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Two months ago, Virgil DeSouza faced a dilemma: either come up with several hundred thousand dollars

Container traffic at the Port of Halifax climbed by 26.7 percent to 3.5 million metric tons in 1988.

Sentiment in the very fickle ocean futures market softened last week, in spite of a move upward in t

A man was charged with stealing a forklift after leading police on one of the slowest chases on reco

In its heyday in the mid-1980s, Howland Hook Marine Terminal handled some 200,000 containers a year

Europe 1992: Challenges and Opportunities. Feb. 1. New York. Co-sponsored by the Conference Board an

More than 125 U.S. companies are expected to take part in next month's International Engineering Tra

South Carolina has fired the first volley in what will likely be a long battle to force nine relucta

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

Last year's long-awaited earnings recovery in the trucking industry should continue in 1989, but a s

Port of Seattle commissioners are expected to approve Tuesday a plan in which Matson Navigation Co.'

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Ten years ago, Spencer Shops was a just a memory of the steam locomotive era. Today, it's the South'

The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee will meet for the first time this year on Feb. 2.<

RJR NABISCO TO SELL S. AFRICAN OPERATIONSRJR Nabisco Inc.'s prospective new owner said it wi

Polyurethane Specialties Co. Inc. announced a new price list for its Millester polyester polyols, ef

New Jersey officials say new auto insurance laws will save drivers between $137 to $224 a year, with

The International Trade Commission will have its own D-Day on Feb. 8. The "D" stands for dum

STRONG DECEMBER HIKES BRAZIL'S TRADE SURPLUSSAO PAULO, Brazil - A Brazilian trade surplus of

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

BACARDI TO EXPAND CARBON DIOXIDE UNITSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Bacardi Corp., the island's onl

Eight non-Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries oil producing nations will meet with OPEC th

ATMOS ENERGY CORP. (Dallas) - Mary Sawicki was named vice president, rates, and Dan L. Lindsey was n

The cost of shipping containers between Italy and the United States will go up about 10 percent this

A West German livestock trading company allegedly defrauded the European Community of 140 million de

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A new rule allowing the separation, or uncoupling, of beef quality and beef yield grades has been ap

President Bush has promised a kinder, gentler United States, but Japanese officials worry that this

A frustrated consumer is an unhappy one. Keeping items in stock is one of the biggest challenges fac

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. (New York) - O.F. Leung was named vice president and general manager at

An ailing health-care industry in New Jersey needs doctoring to bring costs down, but hospital and i

Expect some fireworks from Mexico in the next few weeks, including a ''blockbuster debt demand," acc

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

Entire crews of airliners on long-haul flights have been found to be asleep, the British Civil Aviat

An abrupt decision by Chiquita Brands Inc. to ship its bananas in containers will cost the Port of C

Production by French industry expanded at a healthy pace in the last month of 1988 and is likely to

It's been two years this winter since a containership has been tied up to the berth at Howland Hook

SANTE FE WORKER RESCUES SIX PEOPLEBUENA PARK, Calif. - A Santa Fe railroad worker rescued a

Earth-moving giant Caterpillar Inc. said 1988 annual earnings jumped 76 percent, to $616 million on