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The public doesn't understand insurance and its importance to society, the new president of the Nati

A major Pacific Northwest tug-and-barge company that started out with a leaky $5 rowboat will mark i

Although the current fertilizer year has not been a strong one in Saskatchewan, good future prospect

Cracking down too hard on tanker Capt. Joseph Hazelwood and others like him who drink and drive trai

UPS STARTS BUILDING NJ COMPUTER CENTERMAHWAH, N.J. - United Parcel Service broke ground Frid

Ocean carriers are urging the Federal Maritime Commission to go back to the drawing board on a propo

Futures prices plunged dramatically last week, in line with a tremendous drop in the Baltic Freight

YOU ALMOST HAVE TO LAUGH at the way financial markets have lately been clamoring for the Fed to shif

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a proposal to double assessments on property/casualty insure

The Maritime Administration has approved the sale of two drilling rigs and received applications for

PLM Equipment Growth Fund I of San Francisco has begun trading on the American Stock Exchange. PLM E

Attention tanker owners: Buy Now and Save. No, that's not a line from a shipbuilding industr

If you think airlines are spending big bucks on new planes, take a look at what the shipping industr

Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 10 industrial nations Friday formally approv

S. KOREA CUTS BACK ON LOANS FOR IMPORTSSEOUL, South Korea - The Bank of Korea, the South Kor

Fri., June 2, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The White House says it is opposed to a $77 million federal lands settlement with the Puyallup India

A container freight station just opened in Bangkok may help ease delays at Thailand's main boxport,

U S WEST JOINS GROUP TO STUDY SOVIET PROJECTENGLEWOOD, Colo. - U S WEST International and si

Wah Kwong Shipping Group Ltd. posted a profit of US$44.6 million for the year through last March 31,

U.S. commercial banks are expected to cut their prime rate soon, perhaps today, amid a recent wideni

The group of shipping lines that sets rates on cargo shipped between the United States and the Domin

Industry sources say Compagnie Generale Maritime, France's largest shipowner, and three shipping lin

Auto insurance companies have reaped higher profits in New Jersey than in the nation as a whole in r

"Let's go with Christopher Columbus," beckoned the young tour guide, leading a group of visitors int

Frank B. Hall & Co. agreed Friday to pay a $48 million settlement to end a two year legal battle wit

Bundesbank President Karl Otto Poehl said he does not think inflation in the industrialized countrie

The Interstate Commerce Commission filed suit against defunct Pilot Freight Carriers Inc., charging

Foreign natural gas suppliers are soliciting gas utilities in the Northeast to see if they are inter

ANSPACH GROSSMAN PORTUGAL (New York) - Laurence D. Ackerman was named a principal in this identity m

While the breakdown of trade barriers in Europe will provide opportunities for Lloyd's of London, th

ORYX ENERGY FINDS GAS IN GULF OF MEXICOOryx Energy Co. made a natural gas discovery in the G

Want some evidence of Spain's effort to conform to the norms of the European Community? Just

Ports around the world will have to reshape themselves to deal with new trading blocs in Asia and Eu

Two Japanese shipping companies merged Thursday to create Navix Line, the world's largest global oce

The Senate has voted to continue subsidizing local freight railroad lines that otherwise would be ab

The state of Alaska is creating its own board to investigate the Exxon Valdez oil spill and will fun

Mikhail S. Gorbachev has made it easier for environmentalists to talk about pollution problems in th

After 10 years of legal wrangling, Occidental Chemical Co. has agreed to help pay for the cleanup of