1.   -- An agreement to open up the Chinese maritime-transport market to French shipping companies.

2.   Airlines, shipping companies and trucking companies were among the biggest gainers.

3.   But the agency has continued to rely on freight shipping companies to inspect cargo shipments and vouch for their contents.

4.   NORDIC stocks rose as Norwegian oil service and shipping companies, such as Frontline Ltd., surged for a second session.

5.   Shares of airlines, shipping companies and trucking companies were among the biggest gainers.

6.   Shares of airlines, shipping companies and trucking companies were among gainers.

7.   Stratton and Harvard together control majority stakes in Sepap, shipping company Ceska Namorni Plavba AS and glassmaker Sklo Union AS.

8.   The company wants to create a unified transport network that combines railways with trucking and shipping companies.

9.   The Japanese government would work toward quicker licensing of US shipping companies that want to enter Japanese ports, cutting the processing time from six months to two.

10.   The others are paper makers Sepap and Biocel, shipping company Czech Ocean Shipping, heating utility Prazska Teplarenska and chemical company Spolana.