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S. AFRICAN COMPANY PLACES BULKER ORDERLONDON - South Africa's largest shipping compa

Should the long-standing ban on exports of Alaska North Slope crude be reversed, a drop in shipments

CHEVRON, COMMUNITY AGREE ON CALIF. REFINERYSAN FRANCISCO - Community groups said the

Principals of Texport Oil Co., a Houston oil products trading company, have decided to exit the busi

MarineSafety International, a U.S. company specializing in maritime training, is launching a sales d

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The Federal Aviation Administration will halt further development of microwave landing systems and h

June 3, 1994 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Prem

Louisiana's highest court said late last month that a provision contained in general liability polic

Travelers Inc. and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. confirmed last week they were still discussing an

With the help of a company videotape, the San Luis Obispo County district attorney's office has made

As one congressional aide said, Socialist Rep. Bernard Sanders of Vermont ''usually can't get a co-s

Senior officials from poor developing nations lashed out at a bill sponsored by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-I

When labor leaders argue that many branch line sales are little more than fronts intended to erase c

Seasonally adjusted operating profits of Canadian financial and nonfinancial enterprises rose in the

Swiss retail sales in April fell a nominal 6 percent from a year earlier and fell a real 5.3 percent

MCDERMOTT SAID TO BE CLOSE TO BOXSHIP ORDERNEW YORK - In what would be the second an

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Five Romanian stowaways who were apprehended aboard a containership here last week said that they th

The Bermuda-based Cast Group Ltd., a long-established container operator on the North Atlantic, is e

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

The U.S. Labor Department has asked a federal court to force a marine engineers union to rerun a Mar

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., the Hong Kong-based ports, telecommunications and energy group, has acquired

Crowley Maritime Services (CMS) has formed a new bunker fuel business called Crowley Marine Fuel Ser

JAPANESE ELEVATOR FIRMS ACQUITTED OF CHARGESJAPAN'S FAIR TRADE COMMISSION HAS TENTATIVELY RU

As part of its effort to crack down on substandard shipping, the Coast Guard has assembleda list of

WAL-MART PLANS STORES IN ARGENTINA, BRAZILBENTONVILLE, Ark. - U.S. retailing giant Wal-Mart

The multimillion-dollar plan of a U.S. lawyer to renovate one of the Czech Republic's main steel mil

Apple Computer launched its PowerPC Macintosh in China last week, hoping a combination of speedy mac

Local-content regulations on cars made in Taiwan will be scrapped when the island joins the world's

Indonesia's high-cost economy is hurting the growth of non-oil exports, especially textile products,

After lying dormant for nearly two years, a government/private-sector committee dedicated to boostin

The insurance industry is turning a focused eye toward solutions as the tab for arson tops$2 billion

When the calamitous Northridge earthquake rocked the extensive art collection at the J. Paul Getty M

The movement from room-sized mainframe computers to networks of desktop computers has changed the wa

While Southern Californians rebuild businesses, homes, highways and routines shattered bythe Northri

Japanese firms could emerge from the current recession with a fresh edge over Western competitors be

Manufacturing in outer space is still firmly rooted on Earth, and any full- scale production operati

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