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Profit plunged 40 percent at Singapore's principal ocean carrier in the first half of the year after

UKRAINE, RUSSIA TO SIGN DRAFT PACTSMOSCOW - The Ukraine and Russia are ready to sign

Nestle SA, the world's largest food and beverage vendor, seems to have an insatiable appetite of its

Continued emphasis on the South American trading routes accounted for much of the chartering activit

A national wildcat strike by Australia's waterfront workers will cost at least A$3.5 million (US$2.6

A strike by dockworkers ended Thursday evening at the French Mediterranean ports of Marseilles and F

In an ambitious expansion of its South American shipping services, the Colombian carrier Flota Merca

HOUSTON-NEW ORLEANS BARGE SERVICE BEGINSHOUSTON - Columbia Coastal Transport Inc. th

The first agreement for reciprocal space-chartering in the container trade between the United States

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

The National Audubon Society and several other environmental organizations asked a federal court in

Sept. 8, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

First-half pretax profit at U.K. food and drinks manufacturer Cadbury Schweppes rose 23.2 percent to

India, challenging major producers like the United States and Australia, said on Thursday it was all

Traditionally stodgy German banks are getting in step with the times and introducing telephone banki

The once-bustling docks of Brooklyn, dubbed the gullet of America by playwright Arthur Miller, took

European business executives are urging President Fidel Ramos to push ahead with a German-backed pet

Soybean varieties resistant to the herbicide Roundup should be available in 1996, the Jacob Hartz Se

Indonesia's government and a giant timber firm, led by one of the country's best-connected ethnic Ch

Sep. 8, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 233.22 up 0.76 wh

1480 (Sept. 8, 1994) Previous day - 1471 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Seven ships from the U.S. government's Ready Reserve Force are being activated to prepare for a poss

Business leaders in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada seem resigned to a victory by the secessionist pa

The maritime industry caused less beach pollution in recent years because shipping companies are fol

U.S. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen signed two tax protocols on Thursday in Mexico City in the fir

(1) DAILY INDEX * Annual Smoothed percent +19.019/1 107.09/2 106.89/6

A Ukrainian ship crew remains stranded in Tampa, Fla., while charges of shady dealings and counterch

Closing a "major gap" between China and the developed world in maritime transport and technology wil

A show-and-tell session in Europe could mean lower port charges at one of China's newest internation

BOUND FOR GUANTANAMO, SHIP LOADS AT BEAUMONTBEAUMONT, Texas - Military equipment and

NATIONWIDE STRIKE HALTS CRISIS-TORN LESOTHOMASERU, Lesotho - A strike called to put

Thursday, Sept. 8, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday, extending an early advance after a senior White House official said t

Eastern German employment figures rose for the first time ever in the second quarter of 1994, the Fe

Japan's NEC Corp. said on Thursday it had not yet decided where to build a $1 billion chip plant, bu

Danish unemployment rose 4,800 in July, to 349,400 in seasonally adjusted figures, or 12.5 percent o

The United States wants the European Union to ease upcoming restrictions on fur imports from countri

Thursday Sept. 8, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent