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Rail to Water Transfer Corp. has earned its reputation transferring coal from railcars to ships, but

Karibu Denies Report On Offer for CatalystKaribu Corp., formed by several executives of Cata

Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc. and Petroleum Engineers Inc. said they formed a joint venture, Offshore

Transco Exploration Partners Ltd. said it discovered oil on the Stony Creek Prospect in Williams Cou

January 8, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

Some fuel oil terminals in the Midwest are temporarily short on supply given the high demand for fue

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY JAMES BURNLEY IS EARNING THE SAME OLD MARKS for exhibiting the same old att

As officials of Rio Grande Industries Inc. prepare their plans for operating the Southern Pacific Tr

In an effort to reduce debt, Emery Air Freight Corp. of Wilton, Conn., has sold a significant portio

Transportation users are unhappy with the nation's ability to move people and goods and expect furth

A western Canadian airline may buy 82-passenger British Aerospace BAe 146 jets, in part because of d

Aeroflot to Compensate Passengers for DelaysThe Soviet national carrier Aeroflot, notorious

The Federal Aviation Administration has fined Buffalo Express Airlines Inc. $950,000 for operating w

Customs authorities here at the weekend ordered a Singaporean-registered ship held for failing to un

Nedlloyd, the diversified transport group, forecasts a strong recovery in net profit to about 100 mi

Longshoremen at Montreal intend this week to escalate their pressure tactics on port employers unles

Top Stories Insurance analysts are predicting changes in rates and availability of insurance

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

Top Stories Industrial users of platinum and palladium are expected to step up demand for th

The U.S. Treasury is proposing a general capital increase for the World Bank of $65 billion to $75 b

The lower Mississippi River - with its swift current, treacherous hairpin turns, thick fog and uncer

Traders on the Tokyo Stock Exchange say limits on daily price changes minimized damage from last Oct

Takeshita Will Discuss Exchange Rates in USJapanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita may disc

Women's International Trade Association Meeting. Jan. 12. Philadelphia. Contact Charlie Fairburn at

Job increases in services helped the U.S. civilian unemployment rate fall to a seasonally adjusted 5

The Jamaican government has revoked the bauxite mining lease of a refining company owned by two U.S.

Criticism of Bundesbank intervention policy from French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac is partly just

HOW TO USE: Trade leads on this page are listed according to industry. Codes preceding each

Sydney's reputation as a financial center of the Western Pacific will be enhanced in March, when Moo

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

Fri., Jan. 8, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

State efforts to promote economic development eventually will be applied to the national economy, bu

Three congressman have asked the Reagan administration to ensure that a new trade policy with Canada

Communist rebel leaders warned that U.S. troops and businesses are subject to attack. It was

Wealthy Japanese entrepreneurs, corporations, provincial governments, even religious sects, made ric

President Miguel de la Madrid, trying to rouse support for an emergency inflation-fighting program,

Sales of imported motor vehicles in Japan last year soared to nearly 100,000 units, 43 percent highe

Europe Import Agents Must Transpose CodesAgents handling imports from U.S. suppliers will ha

Customs brokers and importers who last year struggled with a series of changes introduced by the U.S

Japan must push restructuring of its export-driven economy to make it more dependent upon domestic d