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A new agreement that will cut the capacity of 13 carriers in the eastboundtrans-Pacific trad

American President Lines Ltd. asked the Maritime Administration for permission to extend its foreign

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it awarded five spot contracts during the first week of December

AMAX COAL INDUSTRIES INC. (Indianapolis) - George L. Raymond was named vice president of administrat

Maersk Inc.'s plan to order several U.S.-built container cranes may signal a return to international

Fourteen chlorofluorocarbon producers from around the world will jointly study the environmental acc

Logic bombs, sabotage, arson, theft, killer viruses and hackers are fast becoming serious enemies of

UN GROUP TO STUDY IRAN AIR INCIDENT MOREMONTREAL - The International Civil Aviation Organiza

State and local regulations are discouraging the growth of small and minority-owned businesses natio

The recovery in tanker freight rates is likely to have a considerable influence on the behavior of c

NEW NY COCOA TERMINAL TO GET FIRST SHIPMENTBROOKLYN, N.Y. - New York City's new dedicated co

The 20th National EDI Systems Conference and Exhibit, The EDI Association (formerly known as the Tra

Super regional port authorities are being studied in several parts of the country including Californ

Although President-elect Bush has announced half of his cabinet nominees, he is probably no closer t

AARONSON NAMED PRESIDENT OF ATAWASHINGTON - As expected, Robert J. Aaronson has been named p

Dec. 8, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange*PrevClose High Low Vo

CROWLEY MARITIME CORP. (San Francisco) - Susan Lutton Rodgers was named vice president, human resour

New York City named a veteran civil servant to head the city's Department of Ports, International Tr

CHURCH & DWIGHT HIKES CARBONATESPRINCETON, N.J. - Church & Dwight Co. announced that the pri

Cutthroat competition has driven trans-Pacific freight rates down some 40 percent in the last year,

Massachusetts' budget crisis is so severe that Gov. Michael Dukakis has vetoed opening state trade o

Chicago transit official Sam Skinner will shortly receive the nod from President-elect Bush to succe

SOVIET GRAIN OUTPUT UNAFFECTED BY QUAKEWASHINGTON - The southeast Soviet Union region hit by

Argentina may have no No. 2 hard wheat from its 1988-89 harvest to sell to the Soviet Union during t

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

After more than 88,000 takeoffs and landings and 19 years of flying, an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 lo

The latest cargo volume figures for the Port of Baltimore show mixed results. Volume at the

Nine new truck safety measures signed into law Wednesday in Michigan really enact commonsense trucki

U.S. officials congratulated themselves Thursday for a record year of enforcing environmental laws,

EPA PLANS NEW RULES ON WASTE AS FUELNew regulations governing the burning of hazardous waste

American Maritime Transport Inc. wants the Maritime Administration to determine whether the agency's

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

A full-size luxury Ford sedan had the lowest insurance rates, while two flashy sports coupes by Gene

Security Pacific Trade Finance Inc., a subsidiary of Los-Angeles based Security Pacific National Ban

BARBADOS - $500,000 from the Inter-American Development Bank to help in the export of flowers and ot

The aging profile of the world's tanker fleet could prove a welcome bonanza for ship repair yards, i

Overheated industrial growth in China, which is held to be fueling inflation and causing shortages,

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year12/8 12/7 Chan

UK PROPOSES CHANGES IN STOCK-BUYING RULESThe British government proposed legislation requiri

CONSUMERS POWER CO. (Jackson, Mich.) - Michael R. Weber was promoted to staff environmental planner.