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At a Washington luncheon some months ago, a top U.S. official asked a visiting Air France executive

Grupo Libra, a major Brazilian shipholding group, will build six new container vessels at Brazil's N

Completing a record year in tonnage, Mexico's leading port, Veracruz, has posted a strong first quar

OFFICIAL: SHANGHAI WON'TBECOME A FREE-PORT CITYSHANGHAI - Shanghai will not become a free-po

1427 (April 11, 1997) Previous day - 1434The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Freight rates may be depressed, but that didn't stop Hong Kong's premier container shipping line fro

FOKKER BLOCKS MALAYSIAFROM CHECKING FINANCESKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia says it has be

April 11, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close Hig

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

Federal Maritime Commission officials were expected this morning to rescind an order imposing fines

The nation's railroads, which long gave money to highway safety groups fighting against larger truck

April 11 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

CHINA TO SPEND MILLIONSon power equipmentHONG KONG - China will spend $164 million to import

New York Mercantile Exchange - April 10, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

As of April 11, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

An Australian judge opened the door for hundreds, possibly thousands, of people to claim compensatio

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 243.14 up 1.90 w

Ethyl Canada said it would respond to the passage of a bill restricting the import and interprovinci

April 11, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

International Petroleum ExchangeApril 10, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

JAPAN HAS YET TO ANALYZEARGENTINE WHEAT SAMPLESTOKYO - Japan has yet to analyze samples subm

April 11, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

Top government officials moved to assert greater control over Russia's natural gas monopoly Gazprom,

Friday April 11, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

An international consortium headed by Oxbow Power Corp. of West Palm Beach, Fla., was selected to de

Lured by attractive prices, Mobil is seeking West African crude cargoes for processing at its refine

VIETNAM TO FUND 60 PERCENTOF PLANNED OIL REFINERYHANOI - Vietnam plans to fund 60 percent of

The nation's oldest operating nuclear power plant may be too expensive to operate in this era of der

American sawmillers warned the British Columbian government not to help the province's ailing forest

Vietnam said on Friday that no common ground had been found during three days of talks in Beijing ov

POLAR AIR PLANSUS-OSAKA CARGO ROUTELONG BEACH, Calif. - Polar Air Cargo will launch freighte

Five private electric companies have filed suit against the Tennessee Valley Authority, claiming the

KINGSLEY GROUPThe transportation consultant has added another former Southern Pacific Lines

Canada will not limit exports of wheat to the United States, as called for by some North Dakota and

As the nation's largest metropolitan region searches for ways to beat its highway congestion problem

The White House applauded the outcome of an Iranian terrorist case Friday, analysts said the full im

President Clinton today will endorse an unprecedented compact between the apparel industry and human