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U.S. Department of Transportation officials have met with representatives of Frontier Airlines and o

Customers of Hanjin Shipping Co. will be able to use the Internet to conduct basic business like boo

A Greek cargo ship sank in a storm off southwestern Norway Feb. 8 with a crew of 20 Poles, Norwegian

LARRY LARSON TO HEADWASHINGTON PORT AGENCYLONGVIEW, Wash. - Larry Larson will serve as presi

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In as little as three weeks, South America's largest trading bloc will add another 7 million people

Friday, Feb. 7, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are positioning themselves to become the load center for wat

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

U.S.-Russian relations got a lift Friday when the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corp. signed agre

Trade tensions with Japan are bound to rise later this year, thanks to the dollar's sudden surge aga

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 19, 1996, - Feb. 7, 1997, (a graph)

A sudden diplomatic and religious row between Iran and Turkey has raised regional tensions along wit

MEXICO FAILS IN CUTTINGMAQUILADORA IMPORTSMEXICO CITY - The some 3,403 maquiladora plants in

Russian gross domestic product and industrial output were higher in January than a year earlier, the

''It's not worth going to Mexico to get a haircut.''

U.S. executives and local business leaders are now questioning Turkey's long-term investment outlook

EU OFFICIAL: BUSINESSOUTSIDE EMU WILL SUFFERLONDON - Companies that are not involved in Euro

As of Jan. 31, 1997Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

Processing trade was a foundation stone of China's economic boom when the Asian powerhouse reopened

The chiefs of two leading American computer and semiconductor manufacturing corporations have called

SHIPSUS-DOMINICAN GROUPRAISES COCOA BEAN RATESMIAMI - Members of the Hispani

It has been less than a year since ship lines and container lessors struck a landmark deal to reduce

In this quiet Texas port of Galveston, the port chief has been fired amid allegations of sexual and

Door-to-door air freight companies like Federal Express Corp. and United Parcel Service will capture

'K' LINE TO LIQUIDATEUS SUBSIDIARY IN MARCHTOKYO - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (''K''

1415 (Feb. 7, 1997) Previous day - 1406The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Feb. 7, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

A U.S. Department of Labor official paused during her discussion last week about sweatshops to ackno

Bolivia's pending entrance into the Southern Cone Common Market will add 7 million consumers and ano

After eight years of a bitter corporate battle, two of the larger companies in Trinidad and Tobago h

Seagate Technology Inc., the world's largest independent maker of computer hard disk drives, often t

The end is near for Tovalop and Cristal. But are shipowners and charterers prepared for the changes

A former United Parcel Service employee is under investigation by federal agents in the theft of sem

The new president of Crowley American Transport, raised in Neshoba County, Miss., had ancestors in u

ALLIED HOLDINGS' PROFITFALLS AS REVENUE RISESDECATUR, Ga. - Allied Holdings, North America's

Weyerhaeuser Co. chose J.B. Hunt Transport Services to handle all of its truckload shipments from it

PROFITABILITY REPORTFOUND TO BE MISLEADINGLANSING, Mich. - D. Joseph Olson, state commission

HARTFORD'S NET INCOMEJUMPS IN FOURTH QUARTERHARTFORD, Conn. - The Hartford reported a fourth