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Eric Ellen, director of the International Maritime Bureau, the London-based arm of the International

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

A lull before the next storm has set in. Louisville's 12 aldermen Thursday unanimously approved a $5

Boston University's plan to raise money by taking out life insurance policies on its students played

New orders for U.S.-built machine tools rose in March both from a year earlier and from February, af

In the struggling trucking industry, it sometimes seems that J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. has a special

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Global standards are going to be the foundation for all future electronic data interchange message d

The ocean freight futures market was exceedingly quiet last week, as the Baltic Freight Index, the d

U.S. Agriculture Department Secretary Clayton Yeutter said he feels "in no way constrained" from off

FISH PROCESSING SHIP GETS NEW LIFE AS HOTELThe Bering Trader, a state-of-the-art fish proces

A complete package known as "Intertrade" designed to meet two world standards of electronic data int

LAIDLAW ACQUIRES MORE SHARES IN ADTBURLINGTON, Ontario - Laidlaw Transportation Ltd. said it

The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. and 11 Great Lakes ports will hold a series of public meet

A Coast Guard Reserve unit from New York will participate in an April 30 parade here commemorating t

Coca-Cola Co. would acquire at least 41 percent of a major Australian food and tobacco company, Amat

REGIONAL BLOCS Caribbean Business Conference. April 28. North Branch, N.J. Conference will i

New engineering guidelines that help assess an older building's safety during an earthquake could he

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Airborne trade increased 28 percent last year to nearly HK$209 billion (US$26.9 billion) compared wi

Checks worth $19.2 million were mailed Thursday to farmers in 10 states who have settled a lawsuit w

HOECHST CANADA INC. (Montreal) - President Gerald Elden will be president and chief executive office

MOBIL LUBRICANT AIMED AT NATURAL GAS ENGINESMobil Corp. announced the nationwide introductio

1617 (Apr. 21, 1989) Previous day - 1620 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Genoa dockworkers are due to resume working all four shifts today, but they will do so under their o

Critics of the Caribbean Basin Initiative may have had expectations that were too high, said an advo

China plans to open a virgin area of the East China Sea to foreign oil companies for exploration, a

Federal Reserve officials see no need to match last week's half-point increase in official West Germ

Container shipping lines operating between the Far East and the United States are reporting terrific

Dockworker union leaders today are likely to announce the date of a new nationwide strike, said Nati

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John W. Snow is president and chief executive officer of CSX Corp. and Hays T. Watkins remains chair

Apr. 21, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

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

JAPAN'S VEHICLE OUTPUT HITS RECORD HIGHJapan's motor vehicle output rose 3.8 percent from a

After a year of exuberant growth, Asia's high-flying economies are suffering the hangover. Inflation

The recent Federal Express/Flying Tigers and CF AirFreight/Emery Air Freight mega-mergers aren't a s

EASTERN OFFERS FLIGHTS FROM ATLANTA FOR $59In a bid to lure badly needed passengers, strike-

The U.S. Department of Energy is calling the approval of a full-power operating license for the Shor

THE FEDERAL RESERVE SHOULD NOT follow West Germany's lead to push interest rates higher, but should