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

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Legislation sponsored by senators from northern Missouri River states that would ban all commercial

Thursday Mar. 9, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

It's official: The two major independent shipping lines in the North Atlantic will be sharing ships.

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey officials are throwing their weight behind a plan developed

Mary L. Schapiro, chairwoman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, ordered a reorganization W

MATSON LEASING (San Francisco) - Graham MacMillan joined the company as director of operations effec

UPJOHN'S JAPANESE ARM RECALLS HORMONETOKYO - The Japanese marketing arm of U.S. phar

A meeting Thursday and today of the Cocoa Producers' Alliance (CPA) in London is expected to be larg

Oil production in Russia is reported to have dropped by an average of 150,000 barrels a day in Janua

While textile mills overseas are continuing to buy high-priced U.S. cotton, domestic mills have begu

Only table.

Battle Mountain Gold Co. said its board of directors has authorized development of the Phoenix proje

After one year of stinging price declines for natural gas, many industry executives and analysts are

CHINESE MINING FIRM TO BE HOLDING COMPANYBEIJING - State-owned China National Nonfer

The U.N. Security Council may be ready by early summer to seriously consider lifting the oil embargo

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

As of Mar. 9, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 233.50 off 1.18

Concern about dry weather in Colombian coffee growing regions is premature, and the lack of rain wil

Mar. 9, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The nation's only privately funded, fee-based vessel traffic safety system is operating so efficient

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Ingalls Shipbuilding hopes its new living quarters for sailors makes the shipyard even more competit

The Army Corps of Engineers will expand its study of proposed changes in the Missouri River's flow t

The duty of a master of a merchant ship to render assistance to those in danger at sea is well-estab

China unleashed a nationwide sweep Thursday against intellectual property piracy in line with the si

A story headlined "Ex-Museum Consultant Brings Aesthetic Sense to Art Insurance," which appeared Mon

BHP International Marine Transport, which operates breakbulk liner services, appointed World Shippin

The Circus Circus Casino riverboat held a fancy, six-course dinner last month - and invited every el

Thursday, March 9, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Deputy finance officials of the Group of Seven industrialized nations will meet in Paris on Monday,

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

China may be allowed to maintain some market protections when it becomes a member of the World Trade

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 7, '94 - March 9, '95 (a graph) (2)

The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee approved Thursday a Republican- sponsored moratorium on re

Despite the enormous volume generated by record harvests of corn and soybeans, the U.S. barge fleet

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