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Oil spill legislation currently moving through Congress will create a new liability, prevention and

Knight- Ridder Global Weather Services Thursday predicted a hard freeze in Louisiana and possible fr

Despite the pleas of maritime interests, the Port of Seattle made final its decision against allowin

CROWLEY MARITIME CORP. (San Francisco) - Paul P. Borde' was named harbor services marketing manager

Cocoa prices fell to new lows Thursday as major producers sold into the market, fearing even lower p

AMTRANS RELOCATES OFFICES IN NEW JERSEYTEANECK, N.J. - American Transport Lines is moving it

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Dec. 14, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

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China's political problems have stalled construction of a mill that was to process wastepaper export

COFFEE CONSUMER UNIT PLANS TALKS IN CAPITALThe newly formed Coffee Consumers Caucus will mee

The race goes to the swift, the strong and the automated. EDI, Spread the Word!, a Dallas, T

West Germany and East Germany agreed Thursday to set up a joint economiccommission to guide

Thu., Dec. 14, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Hong Kong bankers predict poor business next year in their once-lucrative lending to China, and say

In the world of wastepaper, the United States is both the biggest consumer and the biggest exporter.

The United States and 31 other nations agreed Thursday to a record $15 billion increase in the lendi

* Paula Green - Trade Talk 4A * Customs Update 4A* Exporter Profile - Advanced Micro Devices

Yet another U.S.-flag shipping line has sought the protection of the bankruptcy courts with a Chapte

The Inter-American Development Bank, with the increasing help of Japan, plans to be a much bigger fo

Uncle Milton Industries is trying to barter ant farms for Soviet dolls. The manufacturer of

BUSINESS INVENTORIES ROSE 0.4 PERCENT IN OCTOBERAs expected, U.S. business inventories rose

Truckers don't like railroads and usually try hard to take their business. Railroads feel much the s

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An apparent rift has developed in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement, the group of ocean carri

The U.S. Customs Service is working quietly to eliminate billions of dollars in export incentives at

A buildup of ice in the St. Lawrence River and Seaway is causing an unprecedented snarl in shipping

An international development bank is going to finance a 1,000-bed hospital in a Third World country

The Coast Guard has extended the comment period on proposed rules covering the design, installation

Despite some alarming parallels between the thrift and insurance industries, experts agreed Thursday

Reports alleging that Lloyd's is old-fashioned, bureaucratic, inefficient and plain uncompetitive ha

Events culminating in the $55 million Alexander Howden Broking Group reinsurance frauds have given L

Studies commissioned by the All-Industry Research Advisory Council and the National Committee on Pro

TEXAN HAILS CHANGES IN WORKERS COMPAUSTIN, Texas - The president of the Texas Compensation I

Special arrangements take effect today to make it easier for Panamanian-flag ships to be transferre

A fee paid by port security companies in New York and New Jersey will be cut 24 percent on Jan. 1 un

International coal trading companies said this week they won't go anywhere near a price offer made b

WHAT IS HAPPENING: Shipowners with ships registered in Panama are rushing to re-register their ships

AMAX COAL INDUSTRIES (Indianapolis) - J. Mark Cook was named senior vice president of Amax Coal Sale

Selling high-technology products in Asia is not fundamentally different from selling them anywhere e