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Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

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Several major Japanese exporters and trading companies in recent months have announced growing inter

General Dynamics reported Wednesday that second-quarter earnings increased 15 percent, aided in part

The architects of the future at this third-biggest port in the world dream big. "Surpassing

The sparks fly in dramatic arcs like the trail from a magic wand as sheets of metal are slammed toge

The container shipping industry of South Korea has grown rapidly in recent years and gained prominen

The country's largest container shipping company, Hanjin Shipping Co., sees a relatively stable worl

While almost every container shipping line in the industry has announcedplans to partner int

Hyundai Merchant Marine Corp. has ambitious plans and expects to become one of the handful of top in

U.K. gross domestic product rose by a real, seasonally adjusted 0.6 percent in the second quarter of

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A Korean proverb has it that the best marriages and the happiest couples are made up of men from the

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

Michael E. Maher, a powerhouse in the Port of New York and New Jersey, died Thursday at his home in

Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, predicted legislation lifting a longtime ban on Alaskan oil exports will p

36 SHIPS BACKED UP FOR SUGAR AT SANTOSSAO PAULO, Brazil - It takes a lot of sugar to feed th

British-registered ships will be permitted to operate without any U.K. crewmembers under new rules t

U.S. exports of steel through the St. Lawrence Seaway - traditionally a tiny portion of Seaway volum

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

The State Department has extended the validity for U.S. visas issued to Brazilians to up to 10 years

Polluted waterways, congested roads and too few telephone lines for Brazil's 150 million people are

Hilton International, aiming to tap one of Asia's fastest-growing tourism and business travel market

South Korean companies are focusing on the Indian subcontinent as their own costs continue to rise a

Lawrence Summers' nomination as deputy treasury secretary breezed through the Finance Committee Frid

SEOUL SEES CHIP EXPORTS TOPPING $19 BILLIONSEOUL, South Korea - The trade ministry f

REGIONAL BLOCS International Trade-Development Conference: China. July 24-30, Shanghai. Cont

Rival factions within the shipbuilding industry faced off against each other last week before a Hous

The first shot in Kirby Corp.'s campaign against Marad's Title XI program was fired June 8, when an

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Mexico's commerce ministry announced an accord to open up three border states for the import of used

The Paul Revere Corp. reported a drop in net income to $25.4 million, or 56 cents a share, for the s

S&P AFFIRMS 'AAA' FOR UK'S STANDARD LIFEStandard & Poor's affirmed its highest claims-paying

American President Lines is bracing for big and unpredictable labor troubles with its new foreign-fl

U.S. government officials are investigating an arms pact between Belarus and Iran amid concerns that

In these tight budgetary times, government agencies sometimes are afraid to ask for even the most ba

With just $3.5 million earmarked for the task, a little-known U.S. agency ishelping to pry o