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The nation's largest shippers' association has abandoned its efforts to forge a compromise with the

The 870 new Customs Service positions that Congress authorized should break some logjams at ports an

A computerized clearing house has been started that should enable container operators to swap emptie

The U.S. pulp and paper industry is set to continue its two-year-old long march on increased growth,

P&O Containers Ltd. has appointed Christopher J. Rankin chief executive officer of Trans Freight Lin

American President Lines Ltd. wants to continue unchanged for another two years its three-ship, fore

The Federal Maritime Commission's tariff automation plan is still on track, and the agency says it s

Due to its unusual network of business relationships, the custom chemical service industry requires

The U.S. paper industry shifted to a greater use of waste paper in 1987, according to the American P

Strong 1987 demand resulted in major sales gains for paper and allied products companies, according

Union Carbide Corp. is increasing the price of UCON brand water glycol hydraulic fluids, other UCON

Dow Announces Price IncreasesMIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical U.S.A. has announced price increa

In a story published on Tuesday, March 1, on polyethylene price increases, USI should have been ide

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought 23,500 tons of coal under seven spot contracts in the

International buyers and sellers of coking coal are at a standoff - and market activity nearly at a

The government's planned sale of the electricity industry in England and Wales is by far the biggest

British Coal has won the first legal action of its life-or-death battle to prevent the country's ele

Southern Completes Merger With SavannahThe merger of Savannah Electric & Power Co. and the S

Clean Coal Technology Pushed in PennsylvaniaHARRISBURG, Pa. - Clean coal technologies can pr

Fri., March 4, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

U.S. monetary authorities intervened heavily in the foreign exchange markets to support the dollar i

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Canada's westernmost province is indirectly funding a trade mission in Taiwan, breaking a pattern in

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Exporting - Your Passport to Profit. March 9. Immaculata College in Frazer, Pa. Contact Thomas Tolan

Several major Japanese electronics makers, including Pioneer, NEC and Fujitsu, will end sales to Sou

EC May Reimpose Ban On US Meat HormonesBRUSSELS, Belgium - European Community farm ministers

China Copyright Stand Disappoints US GroupA U.S. industry group says it is disappointed by s

A Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. program that sets quality levels for transportation supplie

In an age when many U.S. companies are struggling to apply Just-in-Time distribution concepts to the

A federal court in Cleveland has enjoined computer manufacturer Hewlett- Packard Co. from committing

Pentagon officials have dismissed reports that Japan's Toshiba Corp. sold machines for making comput

South Korean textile manufacturers will put their best cloths forward in New York this week for U.S.

A major Canadian sugar cane refiner is officially protesting a U.S. decision to block Canadian-proce

Canada: Farm Exports To Rise With US PactCanadian farmers will benefit from increased and se

For the week ended Feb. 20 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10

An international consortium of railroad consultants, involving state-owned railroads in Canada and S

Governor-elect Buddy Roemer's transition team is recommending a state coordinating council for Louis

For what may be the first time, the Maritime Administration ordered a subsidized ocean carrier to ha

ANZDL Taps Genmar As Agent in MexicoLONG BEACH, Calif. - Australia-New Zealand Direct Line h