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FIRE FORCES SHUTDOWN OF SHELL OIL REFINERYShell Oil Co.'s Martinez, Calif., refinery will re

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Crowley Towing and Transportation Co. won a $7.3 million contract from the Military Sealift Command

Scindia Steam Navigation Co., now confined to the charter market, plans to resume liner services soo

Intercargo Corp., a specialty writer focusing on marine and import/export risk, plans to export its

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

The logjam in agricultural trade talks and its effect on the multilateral trade negotiations will he

Maritime fraud investigators have declared war on phantom ships that are trading illegally in the Fa

Trans-Pacific shipping lines are projecting that the import and export cargoes they carry will conti

A new polypropylene film plant proposed by a South Korean company for the Philippines is drawing how

The Polish government has requested 50,000 metric tons of pork bellies and 50,000 metric tons of bee

The fate of Ford Motor Co. and Saab-Scania AB negotiations on a possible link-up could hinge on how

The U.S. dollar declined broadly Wednesday as traders decided to take profits following Tuesday's ga

Left in the lurch by an interstate pipeline's inability to deliver expected firm supplies this winte

In a decision that marks the end of its battle with the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Massa

The Maritime Administration has told three subsidized liner operators that it needs much more inform

In the aftermath of the Alaskan oil spill and several other tanker accidentsthis year, the Interior

New Jersey Bell reached a tentative agreement with its remaining striking union Tuesday evening and

Longshore labor leaders and waterfront bosses are going down to the wire in forging new agreements t

PARCEL TANKER ADDED TO STOLT'S FLEETGREENWICH, Conn. - Stolt Tankers and Terminals (Holdings

1433 (Sept. 6, 1989) Previous day - 1429 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Iran is looking to buy 125,000 metric tons of corn for late October-early November shipment, but was

ARCHER DANIELS PLANS SOY PLANT EXPANSIONDECATUR, Ill. - Archer Daniels Midland Co. has annou

A Japanese consortium that has imported Mexican crude oil since the 1979 oil crisis will dissolve wh

A new cargo and ground-handling company will be established at Thailand's main airport early in the

* Trading With Brazil 4A * Lloyd's of London Reports Record Profit 11A* Marad Rejects Additi

Wed., Sept. 6, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Canadian shippers are pleased with the federal government's plans to build two additional runways at

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Olympic Mills Corp., already the island's largest textile employer with 1,000 workers, is planning o

U.S. exporters of red meat are targeting markets throughout the Pacific Rim with the help of a $9 mi

Railroad Personnel Association, 37th annual conference, Sept. 10-13. Claremont Resort and Tennis Clu

The 1989-90 marketing year for soybeans promises only a modest rebound in the U.S. export pace in re

Auto insurers in New Jersey have been given the go-ahead to challenge a consumer group's plan to put

After years of virtually sitting on the sidelines, the Inter-American Development Bank is about to r

EUROPEAN AIRLINES SEEK TRAFFIC CONTROL MEETBRUSSELS, Belgium - Twenty-one European airlines

Federal Express Corp., mapping its foray into global competition in air cargo transportation, has dr

Dow Chemical Co. said it will add 35 million pounds a year of ethanolamines capacity by de-bottlenec

BENETTON GROUP ENTERS VENTURE TO MAKE SHOESPORTLAND, Ore. - Benetton Group SpA, the Italian