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Standing in the dark shade of a 20-foot cargo container on the Brooklyn docks, Customs inspector Jos

The 55-gallon drum resting beside a makeshift shack once stored toxic Freon solvent used by a U.S.-

CU NET PROFIT FELL IN QUARTER LONDON - Commercial Union Assurance Co. PLC last week reported

The roughly 400 ships and 25,000 merchant seamen who make up the U.S. merchant marine will be honore

Rail freight carloadings inched up 1.6 percent in April, the second consecutive monthly gain over th

Johnson Matthey Ltd., the London-based platinum refiner that has forecast supply deficits for the la

Budget woes and political inattention appear to be contributing to a growing morale crisis within th

EC, BRITAIN MAY CLASH ON CHARTER OF RIGHTSBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission is set

Iwao Ishizuka was named chairman and representative director of the multinational manufacturer of pr

Fifth Complaint Filed For Box Rule DamagesFleet Shipping Lines Inc., an off-pier freight con

Health-care benefits could be extended to all live-in partners of unmarried workers in Seattle - hom

The arrival of Mikhail Gorbachev in Beijing today marks a leap toward the full normalization of Sino

Matson Navigation Co. officials say they will spend $250 million over the next five years to enter t

Shipowners counting on a continuing rise in the price of secondhand vessels should take care they do

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP (New York) - John Hayes was named director of worldwide business develo

A new antipollution bill would extend already-expired deadlines for cities to meet clean air require

Low water levels on a portion of the Mississippi River threaten to disrupt some domestic coal bargin

AMAX COAL CO. (Indianapolis) - Donald E. Hudson was named president. He was a vice president and mos

ANSI X12, working meeting, May 15-19. Hyatt Regency, Dearborn, Mich. Contact: ANSI X12/DISA, Suite 3

N. AMERICA, AUSTRALIA FORM NEW EDI LINKA new electronic data interchange link between North

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1748 (May 12, 1989) Previous day - 1727 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Japan risks "losing the Pacific war for the second time," unless it changes its trade and economic p

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

A less aggressive export bonus program for wheat is expected after last week's U.S. Department of Ag

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As a kid, James Fergason admired famous inventors such as Thomas Alva Edison, Alexander Graham Bell

U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills sought to ease the fears of other nations Friday about the eff

The crew of a ship that sank in a remote part of the Indian Ocean eight days ago has been rescued, m

Insurance companies reacted cautiously Friday to the California Insurance Department's Proposition 1

U.S. companies seem likely to lose some export opportunities to China as a result of renewed Sino-So

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

A representative of U.S. tanker and bulk operators says that if Congress were to vote on a tanker do

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

May 12, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A federal judge has approved a $100 million settlement covering most of the claims from the 1986 fi

TEXACO AND BP PROPOSE DUTCH REFINERY VENTUREWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Texaco Inc. and British Pet

The dollar continues to show strength, despite evidence the economy is slowing and interest rates ar

GATT RULING EXPECTED ON US SUGAR IMPORTSThe General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is expect

A group that favors basing a U.S. Navy battleship group in Staten Island challenged its opponents to