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When the Maritime Administration offered the tanker New York for charter or sale from its inventory

No one disputes that the U.S. merchant marine is in bad shape. And prospects for a turnaround are sl

Japan's Aoki Corp. and the Robert M. Bass Group, a U.S. conglomerate, have jointly purchased the Wes

A combined spray booth and stoving oven from Britain comes in either dry- filter or water-wash model

A Kuwaiti oil tanker flying a U.S. flag moored at Yarimca Harbor near this Marmara Sea coastal city

A ferryboat captain faces a U.S. Coast Guard hearing to determine whether he was negligent in the ne

A trade dispute between U.S. aircraft manufacturers and Airbus Industrie is close to being resolved,

The British government's offer to sell British Petroleum Co. shares to the public was undersubscribe

Mrs. Walter C. Diehl takes a cut with a champagne bottle at the prow of a Navy fleet oiler, the Walt

Charles McVey, the elusive exporter who allegedly masterminded a plot to sell supercomputer secrets

China is likely to continue importing pesticides and fertilizer from the United States. "It

Industry invests too much in gadgetry and too little in product information that helps customers use

Food inspection standards must be raised to combat 4 million salmonella poisoning cases a year and p

Blue chip chemical stocks were hurt in last week's market nose dive much more than pharmaceutical st

Iraq said Wednesday its warplanes raided three tankers off Iran and industrial targets on the mainla

Brazil, Banks Hit Snag On Loan CompromiseBrazilian officials and their commercial creditors,

When talk turns to responsibility for the stock market's recent collapse, traders in the Chicago fut

Japanese automakers put on display Wednesday their ideas of how cars should look in the coming decad

The nose-dive in world stock markets "could be the best thing that ever happened" if it gets the Uni

AVIATION The United States and the EC have agreed on a framework for negotiations aimed at d

Student riots, sporadic violence and economic woes on virtually every front are shaking the 25-year-

Brooklyn Union Gas Co. reported a fourth quarter loss of $11.7 million for the three months ended Se

Japan's lucrative supercomputer market shows signs of opening up, thanks to a U.S.-Japan agreement t

Officials from several large industrial nations are speculating that the United States and West Germ

More than 200 U.S. companies from 35 states are expected to attend an export show in South Korea nex

When the folks leave for a rewarding retirement in Florida, everyone applauds. But perhaps after a f

One shipping line may describe a product as an engine part. Another may call it a compressor part.

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed several new water filtration standards that, with o

Scientists are isolating natural bacteria and inventing microbes that can gobble toxic wastes, but t

Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc. had a 10.4 percent increase in retail electricity sales in the thi

International insurers can help balance the U.S. trade deficit if they are allowed to penetrate fore

With rail freight traffic running well above earlier forecasts, many railroad industry officials and

USLife Reports Net Income DropUSLife Corp., a life insurance holding company, reported net i

Tobacco companies and their insurers cleared another hurdle when a federal judge ruled against the u

Air Cargo Association, monthly luncheon meeting on Dynamics of Automation and Air Freight in 1988, O

The first of two controversial Dutch-built submarines for the Taiwanese navy left for the island nat

Maritime Administrator John Gaughan said a presidentially appointedcommission's report last

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Daihatsu America Gets 1st Charade ShipmentLONG BEACH, Calif. - Daihatsu America Inc. receive

The dizzying pace of change in the transportation industry is likely to slow during the next few yea