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Panama protested Monday a toll increase for ships using the Panama Canal and is calling it a unilate

A rather nice thing happened last week. The Containerization and Intermodal Institute gave me its an

A stalemate persisted Tuesday at the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meeting in Vienna

OVER THE PAST years - perhaps a little longer - I have been putting to a lengthening list of Europea

Limiting foreign investment in the United States could cause the dollar to drop and interest rates t

June 6, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

The Federal Maritime Commission will hold a preliminary hearing June 14 to clear the way for a revie

Evergreen Line is reconsidering its plans to order 20 to 22 new containerships, a spokeswoman for th

Almost all of the 100 or so business offices maintained in Beijing by Japanese corporations have clo

ROCHESTER TEL TO BUY FOUR COMPANIES IN ILL.ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Rochester Telephone Corp. has s

So you think the insurance industry is some monolith looking to cram its predictable views down your

When the year began, trans-Pacific shipping lines were hoping a strong westbound market would compen

The tanker Exxon Long Beach moved smoothly and without incident through these waters in late May. Bu

''Super 301" sounds like a new crop hybrid, tried, tested and ready to go. But this talk-tough provi

At least 1,200 executives from small businesses in the United States and Canada are expected to atte

The new secretary- general of the International Maritime Organization could take over an effectively

Foreign Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka urged U.S. Ambassador Michael Armacost Tuesday to impress on Wash

This may be another year of strong growth in the trans-Pacific liner trades, shipping experts say, c

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

Container users and lessors are taking a major step toward establishing a system that will enable th

An air forwarding company long known for its movement of dense freight for second, third or fourth d

The curse of hyperinflation - which has caused the price of a cup of coffee to rise 50 percent in on

The focus of attention in Eastern Airlines' three-month-old bankruptcy proceeding has shifted to a m

Champion Insurance Co., the fourth-largest auto insurer in Louisiana, was declared insolvent Monday

DEMOCRATS PICK FOLEY TO REPLACE WRIGHTDemocrats nominated Thomas S. Foley as the 49th speake

SOYOIL DEAL FOR SOVIETS MAY BE IN THE OFFINGThe U.S. Department of Agriculture is nearing a

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

The Propeller Club of the United States has named David Segarra as Maritime Industry Man of the Year

The National Transportation Safety Board Tuesday called for the revival of a Coast Guard vessel moni

As China teetered on the brink of civil war Tuesday, U.S. and Japanese companies continued to pull t

JAPANESE FEAR DELAYS IN CHINA OIL SHIPMENTSTokyo oil traders are concerned that there may be

DIAMOND SHAMROCK AWARDS PACT TO FLUORIRVINE, Calif. - Fluor Daniel, a subsidiary of Fluor Co

YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE. To many U.S. companies, Edifact is a four-letter word.Edifa

EC COMMISSION SCRAPS MEETING WITH CHINABRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission Monday sc

NORTH AMERICA World Tech 89. June 28-30. Jacob Javits Convention Center. New York. Internati

Major banks were able to cut their prime interest rate Monday for the first time in more than a year

With demand for its products strong, workers at Hilmar Cheese Co. keep the company plant humming sev

The worldwide number of AIDS cases will double to more than 1 million by 1991 and climb to almost 6

ECONOMISTS HAVE A CONVENIENT WAY of explaining surprises. They call them exogenous factors. Webster