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Despite the Navy's repeated acknowledgements since 1984 that U.S. warshipspatrolling Middle Eastern

Singapore Airlines Orders Boeing PlaneThe partly state-owned Singapore Airlines announced th

The Massachusetts Port Authority says it is unlikely that Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn's suggestions t

Australia's transport giant TNT hopes to improve its U.S. operations following the purchase by Austr

The first Chinese-made McDonnell Douglas MD-82 airliner completed its maiden test flight over Shangh

Northwest Airlines has begun an advertising campaign aimed at thwarting ticket brokers, who buy and

A state judge has ruled that the airlines which refused to pay Chicago's new fuel taxes while unsucc

California's authority to set safety standards for railroad workers by requiring minimum clearances

Symposium Scheduled July 26-28 in ChicagoPublic policy on rail rationalization and the futur

WASHINGTON For the week ended June 20 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads

Preparatory work could be delayed on the rehabilitation of the Spuyten-Duyvil bridge, part of New Yo

The Department of Transportation has reversed itself in deciding to consider a rule that would requi

A small fire aboard the Viking Princess Thursday morning should not delay the cruise ship's schedule

Sea-Land Corp.'s improved second quarter performance is principally theresult of higher rates and gr

Iranian Prime Minister Hussein Musavi has warned there won't be security in the Persian Gulf as long

The USS Nimitz, flagship of the nation's nuclear-powered fleet, steams through Puget Sound to ancho

U.S. specialists operating from small craft have removed from 10 to 12 mines they think were laid by

Oakland Port Director Wins Transport AwardWalter A. Abernathy, executive director of the por

A report on an amendment to the Senate trade bill addressing unfair, foreign shipping practices cont

Greyhound Lines Inc.'s plan to buy competitor Trailways Corp. deserves swift approval because the me

Volkswagen AG, Ford Form Brazilian FirmDEARBORN, Mich. - Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co. co

Overland Express received commitments for a major debt refinancing that company officials say will b

When you're under way, there are only a few things a sailor can do on an aircraft carrier, the suppl

Despite opposition, the Maritime Administration agreed to permit American President Lines Ltd. to do

Mack Trucks Inc. is moving to implement the terms of last week's labor decision regarding its new Wi

The insurance industry is studying the possibility of offering premium incentives to fleets who adop

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The insurance industry says the truck safety issue won't wait until 1990 when the Department of Tran

874.5 (July 2) Previous day - 874.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in Lon

The former top two executives of Oak Brook, Ill.,-based Great Lakes International Corp. have pleaded

You meet such people on vacation, even while riding horseback high up in the Rockies or while white-

Yes, New York City has the bananas. But not much else. Bananas and other tropical fruits are

Three Peruvian liner companies want the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission toallow still more

John C. Fontaine has been named senior vice president and general counsel for Knight-Ridder Inc., ef

The Miami insurance exchange will work very hard" to gain investor confidence now that a potential p

Higher market prices spurred farmers and feedlot operators to boost grain-fed cattle production this

As the Japanese begin to trade foreign futures contracts on a large scale, a more important phenomen

U.S. automakers scheduled the assembly of 81,655 cars in domestic factories this week, according to

General Motors Corp. expects production to fall off by as much as 45 percent at its Fisher Guide par

A GLOBAL" recovery plan is pursued at the New York Insurance Exchange. The exchange has at l