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The Justice Department's proposed settlement of its racketeering suit against the Teamsters union ne

Overseas coal exports through the Gulf of Mexico were up in 1988, despite a summer drought that brou

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Three maritime labor organizations are supporting International Shipholding Corp.'s planned $34 mill

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

The depreciation of the deutsche mark raised the danger in West Germany of imported inflation, Bunde

Tue., Jan. 31, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Alaskan shipping and commerce has been hit hard by the cold snap that has sent temperatures plunging

Intermodalism in the 1990s will be marked by on-dock train loading, a paperless exchange of document

For years, Steve Hatch ran trade shows that showed Japanese exporters how to ship billions of dollar

BAKER CALLS FOR CUTS IN CFC EMISSIONSSecretary of State James Baker called Monday for immedi

Matson Navigation Co., San Francisco, Calif., again wants the Federal Maritime Commission to resolve

The U.S. dollar turned mostly higher late Monday, in a seesaw market. Dealers were hard pressed to e

A German gave Russia communism, and now Soviet businessmen and academics are returning for a dose of

China's high-profile investment group has formed a joint venture with a U.S. company to manufacture

MARITRANS PARTNERS EXPANDS COASTAL FLEETMaritrans Partners L.P., a tugboat and barge operato

The head of Lakewood Industries Inc. believes his machinery problems will be over by the spring. He

Nationale-Nederlanden N.V. announced that its U.S. subsidiary, GeorgiaUS Corp., has entered into a d

The Port of Shanghai, China's biggest and most congested, needs some US$188 million for technical re

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China, with a third of industry already idle because of energy shortages, faces nationwide power cut

Striking longshore union leaders and top Italian politicians are scheduled to meet today in the hop

The Illinois International Port District, which operates the Port of Chicago, is expecting cargo vol

Following the December meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the oil market

THERE IS ONLY ONE THING WORSE than not getting what you want and that is getting it. That observatio

ICO COFFEE SHIPMENTS FAIL TO REACH QUOTALONDON - Producing members of the International Coff

The U.S.-China science and technology pact, which expires today, will likely remain in force until a

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

US PERSONAL INCOME ROSE 0.9 PERCENT IN DECEMBERAmericans' personal income rose 0.9 percent i

Some Japanese scientists say their country must reform its research establishment into one that prod

GULFSHIP MARINE INC. (New Orleans) - Frank Pizzitola was named manager of the steamship agent's Afri

Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it will soon deploy two new roll-on roll-off containerships in servi

MOBIL NORTH SEA FINDS GAS IN SOUTHERN BASINMobil Corp. said Monday that its British affiliat

Shelton and Monroe residents are gearing up to block the proposed Iroquois natural gas pipeline, whi

Two of the Interstate Commerce Commission's five members denounced its decision to alter a landmark

When the occasional 747 lands in Great Falls, it's usually a well-worn cargo plane about to fly cont

Significant U.S. Ex-Im Bank credits for Brazil are being approved and released in a routine manner,

Japanese carmakers exported 6.104 million motor vehicles last year, down 3.2 percent against shipmen

The new session of Congress signals the beginning of a lobbying war over whether the United States s

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