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The Federal Maritime Commission received five applications for licenses to act as ocean freight forw

State-owned Petroleum Corp. of Jamaica is building a 40-million-gallon-a-year fuel-grade ethanol pla

The American Trucking Associations blasted CBS News for a critical report on truck safety, calling t

Higher transportation costs seem to be one of the few certainties this year in an economy that is so

If you're researching a maritime subject - whether it's the outlook for handy-size product tankers o

After discussing the need for a piece of sculpture in the lobby of the administration building, Norf

Footwear manufacturers in Hong Kong appear little concerned about protectionism in their major marke

Airlines seeking to import jet fuel from the United States have proposed a receiving terminal at the

Negotiations over the future of Macao, a tiny Portuguese-administered enclave near Hong Kong, ended

France Awarded Saudi Sub ContractFRANKFURT, West Germany - Saudi Arabia awarded a multibilli

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. will call at New York and Galveston with the three containerships it has a

If you have visions of legally zipping down New Jersey's highways at 65 mph, slow down. Even

Stephen Toth learned about life insurance the hard way. Because his parents' life insurance

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

American businesses plan to raise investment in plants and equipments by 2 percent, to $383.7 billio

The chairman of the House Budget Committee believes new revenues in the fiscal 1988 budget should be

The United Nations is working on practical" approaches to tackling the debt re payment problems and

Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. expects to hear soon if it will be the first U.S. shipbuilder to win a

Prices for unleaded regular self-service gasoline are up 0.7 cent since February to 91.8 cents a gal

Hoechst Celanese Increases PricesHoechst Celanese Corp. announced it will increase the price

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

The story of an underwear factory in Toluca, an hour's drive from here, explains why Mexico has gone

A senior official at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry expressed serious concern Mon

Cracking a bottle of champagne on a railcar, K Line celebrated being the first Japanese-flag steamsh

The per capita use of sweeteners made from corn is expected to exceed U.S. sugar consumption in 1987

An agricultural subsidy war between the United States and the Common Market has devastated Canadian

Argentina is close to an agreement with its commercial creditors on reschedul ing $34 billion of its

The Supreme Court will determine the tax status of corporate stock purchases made for business purpo

Petronas, the Malaysian state energy monopoly, plans to go ahead with a new oil refinery and petroc

Retail gasoline prices, which have fluctuated all year, rose more than a penny in the last two weeks

China Will Cut Price Of Steam Coal ExportsChina agreed to cut its 1987 steam coal export pri

France's gross domestic product is expected to expand by an inflation- adjusted 2 percent this year,

In its first 200 years of existence, this country has mostly ignored the contribution made by mercha

The port of Portland today joins a growing number of ports using new double- stack rail cars dedicat

Salvagers of the British ferry that capsized outside this North Sea port on March 6, killing at leas

Salim Lewis, a well-known arbitrageur and former special adviser to the Securities and Exchange Comm

American Re-Insurance Co. celebrated the beginning of its new headquarters in New Jersey Monday in t

The Commodity Exchange and the New York Mercantile Exchange have begun exploratory talks on a merger

Asia's privatization wave is lapping at Singapore's shores, with recommendation s that could have sw

Deportation Case WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear an appeal by the