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The U.S. dollar hovered near 1.39 deutsche marks on Wednesday and slipped below that level in aftern

The head of a major steel association predicted that steel imports will decline as exports increase

Dutch industrial production fell 3.6 percent in April from March because to reduced natural-gas outp

The World Bank has approved a $325 million loan to help Indonesia modernize its telephone system.

Crime and the economy are the issues of greatest concern around the world, according to the largest

A deal appeared likely Wednesday to avert U.S. trade action against Canada in a contentious dispute

The headline on a story about Malaysia, appearing on Page 3A in Wednesday's edition, should have ref

"Without a safe and reliable system, there is no way for us to improve our competitiveness."

Intermodal transportation is designed to yield benefits for customer and carrier alike by combining

As Russia's ruble jumped in value again this week, a leading U.S. economist called on the Internatio

RATINGS OF FRANKONA PUT UNDER REVIEWOLDWICK, N.J. - A.M. Best Corp. placed under rev

The 28-foot container right now only fits one company, although it's a big one - shipping giant Unit

Ocean carriers are leasing more containers than they have in years, a result of increased ocean traf

Maritime industry analysts who are asked to define the three most important qualities necessary to b

Leasing rates on marine containers are up 3 percent to 7 percent on average since last summer and ar

Asia's US$5 billion car insurance industry will double by the year 2002, but insurers face a bumpy r

With interstate and international trade growing, tourism in the state capital of New Orleans on the

Ford Motor Co. will be allowed to continue its lawsuit against several insurance companies for envir

Economists believe that worldwide trade levels will grow briskly for at least the next five years an

One thing you can say about the trusty freight container - they sure are useful. Besides car

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Investigators for the Washington state Insurance Department have recovered more than $1.7 million fr

Three weeks into trading, the new Chicago Board of Trade's Iowa corn-yield futures contract is repor

An effort to help airlines cut the cost of their cargo operations by pooling containers and pallets

Throughout much of the less-industrialized world, privatization and creeping capitalism all spurred

AETNA INTERNATIONAL INC. (Hartford, Conn.) - Frederick C. Copeland Jr., was named president of Aetna

The Philippines' trade deficit widened 11.3 percent, to $2.75 billion in the first four months of 19

Conrail Inc. has paid $800,000 to settle a suit brought by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Transport officials in Mexico have spelled out the specifics of their plan to privatize and divide t

Repairing the four crumbling bridges that are part of the heavily traveled Providence section of Int

RAILAMERICA INC. (Alexandria, Va.) - Harry L. Zerbe III was named manager director of this short-lin

The volume of cars and trucks shipped both ways across the Atlantic grew substantially last year. Bu

After a dramatic late-afternoon meeting with government representa- tives, Czech rail workers Wednes

EU COMMISSION CLEARS AIR FRANCE SUBSIDYThe European Commission Wednesday cleared a 5 billion

The story headlined "High Court Ships US Cargo Claims to Foreign Forum," on Page 1A Wednesday, shoul

The growing shift to the use of Western coal is firing up capital investments in railroads. However,

After running into fierce environmentalist opposition to using dump sites in New York and Connecticu

Bulk shipowners have been enjoying a boom for well over a year now, that saw rates as much as double

MONTREAL'S DOCKERS LIKELY TO BACK PACTMONTREAL - The Port of Montreal's 900 longshor

Sea Containers Ltd., the ferry, tourism and container-leasing company based in Bermuda, reported sig