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Buried in the pages of President Bush's budget is a proposal that is beginning to draw the attention

A private Japanese shipping report predicts rising ocean freight rates in the 1990s in parallel with

ANERA SIMPLIFIES DESTINATION CHARGESThe principal eastbound trans-Pacific shipping conferenc

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

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

A consortium of Japanese businesses is debating whether to help finance construction of high-speed m

While the forecast is optimistic for shipbuilding in the 1990s, industry officials are concerned tha

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.'s fourth-quarter earnings fell to $8.4 million, or 36 cents a shar

Feb. 1, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

WASHINGTON - For the week ended Jan. 27, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railro

Foreshadowing the channel-deepening project scheduled to begin this summer, yearly maintenance dredg

William D. Hathaway encountered no problems during a friendly confirmation hearing Thursday on his n

The U.S. government is calling on other nations to end shipbuilding subsidies ''cold turkey" or ulti

ADVANCED SHIPS MEDICINE COURSE. Feb. 5-9. Castine, Maine. Contact: Ocean Institute, Maine Maritime A

1642 (Feb. 1, 1990) Previous day - 1644 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

FOOD SHIPPERS VOICE mixed reactions for a bill that could make Pennsylvania the first state to forbi

S&P MAY LOWER RATING ON CON FREIGHT DEBTStandard and Poor's Corp. may lower the A+ senior de

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway is the latest to use leasing to assure it of sufficient locomo

Officials in counties throughout California are being asked to consider an out-of-court legal settle

When Japan's largest shipping line decided to take on some big competitors in the field of electroni

MONTEDISON INTRODUCES ASBESTOS SUBSTITUTEItaly's Montedison SpA, said it has introduced a ne

B.F. Goodrich Co. said Thursday that income last year fell 8.9 percent from record levels in 1988, p

The Christmas freeze that hit major vegetable areas of the South is responsible for a sharp increase

The Senate has adopted an amendment to its clean air bill that would ban use of the solvent methyl c

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter stressed that it was "not realistic" to ex

The Securities and Exchange Commission will ask Congress to settle the jurisdictional debate about c

SET-ASIDES REDUCED FOR RICE FARMERSRice farmers will have to idle only 20 percent of their a

DOLE'S FARM BILL AIM: 'FINE TUNE' 1989 LAWSenate Minority Leader Robert Dole Thursday predic

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPMENTS OF WEARING APPAREL AND TEXTILES FROM THE SOVIET UNION. In anticipat

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China Thursday released its second set of trade figures for last year, and they show a deficit inste

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday, except against the yen, as the deutsche mark remained the market'

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

SECOND JAPANESE BANK TO OPEN BELGIAN UNITChuo Trust and Banking Co. will open a new subsidia

Monetary union between East and West Germany should be one of the first steps in the formation of a

South Africa, hit by trade sanctions by many Western nations, is determined not to miss the boat whe

Having survived several months of tumultuous fighting over auto insurance, state officials are optim

Zurich Insurance Co., Europe's second largest insurer, is restructuring its United Kingdom operation

S. KOREA TRADE DEFICIT IS LARGEST SINCE 1985SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea posted a custom

Chile's 1989 trade surplus totaled US$1.599 billion, down 27.9 percent from a year ago, the Chilean