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Shipowners and cargo owners are losing large sums of money because of the growing incidence of chart

A power company has been slapped with a $75,000 penalty for its failure to adequately guard an open

Ocean Transport & Trading PLC, the British shipping and transportation group, reported an increase i

US Navy Helicopter Crashes in Persian GulfA Navy SH-3G King helicopter on a routine ferry fl

The Senate Finance Committee cleared the way for full Senate action on a textile-footwear import quo

If the same rules that determine success for business can apply to election campaigns, location may

In the early 1930s, the U.S. oil industry faced a crisis. The discovery of numerous large oil fields

A New Mexico concern half-owned by former Atlantic Richfield Co. Chairman Robert O. Anderson, has ag

Until the Brazilian central bank announces new, broader rules, financial institutions have the only

President Reagan's nominee to become the chief enforcer of the nation's mine safety laws is unlikely

Northeast Utilities will try to spin off its natural gas distribution system as a way to end a 20-ye

General Public Utilities Corp. reported second quarter earnings of $51.2 million or 82 cents a share

The Soviet Union plans to conduct further judicial proceedings to determine responsibility for desig

A House of Representatives panel has approved a $13.2 billion foreign aid package for fiscal 1988, s

Massachusetts Studies Referendum ProposalThe Massachusetts Attorney General's department is

Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. has sold 500,000 shares of 6.95 percent cumulative preference stock t

Damage to a lock at Demopolis, Ala., will halt barging to Mobile for two to three weeks but won't cu

Gov. Bill Clements told a trade representative from Taiwan that the state of Texas welcomes the chan

An export development program initiated by New York City in April 1986 has produced over $1.7 millio

The U.S. Sweetener Producers Group, including Florida sugar cane growers, filed a formal request urg

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

Alien workers employed in the Northern Mariana Island textile industry often are forced to work long

Sweden is investigating whether cabin cruisers sold to Iran four years ago were built to carry weapo

DataCard Corp. and National Computer Systems Inc. jointly announced they signed a definitive standst

Executives expect moderate growth for Conrail during the second half of 1987 although automotive shi

US Leasing Expanding Its Fleet of RailcarsUnited States Leasing International Inc. said that

China will give more than $110 million in loans to Bangladesh for bridge construction and the purcha

China's trains have carried at least 3.5 million passengers more than usual in July, and officials h

For the week ended July 18 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 99

The Australian Railway Industry Committee is helping to boost exports of Australian railroad product

The Netherlands has refused an informal U.S. government request to deploy Dutch navy minehunters in

The Pentagon will increase minesweeping operations in the Persian Gulf next month, but in the meanti

The Iranian missile, traveling at 280 meters a second, hit the Panamanian tanker amidships. It slice

Iran conducted maneuvers in the Persian Gulf this month with 20 naval vessels, combat aircraft and a

MTL Reported Loss Of $526,000 for PeriodSEACUCUS, N.J. - Marine Transport Lines, which opera

A motorist police said squirted a water pistol at another driver's car during an argument at a traff

A French naval squadron left port Thursday to sail for the Middle East in what French officials call

The United Auto Workers has told General Motors Corp. it wants no further cuts in the number of GM w

John Madden's CBS Sports chalkboard is going to Japan. Interand Corp., creator of the telest

The state-run Port of Singapore Authority, may be reticent about its achievements, but the country's