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The United States has warned against over-regulation of deep seabed mining, saying that the principl

Unlike the happily orphaned nations of Eastern Europe, Mother Russia is having a rather tough time.<

Sluggish international coal demand early this year hurt Virginia's coal terminals but operators are

Latin America's thirst for world trade has yet to be quenched, and signs are that the slowly rising

When it comes to coal hauling, truckers concede much of the market to the railroads and barge lines,

Luxury carmakers Mercedes-Benz and Porsche are among 12 global car companies that have entered an in

REGIONAL BLOCS Miami Conference on the Caribbean and Latin America. Dec. 12-15. Miami. Conta

With barge rates running an estimated one-third the cost of rail shipping in the Mississippi River s

Nearly a year into the North American Free Trade Agreement, non-tariffbarriers and complicat

Intermodal is the fastest growing traffic segment for the nation's railroads. Because it rep

Thou. Item Destination Metric TonsCoalNorth Europe 6,104M

Many railroads are aligning their operating and marketing systems to more effectively serve their cu

After nearly a decade of decline, the barge industry is booming this year thanks in part to a big ha

Aside from being cosmopolitan coastal ports, San Francisco, Boston and Miami have at least one other

An Alaska construction firm's decision to locate a fabrication and construction subsidiary at the Po

US, CANADA TO DISCUSS SEAWAY TOLLS NOV. 29CHICAGO - Negotiators from the United Stat

The Association of American Railroads is raising alarms again about overweight trucks. Brian

For the week ended Nov. 12, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

January's GOP takeover won't be nearly as dramatic in the Senate as in the House for transport and o

Stripped of its right to regulate intrastate trucking and Democrats who wanted to do so, the Texas R

Nigerian Oil Minister Don Etiebet said Friday that his country wanted to be given a dispensation to

Friday Nov. 18, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

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

Gordon's cloudy wake hung over South Florida like a gray blanket late last week, but early damage es

The outgoing chairman of the House Armed Services Committee wants the Pentagon to reconsider a plan

Horse-racing magnate Richard Duchossois will close Arlington International Racecourse unless he gets

2 COMPANIES AGREE TO FORM MEXICO INSURERGrupo Financiero Banamex-Accival SA de CV and Aegon

PROFIT, REVENUE DECLINE AT WILLIS CORROONWillis Corroon Group PLC, a major broking and insur

BELGIAN SHIPYARD FILES FOR BANKRUPTCYBRUSSELS - Boelwerf Vlaanderen NV, Belgium's la

The first of 10 Romanian stowaways was released from a Pennsylvania prison Thursday andmore were exp

A jury awarded $4.6 million in damages against Liberty National Life Insurance Co. in a fraud disput

The Port of Tacoma Commission last week endorsed staff efforts to buy a prime parcel of land owned b

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

COLTON & CO. (Arlington, Va.) - Peter Noble was appointed vice president and chief engineer for this

The planned restructuring of the Insurance Services Office into an independent company has forced th

The story headlined "Republican-Led Congress May Be Trouble for Shippers," which appeared Friday, No

U.S. and Japanese aviation authorities have agreed to expand cooperation on safety measures includin

Playing the two of Diamonds has been a winning hand for four decades - that is, if your game is free

Southern Air Transport, at the request of the Defense Department, will double its relief flights to

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