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Nov. 24, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

1672 (Nov. 24, 1989) Previous day - 1670 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The Interstate Commerce Commission is proposing to eliminate the requirement that all regulated truc

PLASTICS SOCIETY GETS EXTENSION ON COMPLAINTThe Interstate Commerce Commission has given the

In a bid to upgrade rail services after 1992, the European Commission has proposed opening the EC ra

STRIKING BOEING WORKERS may have been out to bag more than just a new contract in their seven-week s

Until now, the operative phrase for sealing a contract has been, "Put your 'John Hancock' on the lin

Builders Transport Inc. is creating an employee stock ownership plan to give its workers a stake in

A global communications network for the maritime industry received formal approval last week.

An ocean carrier, a shipper group and a Pennsylvania shipper have urged the Federal Maritime Commiss

St. Lawrence Seaway officials report that the Great Lakes Seaway system is experiencing a record yea

Big U.S. software developers are striking out at companies that illegally copy software for their ow

L.A. Gear Inc. said federal prosecutors in Massachusetts are investigating whether the company had u

Ninety-nine of 140 Japanese firms involved in allegations of bid-rigging for work at a U.S. Navy bas

COMMUNIST LEADERS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA QUITPRAGUE, Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovakia's Communist

The top two officials of the Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority revealed they are considering t

The auctioneer's staccato banter returned to the Lucas Tobacco Warehouse and all across the Burley B

The abrupt shake-up in Hong Kong's Marine Department announced last week will mean new challenges to

The race is on: After making great strides in North America, U.S. footwear companies have entered th

United Airlines total cargo ton-miles for October were 119.7 million, up 13.3 percent from 105.7 mil

PA. SENATOR URGES COAL SALES TO E. BLOCSen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., has urged the Bush adminis

Ecuatoriana de Aviacion immently plans to apply for landing rights in Houston in an effort to broade

Amoco Corp. appears to be having trouble auctioning its refining and marketing operations in Britain

Nov. 24, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

SEA CONTAINERS UNIT TO DEVELOP SITE IN UKSea Containers Property announced plans Friday to s

Federal transportation officials are asking airlines for advice on how best to allocate the new U.S.

Eastern Air Lines machinists were left alone on the picket lines last week after pilots and flight a

THE FUTURES MARKET continued to drift sideways last week, as holidays in the Far East and in the Uni

This country's government-owned airline, Dominicana de Aviacion, plans to start direct flights to Cu

In what may be the only such accident in the 97-year history of Crowley Maritime Corp., a heavy-duty

A recent brokerage report projected that operating earnings for Stolt Tankers & Terminals (Holdings

British shippers will ask the Far Eastern Freight Conference to defer for two months tariff changes

Ivorian cocoa exporters will have sufficient funds to purchase and ship new crop beans after pledges

KOREAN SUGAR REFINERS SEEK 15 PERCENT PRICE HIKESEOUL, South Korea - Three leading South Kor

IVAX, CARBIDE FORM SKIN PRODUCTS VENTUREIvax Corp. and Union Carbide Corp. said they had for

Exxon Chemical Co., based in Houston said it will construct a $170 million 220,000 ton-a-year linear

Despite the modest volume traded in the Singapore International Monetary Exchange's Euroyen futures

Petrobras Quimica SA, the petrochemical subsidiary of state oil company Petrobras, will launch $200

Liberia has taken a further step to make it easier for shipowners to re-flag vessels to that country

Freight traffic on trans-Pacific routes to North America will expand by 5 percent eastbound and by 7