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To boosters, the Alaska Railroad is a $34 million investment in the state's future. To critics, it's

The port of Shanghai, in the heart of China's industrial center, is working to modernize facilities

Knappton Corp. brought its first load of barged containerized cargo from the Columbia-Snake River sy

The Columbia River's 34 ports have been urged to compete less, cooperate more and even told to form

Emery Waives Condition On Purolator SaleWILTON, Conn. - Emery Air Freight Corp. said it waiv

Conrail Crewmen Quit Just as Hearings StartThe two crewmen of a Conrail train which collided

The port of Oswego, central New York's only deep-draft cargo outlet, will lose state funding unless

C.H. TUNG, chairman and chief executive of Orient Overseas Holdings Ltd. and a member of one of the

Grain Terminals Idled By Strike in AustraliaSYDNEY, Australia - Operations at two of Austral

A story in Monday's editions incorrectly stated the amount of cargo handled by International Termina

Divers worked Tuesday to spray away six feet of mud believed to entomb bodies on the lower decks of

The four-year legal feud between the nation's trucking industry and the state of Pennsylvania that c

Six people, including two state troopers, remained hospitalized Tuesday with injuries suffered in a

Scania Sold 46 Trucks During First QuarterORANGE, Conn. - Saab-Scania of America Inc. report

The following are the highlights of Tuesday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge fr

Grace Distribution Services Inc.'s new truck terminal facility in Deer Park, Texas, will help it cap

The Western Oil and Gas Association is gearing up against possible Congressional moratoriums that wo

NYPA Trustees Cut Hydropower Rate HikeALBANY, N.Y. - The New York Power Authority trustees h

Diamond Shamrock Corp. Tuesday announced it will change its name to Maxus Energy Corp. in connection

Norfolk Southern Corp. reported net income of $124.8 million, or 66 cents a share, for the first qua

April 28, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

British Petroleum Co. PLC and Standard Oil Co. announced agreement on a sweetened offer from BP of c

Here is a description of the offshore areas affected by the Interior Department's five-year oil dril

Most of the 1,700 miners at the Rasa mine in northwestern Yugoslavia are continuing a strike, which

Overseas orders for U.S. machine tools soared in the first quarter, but thosegains were more

Prosecutors said Monday they are investigating charges that officials of the local Transnuklear comp

France's state-controlled oil group, Compagnie Francaise des Petroles, or Total-CFP, will step up it

Mildly radioactive gas leaked into a control room of a West German nuclear plant, and company offici

Japan's shift away from a manufacturing to a service-sector economy is expected to lower the country

A Colorado congressman warned that the Interior Department's plan for assessing coal royalty payment

C-E Unit, FPL Energy Enter PartnershipSTAMFORD, Conn. - A unit of Combustion Engineering Inc

President Raul Alfonsin signed a decree legalizing new oil contract terms in what was seen as a long

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK TURKEY - $170 million worth of loans to help Turkey buy U.S. goods. The b

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

At almost the precise moment visiting U.S. Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige was pledging renewed

US Pavilion Planned For Poland Trade FairThe Commerce Department is inviting U.S. firms to p

Exports of U.S. farm commodities continue to slump partly because President Reagan has not shown the

400,000 Tons of Corn Purchased by SovietsThe Soviet Union has bought an additional 400,000 m

Higher U.S. cotton prices resulting from a declining carry-over could reduce exports this year, merc

The government is preparing to close two state-owned corporations inthe metal industry - the Taiwan