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SOUTHWEST PROTESTS EL PASO FEE PROPOSALEL PASO - Southwest Airlines is threatening t

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U.S. exports of steel have skyrocketed this year due to lower prices, changing currency values and i

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The domestic steel industry, now in its third straight profit-making year, is peering into an uncert

TRANSCANADA WANTS TO BUY US REFINERYCALGARY - TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. of Calgary,

A Continental Grain Co. facility in Tacoma, Wash., that was shut down for extensive repairs followin

Japan will need to rely more on coal for energy over the next 20 years as the government's plans for

Malaysia's state-owned Petronas signed two gas and petrochemical deals, estimated to be worth billio

1606 (Dec. 8, 1995) Previous day - 1607 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Farmers are growing impatient as they wait for a new federal farm policy. "We need a farm pr

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Port managers in Central America and the Caribbean must beware of placing too much emphasis on infra

The port of Bridgetown in Barbados, which has been named the best in the Caribbean by the region's s

Nigeria will soon review its merchant shipping laws to adopt international conventions on maritime p

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JAPAN STAYS AT TOP OF SHIPBUILDING ORDERSJapan will remain the world's leading shipbuilding

The latest roadshow taking the maritime community by storm is the great Jones Act debate. Former Fed

uring the past 20 years, the growth in steelmaking by minimills has far exceeded the traditional int

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

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

C.E. "Gene" DeFries, the former president of District 1/Marine Engineers Beneficial Association who

The export boom in processed steel has sent volume figures soaring along the St. Lawrence Seaway.

The Port of Le Havre is preparing for the next generation of giant containerships. While the

The U.S. government is extending a helping hand to ailing Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Tampa, Fla., by

ZIM UNIONS STRIKE OVER THE WEEKENDHAIFA, Israel - Officer and seafarer unions at Zim

Not too long ago, the belching smokestacks of steel towns such as Pittsburgh; Gary, Ind.; and Wheeli

The Multilateral Steel Agreement, all but given up for dead just a year ago, may yet become a realit

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Asia's rosy economic growth outlook combined with a rising middle class may be fertile ground for po

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Chileans quip that it looks like a gigantic cellular phone a 32-floor, steel- and-glass rectangle to

Steel imports are expected to fall again in 1996 after sliding from last year's record of 30 million

China's plans to raise paper and paperboard production by 35 percent over the next five years still

Privatization is sweeping the global steel industry, according to one of the U.S. industry's top exe