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SHIPSNO EXTENSION GRANTEDTO SAFETY CODE LAGGARDSROTTERDAM - Shipowners who fail to m

A federal official has put Los Angeles on notice: The Department of Transportation's inspector gener

BANKS WARNED OF NEEDFOR 'STAYING POWER'ROTTERDAM - The many banks building up their shipping

A top barge line official is knocking on the oil industry's door in a campaign to spread the cost of

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Canadian Pacific Railway Co. said Friday that its takeover bid to acquire all the capital stock of Q

Shipping lines in the beleaguered eastbound trans-Pacific trades are preparing to reinstate a capaci

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In the words of Yogi Berra, ''It's deja vu all over again,'' for trucking companies and their custom

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

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Friday, Oct. 11, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The dollar will rise against the Japanese yen after the market realizes that Japanese interest rates

Aviva Freudmann has been named editorial director of The Journal of Commerce, Donald D. Holt, the ne

Mayor Richard Leibinger thought he had a great idea to get skeptical townspeople behind the planned

GREENPEACE PROTESTSAT SOYBEAN TEST PLOTATLANTIC, Iowa - Greenpeace protesters occupied a tes

Construction of a gas pipeline linking the Central Asian state of Turkmenistan and neighboring Iran

The European Union's top transport official last week promised a complete review of state aids permi

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 20, '95 - Oct. 11, '96 (a graph)* A

BOEING'S SATELLITE DESIGNLIGHTER, LESS EXPENSIVESEATTLE - The Boeing Co. said its new satell

Rail tonnage growth will continue to lag the economy as a whole, a DRI/McGraw Hill economist predict

CHINESE INFLATION FALLSAS PRODUCTION SLOWSBEIJING - China's inflation rate continued to fall

As of June 28, 1996Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

While Turkey is doing a good job attracting foreign investors and spurring trade flows, the private

1054 (Oct. 10, 1996) Previous day - 1044The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

INVESTOR TAKES 5.3 PERCENT STAKEIN EMONS TRANSPORTATIONMINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota investor Mich

Oct. 10, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The Portland harbor pilot whose slip of the tongue was blamed for one of Maine's worst oil spills in

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

PROBE OF SHIP FIRECITES SAFETY GAPSMIAMI - A Coast Guard investigation of a cruise ship fire

Railroad intermodal traffic volume is on track to make 1996 another record year. If the 3.2 percent

BALTIMORE DOCKWORKERSOK CONTRACT ON 2ND VOTEBALTIMORE - By a narrow vote, Port of Baltimore

Just as sands shift with the tides, so do national standards that ports must meet in handling contam

A war may be brewing between U.S. airlines and Air France that could threaten service between the tw

RUSSIANS TO BARTER GRAINFOR UZBEK COTTON FIBERMOSCOW - The Russian government has given its

Germany's struggling DSR Senator Lines, which recently cemented details of its global alliance, also

As of Oct. 11, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

If you measure a law's effectiveness by the ease of enforcing it, compulsory auto insurance laws hav

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lo

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 248.61 off 0.53