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The breakup of national flags and the proliferation of open shipping registries provide an opportuni

Norway soon may join the Isle of Man and Vanuatu as the latest jurisdictions to offer their flags an

Effective May 11, pilotage charges in two of the three districts on the Great Lakes will rise.

Some U.S. firms, many of them computer makers, want exemptions from forthcoming U.S. tariff reprisal

Maryland Seeks Bids For Container CranesThe Maryland Port Administration is soliciting bids

Liner, tanker and dry bulk shipping sectors could show a strong improvement or an outright recovery

Waterfront management in Baltimore is asking the port's longshoremen to reconsider their rejection o

State-owned British Shipbuilders announced Monday it had won a contract for two large containerships

South Korea Orders Generators From GESCHENECTADY, N.Y. - General Electric Co. obtained a con

China and Portugal signed an agreement Monday that will return Macao to Chinese sovereignty on Dec.

Domestic exports to the United States fell in February to HK$3.6 billion (US$460 million) from HK$5.

The port of Long Beach named Paul E. Brown deputy executive director and promoted Michael J. Slavin

Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige, claiming full recovery from a bout with viral pneumonia that la

Formation of a Northeast Asian economic zone similar to the European Community was urged by a privat

Japan will continue utmost efforts to persuade the United States to lift punitive tariffs even after

General liability and workers compensation insurance needs are the top two cost worries of risk mana

The free market for commercial auto insurance is not working in Vermont, state regulators said as th

Missouri Gov. John Ashcroft scheduled a public ceremony today to sign into law major reforms in insu

Two bills aimed at introducing some safety features to virtually unregulated fishing vessels have be

Liability insures in Connecticut are fighting a defensive battle to retain a 1986 tort reform law as

Coseco Details Plans Of Stock OfferingCARMEL, Ind. - Conseco Inc. said it expects to offer t

Firemen taking a novel approach to teaching fire safety roll a portable house onto the playground, f

Mon., April 13, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

A 14-county inspection campaign that started shortly after the fatalcollapse of the Thruway bridge A

China Expects Decline In '87 Soybean ExportsChina's soybean exports are likely to fall this

Stock prices plunged late Monday on program selling amid concern the fallingdollar could bri

The U.S. dollar was slightly lower Monday while traders took defensive position prior to today's rep

Irving Bank Ratings Under Moody's ReviewMoody's Investors Service said Monday it is reviewin

Wall Street coal industry analysts are a dying breed. The few who remain have two things to

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

International Coffee Organization export quotas are essential to support coffee prices, currently ab

Although there is some pickup in U.S. grain exports and domestic use, an Agriculture Department anal

Elevator fires and explosions can be highly destructive, but industry safety measures have been succ

Gold and silver markets have come out of their doldrums. Investors, who have been uninterest

April 13, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Standard Oil Production Co. awarded a contract to CBS Engineering Inc., Houston, for detailed design

The Persian Gulf tanker market has come to life in the past week after three months in the doldrums,

The average retail price of gasoline was 6 cents higher this month than in April of last year, and a

Chevron Oil Co.'s oil platform, Gail, after floating idly since mid-1986 at the port of Long Beach,