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Senator Linie GmbH of Bremen, West Germany, said Thursday that two new containerships have been orde

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This is the year when many high-tech marvels developed over the past few years - from facsimile mach

Owners of the S.S. Monterey have filed for protection from bankruptcy, but the operator of this inte

Shortages in equipment, manufacturing facilities and personnel could force the cancellation of many

NET NEARLY DOUBLES AT STONE CONTAINERStone Container Corp., Chicago, said that for the fourt

Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has no plans to speak at a conference on Electronic Data Inte

1526 (Feb. 9, 1989) Previous day - 1533 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

LONDON INSURERS EASE GULF WAR-RISK RATESAfter seven years of the Iran-Iraq war, London's mar

The start of what was to have been a quiet year for insurance legislation was loudly interrupted as

For the first time in more than 100 years, Australia has a new sales leader in the life insurance in

Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, Democratic chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, said T

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Domestic automakers were scheduled to produce 242,951 cars and light trucks this week, down from las

Alaskan ports are asking the Soviet government to start moving U.S. cargo through an icy Siberian ch

The U.S. Agriculture Department is moving toward an open bidding system for transporting U.S. food a

Roussel-Uclaf has taken a 20 percent stake in the French pharmaceuticals manufacturer Jouveinal and

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

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BLUE STAR LINE LTD. (San Francisco) - Larry Barber was named assistant to the equipment manager for

Two Danish car and passenger ferries collided Thursday off the central island of Funen, killing one

The container industry doesn't want to get boxed in when it comes to electronic data interchange.

I GUESS WHEN YOU GOT IT, spend it. California voters last fall were shocked to hear that var

This was a big week for insurance-related bills in New Jersey. Bills dealing with auto insur

The U.S. economy will continue to expand this year but slower than in 1988 while inflation and the u

The battle for profit in bunker fuel might be likened to a medieval joust, where oil companies head

Handgun manufacturers and sellers would be liable for injuries and deaths caused by the weapons, und

Texas Air Corp. Thursday reported a fourth quarter consolidated net loss of $224.4 million, or $5.78

The Journal of Commerce Transportation Table, Feb. 10. National Press Building, Washington, D.C. Ric

The Journal of Commerce, with today's issue, begins publishing a monthly chart and table of air carg

Manufactured fiber shipments reached 799 million pounds in December, 4 percent above the 769 million

Ecuador's President Rodrigo Borja announced that his nation would receive more than $1 billion in cr

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Feb. 9, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The two-year debate over public access to government maritime tariff information in the electronic a

A controversial Chicago investors group made an offer to acquire P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc.

New Superfund reporting requirements may help insurers deal with toxic chemical accidents, but they

W. GERMANY'S PRICES ROSE 1.2 PERCENT IN 1988BONN, West Germany - West German consumer prices

The head of a major U.S. multinational concern has called on his peers to rally behind another effor

A POLICY DRIFT, a veritable black hole of long-term direction, seems to be dominating various crucia