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The Fred. Olsen Group is continuing to strike agreements with foreign liner shipping companies to re

Sailing westward across the North Atlantic are ships bearing multimillion- dolla r cargoes of contai

With a historic backlog of ships tied up in the Santos estuary, South America's largest port "is in

Second Union Strikes Australian Wheat PierSYDNEY, Australia - A work stoppage at the Glebe I

The Maritime Administration agreed to make good on another vessel linked to United States Lines Inc.

Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines announced that it signed a $200 million deal to build one of the w

An explanation of just how the Customs Service will collect the new tax on imports and exports impos

Productivity at most U.S. cargo terminals would benefit from a dose of private enterprise, says Chri

Hampton Roads communities whose tourist beaches have been badly eroded by storm tides are waiting hu

Striking longshoreman and general cargo companies in the port of Rotterdam were negotiating last nig

Two Prudential Lines Inc. ships will be sold at bankruptcy auction Thursday, barring some last-minut

The first phase of work on the upgrading and and modernization of Mozambique's port of Beira on the

The port of Genoa removed from office the top leaders of the dockworkers' guild and put the entire o

Maritime Attorney, John Mason, DiesJohn Mason, long a maritime attorney here and a senior pa

Provident Results Plunge in QuarterCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Provident Life & Accident Insurance

Countries are born, countries grow up, and countries die. Only Kuwait can retire and live off its in

American Ship Building Co., Tampa, Fla., applied to the Maritime Administration for a financing gua

THE MIAMI PORT COMMUNITY braced for the worst four months ago when the port's largest carrier, Crowl

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines chose wisely when it named George Marshall senior vice president of marketing fo

No-Smoking Regulation Proposed by NY AgencyA statewide regulation was passed Friday that wou

While the cost of product liability insurance has risen steadily, most major companies have maintain

The New York State Insurance Department has granted a 15.1 percent rate increase to the Capital Dist

A young South Florida quadriplegic is the third in the last 10 years to win a multimillion-dollar co

Health-care inflation continued to rise at a much faster rate than the overall Consumer Price Index

Cameroon's insurance market is being shaken up by the launching of a dynamic Cameroonian-owned insu

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Risk retention groups would be regulated by the state Insurance Department under a bill included in

Stocks declined on profit taking Monday, amid predictions the long-awaited correction could be at ha

With the expected introduction of heating oil options this spring, the New York Mercantile Exchange

The U.S. dollar fell sharply Monday after Treasury Secretary James Baker commented that a meeting of

Mitchell Energy & Development Corp.'s board approved a capital expenditure budget of $96 million for

Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Tohoku Electric Power Co. agreed to link the import price of Indonesian

Norway's Petroleum Directorate has long feared that gas pockets could create dangerous situations du

Gulf Council Approves Petroleum Lending PlanABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The non-combat

They've said it before on Capitol Hill and they're saying it again: this could be the Congress that

Prince Rupert Exports Record Levels of GrainVANCOUVER, British Columbia - The northern Briti

Despite a court ruling in its favor, the port of Oakland still must convince the federal government

Novo Buys Almost 20 percent Of California's IdetekBAGSVAERD, Denmark - Novo Industri A/S has

The Mother Lode country's Sierra Railroad, praised as a jewel of California history and the old West

Foreign investors are battling for a bigger share of California after a slowdown during a recession