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As hula girls danced and a small volcano erupted with clouds of smoke, Matson Navigation Co. opened

COSTA CRUISES CANCELS COLOMBIAN PORT CALLCosta Cruises said it is canceling a scheduled port

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

The grounding of the Exxon Valdez on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound in Alaska has brought cries

Malaysian national oil company Petronas will keep crude oil production below capacity during the nex

A leading London marine underwriter Wednesday made an impassioned plea for a 10 percent increase in

The Falcon Shipping Group is about to miss a payment to the U.S. government on a $29 million loan gu

Dependence on a single export commodity for hard currency earnings usually results in boom or gloom

Edward Ney, the new U.S. ambassador to Canada, has pledged to promote joint efforts to improve the N

Foreign demand, particularly from the Soviet Union and China, will be the key in determining the dir

Airgas Inc. of Wilmington Del., said it will sell its Jackson Products subsidiary to Jackson Acquisi

The Port of Baltimore's brand new Seagirt Marine Terminal finally has a tenant. Atlantic Con

The container shipping division of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. is not performing sa

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

Wed., Sept. 13, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

In early editions of The Journal of Commerce of Wednesday, Sept. 13, the name of Bjorn Robertsen, th

With characteristic lack of fanfare, United Parcel Service has introduced on- demand pickups for its

Sept. 13, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

An independent study of Britain's railway operations concluded that it would be more beneficial to p

A federal appeals court in San Jose ruled last week that companies cannot pass the bill for cleaning

The Chesapeake Port Authority is purchasing 98 acres of waterfront property on the southern branch o

The Ghana Cocoa Board hopes to reduce cocoa crop damage caused by diseases and pests by about 70 per

Gov. Michael S. Dukakis announced steps to toughen enforcement of banking policy to encourage loans

Imports from the United States plunged 27 percent from June's levels and 12 percent from a year earl

''Exponential" population growth is taking place in the number of companies capable of using electro

A coalition of consumer groups Wednesday urged Congress to reject an effort to limit Amtrak's liabil

Eastern European producers of nitrogen fertilizers have, by exporting those goods at below-market pr

Huge trade imbalances among major industrial nations and the persisting Third World debt problems co

Brazil and Venezuela will be unable to meet all their third-quarter interest payments on outstanding

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

Houston auto dealer Alan Helfman will be scaling back his orders for 1990 model cars and trucks, eve

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

Georgia Ports Authority employees overwhelmingly rejected the International Longshoremen's Associati

Eli Lilly & Co. says it has recalled batches of 10 prescription drugs and halted distribution from i

The U.S. government expects urgently implemented "Made-in-Japan" solutions to outstanding economic p

JAPAN WILL BAN IVORY IMPORTSJapan, the world's largest consumer of ivory, will ban ivory imp

Canada's postal union has threatened to hold a national strike in the near future unless the federal

The U.S. dollar may rise further against the yen and other major currencies if the U.S. July trade d

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Wednesday effectively approved the Katy Interchange, the hu

The Alabama State Docks in Mobile will handle some 14 million tons of commerce - mostly coal and oth