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Federal Maritime Commission Chairman William Hathaway wants shippers and carriers to end their publi

The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (Cogsa) statutorily applies to every bill of lading for the common

Roused by the Kobe disaster in Japan, an association of insurance companies is taking a fresh look a

Switzerland's consumer price index rose 0.7 percent in January from December 1994, the Federal Stati

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

Feb. 2, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Christian L. Blom, founder of Overseas Shipping Co., and a former director of the Society of Maritim

PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY (Houston) - James Jackson was named director of facilities, withresponsibi

Amid protests from Caribbean area leaders, the route to be taken soon by a ship carrying plutonium f

A special task force has urged the federal government to spend US$20 million (C$27 million) between

Boosted by higher demand for German steel exports, overall tonnage handled by Europe's largest barge

The catastrophic floods in Europe have proved one thing: The Dutch are still masters of transport.

The Port of Baltimore will be the home port for two roll-on, roll-off fast sealift ships owned by th

The Pakistan government is slashing the import duty on machinery used for ship demolition in a move

MED-AMERICA SHIPPERS ASSOCIATION (Livorno, Italy) - The association recently elected Ed Schilz chair

Private investment in French ports is urgently needed if the country's 2-year- old cargo-handling re

DSR-Senator Lines of Germany is linking up with Canada Maritime and Jadroplov, a Croatian carrier, t

GERMAN FIRM IN TALKS WITH PHILADELPHIA YARDOne of the world's leading shipyards is in talks

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 1, 1995 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

CN North America's quiet attempt to integrate the company's regional U.S. rail operations into its t

The torrential floods that have shut down Europe's inland waterways could be a blessing in disguise

Sea-Land Service Inc. said Wednesday it will resume regular shipping service at the devastated Port

Mexico is signaling that it may move quickly in adopting a futures market for the peso now that Mexi

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 28, '94 - Jan. 6, '95 (a graph) (2)

Wednesday, Feb. 1, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Centex Corp., a major home builder, said Wednesday its Centex Homes unit has formed a joint venture

Prices of U.S. imports, excluding fuel, rose 0.2 percent in December, according to unadjusted figure

The notion of establishing a pact for fostering foreign direct investment around the world is drawin

The government's chief forecasting gauge of economic activity barely increased in December - its 14t

American manufacturing expanded only slightly in January, signaling that overall growth in the econo

The U.S. dollar slipped below 1.5200 deutsche marks briefly late Wednesday, even with the Federal Re

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott received an angry protest over subsidized U.S. dairy e

Brazil's big four automakers - Fiat, Volkswagen, General Motors and Ford - announced that they plan

Brazilian federal oil company Petrobras may face contract drilling competition, and domestic ship op

"I would say that the typical U.S. politician is not necessarily someone who is very conscious of in

In common with the rest of the country, China's main special economic zones showed sharp jumps in tr

As Saturday's deadline nears for a copyright deal with China, the Clinton administration finds that