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The new cranes installed at Oakland are capable of handling APL's new generation of ships. <

A transportation consultant has come up with an idea for a privately financed ship construction and

1446.0 (May 16, 1988) Previous day - 1445.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchang

Independent Lines Plan General Rate IncreaseTwo of the major independent lines in the trans-

Robert E. Hart will help the United States repay a debt Friday when the merchant marine is honored f

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For centuries, the merchants of this city worked out of small, usually one- room stores made of mud

Rail labor's effort to block start of a low-cost subsidiary by Burlington Northern Railroad received

CSX/SEA-LAND INTERMODAL INC. (Baltimore) - Roland E. Livingston was appointed vice president, human

Norfolk Southern Corp. Sets Separation PlanNORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Southern Corp. is conducti

The Federal Highway Administration ordered Kentucky officials to lift a truck ban on an interstate t

The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the Union Pacific Railroad Co.'s acquisition of the Miss

CP Trucks of Toronto, Canada's largest for-hire carrier, has acquired financially troubled Hiawatha

James R. Herman, president of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, urged union

Writing blind is definitely a trend for reporters. Speaker after speaker at conferences such as last

Oakland's World Trade and Maritime Day festivities will be held on May 21 at Jack London Square on t

The Port of Halifax is flexing its muscles in hopes of becoming a major load center on the east coas

The sudden growth of Halifax as a containerport has not gone unnoticed in Montreal, Canada's leading

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

TOP STORIES: Economic revival is spurring Great Lakes growth. 8ASt. Lawrence Seaway may be

The U.S. dollar edged upward Monday, while sterling's advance stalled. Dealers said the doll

The commodities pages carried an important bit of news last week. The Department of Agriculture revi

Iceland devalued its national currency, the krona, by 10 percent Sunday, two days after panic buying

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 millionor l

DEUTSCHE BANK (Frankfurt, West Germany) - F. Wilhelm Christians and Klaus Mertin retired from the bo

The first shared Foreign Sales Corp., the new low-cost mechanism for smaller and mid-sized exporters

Mon., May 16, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Argentina is preparing for new loan talks with the International Monetary Fund amid mounting concern

China Establishing Debt Management UnitBEIJING - China, concerned about its growing foreign

The European Community soybean industry believes there is no feasible legal remedy to end U.S. gover

Demand for platinum is expected to outstrip supply for the next two or three years, with the Japanes

German Trade Surplus Fell During FebruaryFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany posted a tra

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Angora goats partial to the thorny brush and arid West Texas terrain are clothing the world's fashio

LA Court to Consider American Excel MoveA Los Angeles Superior Court will hold a hearing May

Control Data Corp. plans to invest M$20 million (US$7.7 million) in the Malaysian state of Penang to

James F. Dowd was named chairman of the Reinsurance Association of America, a trade group of reinsur

Deere Forms Venture With Japanese FirmMOLINE, Ill. - Deere & Co. and Hitachi Construction Ma

New laws controlling the marketing of foreign computer programs here and extending them copyright pr

New York Life announced Monday that it has agreed to invest $8.5 million to finance a partnership wi