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Motor carriers that had trouble obtaining liability insurance in 1985 and 1986 will find the market

Energy Secretary John Herrington says that the U.S. Department of Energy will resume efforts to put

Officials from five Central Valley counties have agreed to a joint effort to push for better Amtrak

Lawyers from the Massachusetts attorney general's office are looking into the nonprofit status of an

Canada Steamship Lines Inc. and Conrail are working on a plan to make East Coast coal top-offs more

TVA Slows Activity In Spot Coal MartThe Tennessee Valley Authority slowed its activity in th

Landlocked Luxembourg is expected to decide whether to establish a shipping registry for European oc

Shipping companies that register their vessels under a new Norwegian International Ship register (NI

The Customs Service on April 1 will begin collecting a new harbor maintenance fee on much of the wat

Kaiser Aluminum Chemical Corp. plans to use part of its idle aluminum smelter plant at Chalmette, La

Rates in the containership charter market have hardened by about 10 percent in response to fixtures

Maritime Association of the Port of New York/New Jersey. Luncheon meeting. Feb. 17 at the Whitehall

One of Prudential Lines' barge-carrying LASH ships was auctioned for $1.65 million to the Maritime A

Three individuals and an accounting firm are facing a claim for compensation of up to $13 million as

The port of New Orleans, faced with a $4.7 million budget deficit and declining revenue, is consider

The Iranian arms scandal is brewing trouble for Danish shipowners who face a loss of business and di

The alarm is sounding for those Antwerp container handlers facing life behind the locks once Hessena

The membership of the Chicago Board of Trade approved by more than a 2-to-1 margin the exchange's pl

The Philippines has resumed importing Australian cattle after shipments were halted in October 1983,

The USDA's claims Wednesday that the Australian government is introducing direct subsidies of $132 m

CFTC Names Hanbury As General CounselThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission named Marshall

Exporters have sold China about 150,000 metric tons of wheat under a new million-ton subsidy program

A boom in demand for many base metals is likely in the next few months, with tin prices rising to ab

A formula to resolve the financial crisis at National Bank of Brunei Bhd. will be put to creditors n

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

Schlumberger Ltd. reported a loss of $2.18 billion in the fourth quarter, compared to a loss of $373

The first U.S.-based risk retention group, Home Owners Warranty Corp., and the Georgia Insurance De

February 12, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Bechtel was sure it would win the contract for a training center tied to a pipeline project in Egyp

DOCTORS AND LAWYERS are studying together. Resident physicians at the Albany, N.Y., Medical Center a

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. reported a net gain from operations of $134 million, compared

A new challenge to embattled ocean liner conferences is in the offing. China intends to cut ocean fr

Officials at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health are reviewing a major Massach

The international currency markets have a propensity for a further shakeout in the U.S. dollar, an e

A tobacco industry lobbying group is continuing to study the possibility of challenging in court New

The Craeybeckx, a ship put into service by Marine Transport Overseas of Antwerp, entered service Tue

Bush Hints at Discord LANSING, Mich. - Vice President George Bush said that within the admin

Railroads, faced with rigid and restrictive union work rules, have sold off thousands of miles of b

The reception is in an ante room on the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol. It's a shoulder-to-shoulder

Northwest Marine Iron Works, which filed for protection under U.S. bankruptcy laws last October, is