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Port Everglades Posts Jump in Box TrafficFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Container cargo volume movi

Thailand exported 1 million tons of maize from January to July this year, down 52.3 percent from the

Winds blowing desert sand Thursday hindered progress of the third convoy of Kuwaiti tankers and U.S.

The threat to shipping in the gulf has increased with the discovery of sophisticated sea mines that

BANKING Chase Manhattan NamesR. Boyle Vice ChairmanRichard J. Boyle was named vice c

The U.S. Navy should not have to shoulder the entire burden of protecting commercial ships in the Pe

General Motors Corp. Announced Thursday it would reduce production and lay off about 2,700 employee

The Caribbean tourist industry, buoyed by an increase in visitors from the United States, is continu

Reversing a 50-year trend, regions of the United States have been growing apart economically in this

With the peak hurricane season approaching, a cargo ship loaded with nearly 15,000 tons of unwanted

What can U.S. industry do to help cut that dangerous trade deficit? The answer, analysts and economi

Australian researchers have announced the development of a battery that runs on easily replaced elec

U.S. vegetable oil exports to India probably will increase as a result of a severe drought in India'

Britain's merchandise trade surplus with the United States increased to 2.8 billion ($4.5 billion)

South Korea will start gradually easing restrictions on fertilizer imports next year, government off

U.S. and Taiwan government officials here insist they are making efforts to help U.S. companies ente

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

A Japanese consumer organization, steamed by printed allegations of bribe- taking made by the vice p

Of all foreign countries, the United States is the most natural partner to do business with India,"

HP, Sony Plan Digital Tape ProjectPALO ALTO, Calif. - A range of digital audio tape-based da

U.S. factories last year churned out about 125 million dozen pieces of underwear for men and women,

US Company Slates Chinese OperationsOMAHA, Neb. - The Omaha-based partnership that started a

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Chinese models in short skirts and deep-slitted dresses recently sashayed across a stage at the Grea

The U.S. printing and writing industry will be looking more and more to foreign suppliers for paper,

Coffee Producers Seek Export QuotasABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - World coffee producers have called

The nation's newspapers are likely to be hit by another boost in the cost of newsprint early next ye

Forest companies on Canada's west coast are opposed to inclusion of shipping in free trade talks wit

Current Textile Quotas: Where the Average Recent Utilization RateIndicates Full Quota Utiliz

Conrail has accused two locals of the International Longshoremen's Association of violating federal

Todd Pacific Shipyards' general manager says the company can re-bid on a $9 million contract to repo

The new chairman of the Delaware River Port Authority says he won't slow a movement to finally unify

The Maritime Administration for the first time made a reduction in operating subsidy a requirement f

WHAT A DIFFERENCE a million or so tons of cargo can make on a port authority's morale. Earli

The International Longshoremen's Association's Baltimore locals have pulled out of a "New Business T

Searle, Invitron Agree To Develop AntibioticSKOKIE, Ill. - G.D. Searle & Co. has agreed with

An estimated 3.5 million companies around the country will have to begin training employees to prote

U.S. exports and imports of made-made textile fibers rose in May, although there were slight decline

Union Carbide Corp. has announced a 7-cent-a-pound increase in off-schedule prices of piperazine, ef

Stories about crowded runways took on new depth Thursday when a landing cargo aircraft struck anothe