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Ocean carriers are seeking an early meeting with European Union competition regulators in an effort

The 1995 commercial shipping season on the St. Lawrence Seaway opened Friday. "With the cont

The Port of Los Angeles plans to enhance its revenue potential and attract more visitors to the wate

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

NUCLEAR WASTE HEADING TOWARD EASTER ISLANDA Japan-bound freighter loaded with high-level nuc

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 235.48 up 1.08

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The boom in imports of steel slab is continuing. Ports along the St. Lawrence Seaway and Gre

The steel industry is counting on a healthy increase in consumption worldwide this yearas Europe and

American steel producers have long used U.S. trade law as the lever for government clampdowns on wha

The good times look set to continue for owners of large bulk carriers who have seen dry cargo freigh

The steel industry is facing new challenges. U.S. steel consumption is rising and worldsteel trade i

Shippers and receivers of scrap metal complain there aren't enough railroad cars available to move s

The major French insurance company, Axa SA, has replaced American major Aetna as a partner to the Ko

Lloyd's of London took its first tentative steps toward formulating a long- term investment strategy

P&I CLUB UNCERTAIN OF ESTONIA OFFER STATUSSTOCKHOLM, Sweden - The Protection & Indem

With employment-related litigation booming in the 1990s, Nonprofits Mutual Risk Retention Group has

The company that owns a 30-inch gas pipeline punctured Wednesday said the situation is now under con

The U.S. civil justice system "must be reformed so that inefficiencies are eliminated, and balance a

The insurance industry is at the door of significant liberalization and increased foreign competitio

A nuclear-powered American submarine and a Panamanian-registered cargo vessel collided in Hong Kong

International oil and shipping markets are calm despite Pentagon reports that Iran is stepping up it

Port of New York and New Jersey executives Thursday were preparing to give testimony before a congre

The ports of Tokyo and Yokohama handled more than 40 percent in additional cargo in February than a

The navigation season on the St. Lawrence Seaway reopens today with few restrictions, the Saint Lawr

NORTHEAST SHIPBUILDERS BACKS OUT OF YARD DEALQUINCY, Mass. - Only a few months after

The White House is ready to issue a long-delayed set of human rights principles for U.S. businesses

The chairman of the House transportation committee sounded like anything but an aggressive, get-gove

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A $139 million federal loan guarantee to a U.S.-flag tanker company modernizing four aging vessels i

The Federal Maritime Commission and the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement touted their settlement

Santa Fe Railway has sold its railroad-tie treating plant iW Somerville, Texas, to Koppers Industrie

In four weeks, the British government will know just who is really interested in owning aportion of

South African Airways, moving to take advantage of USAfrica Airways' suspension of service and the g

US-UK AVIATION DEAL MAY NEED 2ND MEETINGLONDON - Hopes are fading that this week's A

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Canada's biggest general cargo port reopened early Thursday morning for the first time since March 6

Alitalia, Italy's struggling state-run airline, said it plans to cut more than 2,500 jobs by the end

Canada's vital pulp and paper industry is facing shutdowns over the the next few days as emergency l