major U.S. truckbuilders layin