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The Federal Maritime Commission's anti-rebating probe will go beyond thetrans-Pacific trades

Depending on where you sit, Northern Telecom's Maestro is a great boon to your privacy - or a sign t

Pittston Co. and Mapco Coal Inc. have won three-year contracts to supply coking coal to Egypt's Al N

While most of the commuters on the 7:35 morning train from Stockholm to Vasteras are reading newspap

The freight futures market last week reflected the nervous mood of many participants in the charter

Jan. 26, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

MINESWEEPERS TO LEAVE PERSIAN GULF FOR USThree U.S. minesweepers operating in the Persian Gu

U.S. shipyards will be saved from extinction if federal oil spill legislation requires existing ship

1651 (Jan. 26, 1990) Previous day - 1646 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

EUROPEANS EXPECTED TO HIKE EDI SPENDINGBy 1994, European companies' spending on computerized

Major U.S. shipping lines in the next few weeks intend to ask a global agency to endorse electronic

DEAN WORLDWIDE (Huntington Beach, Calif.) - Robert A. Wright, former general manager, was promoted t

IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD for railroad industry efforts to gain amendment orrepeal of the Federa

Gov. Jim Florio has added leaders of the New Jersey chapter of the American Association of Retired P

Lep Group PLC will pay $14.7 million cash to buy the Wohlfarth Group, a major German transport and d

The Prudential Insurance Co. of America has introduced what it says is the first mass-marketed plan

The parent of Kansas City Southern Railway reported last week that a 26 percent increase in its 1989

Nedlloyd Lines, a division of Royal Nedlloyd Group NV, has signed a letter of intent for two giant c

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The Soviet Union plans to adopt new regulations that will allow Soviet citizens to import copying eq

In an apparent sign of troubles to come, a pack of U.S. commodity groups is stating publicly - some

The other shoe dropped at Marine Transport Lines Inc. on Friday with an announcement that executive

JAPAN MOVES TO PROTECT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYTOKYO - Japan's Finance Ministry has started to

JAPANESE BEING URGED TO EASE TRADE CURBSJapan should ease import quotas and other trade rest

France said it is suspending all aid programs and bilateral projects with Haiti in protest against h

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

Britain's top trade official has assured continuance of a trade and aid agreement with former Europe

At a time when U.S. trade officials and lawmakers are accusing Japan of having impenetrable markets,

ONE YEAR does not a trade liberalization accord make. Think-tanks, banks, economists and gov

Soviet Union port and railroad congestion may delay further purchases of U.S. corn for as long as a

Jury selection begins today in what promises to be the most watched maritime- related court case in

REGIONAL BLOCS The Progress of Policy Reform in Latin America. Jan. 30. New York. Contact Am

The story headlined "Ship Line to End Hawaii Box Service" that appeared on Page 1A of The Journal of

China will seek to reduce domestic demand and concentrate on strengthening its basic industries, sai

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Asia and Western Europe will outpace North America in economic growth in the 1990s but U.S. defense

Ashland Coal Inc. completed its acquisition of Mingo Logan Coal Co. from BP America Inc. As

Carriers in the U.S.-Puerto Rican trade will be able to publish rate reductions for a single commodi

HELICOPTERS PLUCK CREW FROM CRIPPLED VESSELTwo helicopters rescued all 23 crewmembers Thursd

U.S. and Mexican government officials plan to launch negotiations this spring that could open the Me