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MC Shipping Inc. has purchased a general cargo ship and a small containership for a total of $19.25

MARITIME INDUSTRY CEREMONIES honoring Journal of Commerce Publisher Don C. Becker last week were con

1425 (June 7, 1989) Previous day - 1445 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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LANDSTAR PLANS TO COORDINATE SERVICESSTAMFORD. Conn. - Landstar System Inc. said the 750 fie

In a reversal of the aphorism "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," container repair companies have com

With the backing of the Navy, a once-obscure computer design is starting to make waves in the comput

Official monitoring and supervision are required to ensure the success of any electronic data interc

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

Transportation officials are considering opening up a road that would give new meaning to the term c

Hundreds of airmail packages, some lost for more than a year, wound up under conveyor belts and behi

While airlines serving China reported heavy overbooking and a scramble for outbound passage because

A Charlotte-based commuter airline that exists mainly to serve Piedmont Airlines and USAir said Frid

Every morning at 8:05 a.m. Northwest Airlines flight No. 5 leaves Newark, N.J., for St. Paul, Minn.,

The United States is far behind Europe and Japan in developing "smart" vehicles and highways that ca

HOUSE PANEL REJECTS AIRPORT SECURITY BILLWASHINGTON, D.C. - A House committee rejected a bil

A Saudi patrol clashed last Friday with South Yemeni forces in an oil-rich border zone, fueling tens

U.S. refineries broke another operating record this year, running at 89.8 percent of capacity for th

BP America Inc., the Cleveland-based U.S. subsidiary of British Petroleum Co. PLC, said it delayed a

Transcisco Industries Inc. of San Francisco has signed leases for 514 rail tank cars to four petrole

Texaco Trading & Transportation Tuesday said it raised the posted price for all grades of crude oil

June 7, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Among the myriad hangers-on at the 85th conference of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countr

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' oil ministers reached agreement Wednesday setting

COASTAL CONTINUES BUSINESS WITH CHINAChina's political crisis has not affected Coastal Corp.

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The Central Vermont Railroad plans to resurrect north-south intermodal service late this summer, the

Plans for a new oil refinery in Thailand with capacity of 100,000 barrels a day have been approved b

HOECHST CELANESE CORP. (Sommerville, N.J.) - The company announced a reorganization and the retireme

PEROXYDICARBONATES Pennwalt Corp.'s Lucidol Division raised prices for peroxydicarbonates, e

Canada's first octane booster plant will likely rely on pipeline shipments to support sales to the W

American Trucking Associations, fundamentals of hazardous materials, June 7-9. Minneapolis Hilton In

In 1984, the National Academy of Sciences undertook a study of the 65,000 most commonly used chemica

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Frank Young Tuesday endorsed a congressional proposal to s

CIBA-GEIGY AWARDS PACT TO FLUOR DANIELFluor Daniel, Irvine, Calif., a unit of Fluor Corp., s

George House has been obsessed with getting drunks off the road since his son witnessed a fatal scho

Britain's east coast ports fear that poor roads could darken an otherwise rosy outlook for their fut

Analysts on Wall Street said they did not believe a decision by the U.S. District Court in Washingto

Neptune Orient Lines, the maritime flag carrier of Singapore, is celebrating a record profit with pl

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den