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Federal lenders should enforce federal law by requiring homeowners in flood- prone areas to buy floo

A dispute between China and the United States over protection of intellectual property looks likely

A unit of Brazil's giant Lorentzen forest products and industrial conglomerate will begin moving con

Insurance Commissioner Roger M. Singer won't say if he'll loosen the reins on auto insurance rate-se

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Delegates to the National Coal Association's 12th Annual Bulk Transportation Seminar here were told

Canadian coal production reached a record 70.6 million metric tons during 1988, newly released figur

Electronic walls that have split U.S. transportation modes have fallen with the introduction of a po

PERMANENT BAN SEEN FOR ASSAULT WEAPONSPresident Bush has tentatively decided to make permane

Florida is the most popular overall vacation destination this summer for American travelers who have

Construction has stopped at a planned Maine container terminal after a federal judge issued a prelim

A Sao Paulo criminal court last week ordered prison terms of four to seven years for 28 members of a

N. KOREA PROPOSES ALLIANCE WITH IRANNICOSIA, Cyprus - North Korea has proposed a cooperation

Reserve International Services Inc. is opening a marine container depot in Detroit for storage, inte

The European Community is planning to unveil proposals for a European ship registry within the next

The Environmental Protection Agency says it has reached a landmark agreement with 533 companies that

NC TORNADO DAMAGE PEGGED AT $100 MILLIONRALEIGH, N.C. - Damage assessment teams compiling fi

CON ED SAYS SUPPLIES SHOULD BE ADEQUATENEW YORK - New Yorkers should have plenty of electric

Government budget analysts said the unspent balances in the transportation trust funds are illusory

TRANSPORTATION CHIEF TO HONOR WORKERSWASHINGTON - Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner

ECUADOR - $45 million from the World Bank to expand the nation's telecommunicati ons network. A 17-y

World Trade Institute. International Ocean and Air Transportation: Planning, Negotiating and Managin

AFRAID OF FAILURE? Not us . . . During the recent security analyst visit to Norfolk Southern

Japonica Partners LP said it will initiate a tender offer for CNW Corp. after its failure to reach a

The Port of Baltimore believes that the Customs Service should reject port- of-entry status for the

May 12, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

Close to half of the business and political leaders in France, Spain, Italy and West Germany expect

Debate over requiring double-bottoms on tankers that call at U.S ports,dormant for over 10 y

The sweeping international air cargo policy guidelines adopted this week by U.S. officials recognize

It's not yet a flood, but there has been a steady trickle of insurance companies in Ontario pulling

A coalition of insurance industry trade groups fought off several unwelcome amendments to an insuran

General Accident PLC became the second U.K. insurer this week to report lower earnings in the first

A "bee regulated zone" has been established in an attempt to "stop" the Africanized honeybee from en

Textile and garment exports to the United States from the Philippines jumped 25 percent in the first

President Bush Thursday ordered U.S.-based troops to reinforce this country's military strength in P

The U.S. East Coast is target No. 1 for a new drive to woo investment and technology to Hong Kong, w

The U.S. Coast Guard has contracted with Geostar Corp. to explore use of that company's tracking ser

A shortage of qualified seafarers is emerging as a major concern for shipowners as the maritime indu

One of Japan's largest conglomerates, Mitsui & Co., and its shipping affiliate are buying 6 percent

Transportacion Maritime Mexicana SA is a former client, not a current client, of the ship agent Bieh