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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines will move into its own private-use container terminal at the Port of Oakland on

Chicago Board of Trade officials berated the proposed 12-month ban on dual trading that emerged from

An extended outage at Exxon Chemical Co.'s Baton Rouge complex has been overshadowed byproduction sh

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

These loans by the Inter-American Development Bank were announced recently: BRAZIL - $2 mill

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

The Overseas Private Investment Corp. will sign today its first insurance contract ever for a U.S. b

Fri., Jan. 5, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

MY NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION T-shirt reads: "I survived the '80s." This was no small feat when

Norfolk Southern Corp. is holding the line on base rates for export coal in 1990 but is eliminating

Poland's Solidarity-led government said Friday it was preparing to cancel a decision by the previous

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index rose last week in response to rising prices for crude

While momentum builds for closer Soviet-American trade, companies already exploring the icy waters o

The Securities and Exchange Commission Friday approved an application by Delta Government Options Co

A subsidiary of a California company plans to ship 770 computers, worth more than $1 million, to the

REGIONAL BLOCS U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe: End of an Era? Jan. 23. Portland, Ore. Contact V

Only six months after hammering out a difficult labor accord, waterfront employers and leaders of th

Asahi Breweries Ltd., the third-largest beer producer in Japan, said it plans to build a brewery in

A battered Norwegian-flag propane tanker underwent final checks in open water Friday as the Coast Gu

Whatever new impetus is needed to get oil pollution and tanker safety legislation enacted in Congres

A Canadian food conglomerate is changing the way it moves goods to Asian and Caribbean markets. It's

The dollar is likely to remain very weak following the surprise dollar-selling by the West German ce

State Farm Mutual Automoblile Insurance Co. has filed its second lawsuit against California Insuranc

In 1990 the United States will not be the largest net importer of beef for the first time since 1965

SAUDIS RAISE PRICE OF OIL TO JAPANSaudi Arabia informed Japan's oil companies Friday that it

Precious metal prices recovered most of their pre-New Year losses last week and by Friday the price

Towboat traffic on the Monongahela River will grind to a sudden stop Tuesday so workers can clear a

United Parcel Service Inc. has established an electronic data link to the Canadian Customs Service.<

Jan. 5, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

Japanese political considerations have led to the postponement of negotiations between Japan and the

JAPANESE HAVE 51 PERCENT OF SEMICONDUCTOR SALESJapan's share of world semiconductor sales re

Shippers councils in Singapore and Malaysia are urging a boycott of lines belonging to the Far Easte

The Bush administration wants to eliminate export licensing on almost all goods traded among most W

Pan Am Corp. has asked the Department of Transportation to block the sale ofTrans World Airl

Eastern Air Lines and USAir have agreed to switch several gates here, pending approval of a bankrupt

Brazilian technicians advising a new president-elect on transport reforms and a frustrated would-be

Trucking companies should post modest gains in revenue and tonnage this year, but continued rate pre

The United States should not wait until it passes a new farm bill to bring its sugar import quota pr

The trial of deposed Panamanian dictator Gen. Manuel Noriega could be the first high-profile crimin

Colombia's top foreign trade official called a preliminary U.S. decision to nearly double the import