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Topgallant Lines Inc. has ceased shipping operations, and the two containerships it chartered will

The American Soybean Association has proposed a plan for 1990 U.S. farm legislation that it says wou

A survey of bankers shows them to be in basic agreement with Agriculture Department experts that 199

WHAT DO NIMBY and perestroika have in common? Aircraft operators in the United States and ma

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has agreed to a new, landmark contract with the Atchison, To

A story on the Massachusetts Port Authority on page 2B in the Dec. 15 editions of The Journal of Com

There's gold in them thar' hills. And it's rapidly becoming important to air cargo carriers in Austr

An equipment pooling program, started last week in Boston to cut chassis costs, may become a prototy

After a 20-year hiatus during which it handled only limited coffee exports, the Port of Rio de Janei

Sen. Edward Kennedy said Thursday he believes the U.S. health care system is on the verge of collaps

RULES/REGULATIONS 29th Annual Advanced Antitrust Seminar: Merger, Markets and Joint Ventures

Business executives visiting the Netherlands for up to three months need not obtain a visa, contrary

LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO. (New Orleans) - Salvador A. "Tony" Bruno was named assistant vice presiden

THE OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET drifted sideways last week, as buyers and sellers were sidelined wa

Dec. 15, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

* Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 3A * Stanford Erickson - Conversations 12A* Larry Kaufma

BROWN CLOSES ITS LTL TRUCKING OPERATIONSCHARLOTTE, N.C. - Brown Transport Co., one of the So

U.S. refiners, strapped with costs associated with environmental regulations, will be displaced by f

ASHLAND OIL INC. (Ashland, Ky.) - John D. Barr and John F. Pettus were named senior vice presidents.

The Teamsters union late Thursday staged a brief strike against a warehouse facility in Gloucester C

Two shipper coalitions are already being formed and others may be created as the maritime industry g

American Airlines Inc. officials have held preliminary talks with Intair, a small Canadian regional

The Chilean utility Chilectra is spanning the globe to line up suppliers of steam coal imports it w

The Third World debt-reduction initiative known as the Brady Plan is still on shaky ground, a report

ARGENTINA DETAILS FARM EXPORT TAXESBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The Argentine government Friday

Freight shippers are asking the Interstate Commerce Commission to reduce the trucking industry's pro

The Port of South Louisiana has approved plans to build a new $25 million dock, wharf and storage fa

The World Bank announced on Friday that it had approved a $130 million loan to Chile to help finance

1603 (Dec. 15, 1989) Previous day - 1602 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

FIRM PICKS NEW NAME TO BOOST IMAGEFluorocarbon Co., wrongly maligned as an environmental men

AKZO NV (Arnhem, The Netherlands) - Richard M. Clarke was named president and chief executive office

In the largest penalty ever imposed on a Pennsylvania electric utility for violating customer-servic

The strength of the U.S. dollar in the first three quarters of this year has not filtered through fu

A senior-level management realignment at The Journal of Commerce effective Jan. 1 was announced Frid

SOVIET ECONOMIC PLAN UPSETS WHITE HOUSEThe White House called Moscow's decision to stick wit

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

Rob Quartel, a consultant who headed President Bush's transition team on transportation, has been ta

The Kaifu administration has voiced fears that the European Community may soon propose negotiations

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

The European Community Thursday fined West German chemical producer Bayer AG $590,000 for violating