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ISS International Buys Assets of Macke FirmISS International Service System Inc. said it con

Officials proposing to cut the workweek from 48 to 40 hours say they expect to run into resistance i

PROGRESS IN INDIA: A friend of mine from graduate school has found some big changes upon returning t

The effort to decide whether to automate the Federal Maritime Commission's overburdened paper tariff

GENERAL NEWSTurbulence, the theme of the steel industry over the last decade, is still the w

The quick and skillful action of crewmembers on a New York harbor tug averted what could have been a

Canada's shipbuilding industry announced its support for a proposed free trade agreement with the Un

Teofilo Named Trade Group'sNew ChairmanThomas N. Teofilo was elected chairman of the

Orders for U.S. machine tools plunged 26.3 percent in November to $132.7 million, reversing a strong

There's one in every port. Every port of any size seems to have some place where maritime ty

The stock market is winding down a year that has seen a gain of roughly 25 percent in the Dow Jones

Tomoko Nagamine carefully punched the numbers into her calculator, totaled them and, as she usually

Fewer cars and trucks rolled off U.S. assembly lines in 1986 as automakers - especially General Moto

Turbulence, the theme of the steel industry over the last decade, is still the watchword as producer

The Australian government has set up a series of committees to improve efficiency on the waterfront.

GENERAL NEWSTurbulence, the theme of the steel industry over the last decade, is still the w

Traffic through the port of Vancouver could nudge 60 million metric tons in 1987, challenging a hand

The Maryland Port Administration has awarded the International Terminal Operating Corp. (ITO) exclus

The Reagan administration's budget for fiscal 1988 will call for a 20 percent increase in spending o

Commercial airline pilots often fight intense drowsiness and sometimes even fall asleep while flying

The $170 million in cash Onex Capital Corp. of Toronto agreed to pay for Purolator Courier Corp.'s p

Senn Trucking Planning To Appeal ICC DecisionSenn Trucking probably will appeal an Interstat

THE HEAT'S ON: Burlington Northern Railroad's fairly new Expediter short-haul intermodal service is

Canada's transportation authorities granted permission to a second foreign airline to land at Toront

When a helicopter ambulance plowed into an Oregon wheat field the same day one crashed in Tennessee,

The Icelandic coast guard is contending in federal lawsuits that a faulty cargo door in a Sikorsky h

Airbus A340 to Have New Type EngineAirbus Industrie, the rapidly expanding European commerci

Surprisingly few firms have become truck brokers in California despite a new law encouraging broker

Backers of multiyear highway funding legislation this week will launch their campaign for early acti

Transportation growth will stage a balancing act in the coming year as the U.S. economy inches cauti

The chairman of the French state railways ruled out further negotiations on salaries and working con

Western Canada's foremost academic in the transportation field is warning of political interference,

The official Tass news agency reported several economic indicators at the weekend, including better-

December 24, 1986 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

. . . DIVIDED WE FALL: Successful port operations hinge on close cooperation between the public

A syndicate of seven Japanese banks has agreed to provide 160 billion yen in loans to three affiliat

A British tanker ran onto a rock off the east coast of Iceland early Friday, and sank, killing all 1

Cypriot Tanker Capsizes En Route to TurkeyCAGLIARI, Sardinia - A Cypriot tanker carrying sul

Increasing economic pressures will force more future doctors to seek salaried jobs with established

At a time when the maritime industry probably needs Washington representation most, it has become le