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The Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam soon will have twice as much cargo- handling capacity as it did

Japan's overall trade surplus soared 37.8 percent last month from a year earlier to $7.2 billion, ac

A Liberian-registered tanker laden with thousands of tons of toxic chemicals exploded in flames Tues

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US TRADE DEFICIT CUTS SEEN HARDER IN FUTUREU.S. Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher Tuesday

San Francisco International Airport will study the possibility of reconfiguring its runways to lesse

B+H Maritime Carriers Ltd., a bulk and tanker shipping company, said it took delivery of one ship an

The Soviet Union will soon sign its first official credit to China in three decades, according to Ch

U.S. businessmen should not worry about the European Community's initiative toward a free internal m

UNITED BRANDS TO HIKE DELAWARE PORT CALLSWILMINGTON, Del. - United Brands will increase by o

In a long-awaited decision, Maryland's highest court last week let stand a lower court ruling that i

Calabrian International Corp. and L.A. Champion Inc. have become the first customers of National Wes

MEXICO BANS IMPORTS OF HOGS FROM USMexico has banned imports of U.S. hogs because they have

FROM ITS INCEPTION, THE AIR CARGO INDUSTRY has been rife with guessing games. These have kindled ima

US SUSPENDS IMPORTS OF SEMIAUTOMATICSNational drug control director William J. Bennett annou

The U.S. government's sudden move to hold all fruit imported from Chile couldcut off a promi

The first day of a planned two-day Brazilian general strike was partially effective in shutting down

Depositors withdrew a record $10.7 billion from the nation's savings and loan institutions in Januar

They put to shore in Casablanca. The captain had a perforated ulcer and had passed out twice

James D. Wolfensohn Inc., the investment bank that landed former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volck

The president of the European Community's council of ministers said Tuesday that U.S. interstate ban

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Tuesday reported a profit for the year through last Dec. 31 of HK$

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Executives of Mitsui & Co. Tuesday announced they have reached an agreement in principle with the Ir

THOSE TRAVELING BLUES. Sam Banks, assistant commissioner of U.S. Customs for inspection cont

Petroleos Mexicanos, the Mexican state oil company, announced Monday night that it will add 14 tanke

Navix Line Ltd. is the new name of the company to be formed from the merger of two Japanese shipping

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COFFEE, SUGAR & COCOA EXCHANGE INC. (New York) - Beverly Gordon was appointed vice president marketi

China is leasing two used Boeing 737-200 aircraft from a company called American Leasing Co., in the

Having rapidly established its presence in the United Kingdom, the Far East and Latin America, Citic

The Federal Railroad Administration has rejected CSX Transportation's attempt to substitute its volu

A disabled Philippine cargo ship with 27 crewmen on board disappeared after a towline broke in storm

Crews worked Tuesday to move a 674-foot grain ship that smashed into one of the Port of New Orleans'

UPS AGREES TO BUY 10 BOEING 757 PLANESGREENWICH, Conn. - United Parcel Service has agreed to

One major advantage of electronic data interchange is that it eliminates rote processing of purchase

FUJITSU WILL INSTALL NEW SYSTEM FOR MCIRICHARDSON, Texas - Fujitsu America Inc. signed a mul

Saying he hoped to end the Teamsters "long and sordid career" of corruption, Federal District Judge

2 FUTURES EXCHANGES SUE SEC OVER INDEXESAs expected, two Chicago futures exchanges Tuesday f

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