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One day an elderly woman in Montana wrote to the state life & health guaranty association to say tha

The recent merger of the container operations of Deutsche Seereederei Rostock and Senator Lines is n

California's insurance regulators granted a temporary 6 percent increase in automobile rates for 20t

A US$140 million face-lift for the country's main port should increase capacity, ease chronic conges

Greece's powerful maritime community is in the forefront of efforts to ensure renewed attempts to es

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20th Century Insurance Co. wasn't the only insurer to increase its Northridge- related loss estimate

Publicity is the latest weapon to be deployed by European maritime authorities in their fight agains

WITH PORK PLENTIFUL, BIG PROMOTION PLANNEDCHICAGO - U.S. pork-industry officials are

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The barge and towboat industry and a key House committee narrowed their differences on safety legisl

JURY ORDERS EXXON TO PAY $5 BILLIONANCHORAGE, Alaska - A federal jury ordered Exxon

French exports are booming, but the country's largest ports are dogged by labor uncertainty, and its

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

Police and prosecutors are investigating accusations that the Port of Redwood City's commissioners a

Twenty-three senators asked Chairman Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., for a Senate Finance Committee

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When the USS Thorn steamed into Newport News Shipbuilding, it marked the yard's re-emergence in the

In 1988, Ricardo Lagos Escobar helped put his country on the road to democracy. Today, as Ch

Shareholders of embattled carriers Mexicana de Aviacion and Aeromexico this week are expected to cal

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BROOKLYN OIL TERMINAL IS LEASED TO BAYSIDENEW YORK - Bayside Fuel Oil Depot has comp

A badly needed container terminal, already delayed by Chinese financial quibbles, is now embroiled i

Slovakia is bidding to capture a share of Central Europe's north-south shipping traffic with a $230

AUSTRALIA MARITIME BODY INCREASES SHIP DETENTIONSSYDNEY, Australia - The number of s

After months of painful adjustments in the face of sharp yen appreciation, Japanese exporters are bo

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The huge gain in productivity achieved by Britain's ports since the country's dock labor laws were r

Increasing over-the-road traffic between Dresden and Prague is turning the trip to the Czech Republi

Having made a pitch for cargo handling at Hong Kong's new airport, Singapore is now looking at the a

An Indiana court has delayed the sheriff's auction of an 11.2-mile rail line while negotiations cont

Ship lines on the North Atlantic are offering a new set of discounts to customers who act early to p

The Pentagon has reached out to commercial maritime, air, rail and truck freightforwarders as it wor

CSX INTERMODAL (Hunt Valley, Md.) - Cheryl D. Wyche was named vice president of pricing and yield ma

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The Port of Seattle Commission has sealed the deal to allow Northwest Airlines to begin a new servic

A broad, bipartisan group of lawmakers and business leaders believe the Clinton administration misha

The Norfolk District of the U.S. Customs Service has awarded its quarterly ''Gigabite" Award for exc

OVERSEAS GAINS GIVE FEDEX EARNINGS A LIFTFederal Express Corp., enjoying continued improveme