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Administration budget snippers are looking hard at farm price support operations as a prime target f

Trio, the consortium of British, West German and Japanese container lines, has added a 19th ship to

The Polish ship Ziemia Olsztymska, carrying 18,000 metric tons of grain, was freed after it struck a

World wheat production is climbing toward record levels, further clouding prospects for a substantia

United States Lines Inc. said Singapore Marine Engineering Service filed and then withdrew a lien ag

The weekly general freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent

Since 1982, natural gas industry executives have hoped for an end to the gas glut as the solution to

The British government agreed to hold a formal investigation into the sinking of the Derbyshire, the

The Norwegian owners of a ship damaged by a mine in a Nicaraguan harbor cannot sue the U.S. governme

The Swedish steelmaker SSAB is evaluating bids from U.S. exporters for coking coal to be delivered n

An Italian company won a C$12 million (about US$8.76 million) contract to equip Vancouver's busiest

Sea-Land Service Inc. announced it is stepping up its services linking the United States with the Ca

GENERAL NEWSLow producer prices and the rise in business inventories bring only a little che

The port of New York and New Jersey plans a new $31 million terminal to handle a growing volume of a

Paceco, Dalian Ink Pact On 2 Container CranesGULFPORT, Miss. - Paceco Inc. has reached an ag

Europe Container Terminus of Rotterdam, facing a sharp fall in business following the suspension of

The government of Taiwan is weighing several options to protect its farmers after bowing to U.S. pre

Albertson's, the nation's eighth largest supermarket and drug chain, will build its largest dry good

The government plans to spend US$456 million to brighten up and develop facilities to attract more t

The government last week launched a privatization campaign and a drive to sell non-performing-assets

Julius Maldutis, a top-rated airline analyst with Salomon Brothers, has added Tiger International to

Sunrise Medical Inc. Completes AcquisitionsTORRANCE, Calif. - Sunrise Medical Inc. said it c

Tenneco Reaches Accord On Poclain RestructuringTenneco Inc. said it has reached agreement wi

Pan American World Airways said it will augment its worldwide electronic cargo tracking system with

Royal Nedlloyd, the Dutch transport and energy group seeking to lessen its dependence on liner shipp

West Germany's Deutsche Airbus has asked the government for new subsidiesbecause of low doll

Higher home mortgage charges contributed to a 0.8 percent rise in U.K. retail prices last month, pus

European Community transportation ministers will have another go today at hammering out an agreement

The president and chief executive of Burlington Air Express says the Irvine, Calif., firm is not par

PWA Would Trim Debt Of Pending AcquisitionVANCOUVER, British Columbia - Pacific Western Airl

Freightliner Corp., a major U.S. producer of heavy trucks, has announcedplans to sell its Po

New Intermodal Pact Goes Into Effect Jan. 1The new Uniform Intermodal Interchange Agreement

PACCAR Inc. unveiled its first-ever midrange truck to be sold under the Peterbilt and Kenworth namep

LOOKING DOWN THE TRACKS: The Burlington Northern Railroad probably will become the main target of ra

4-Nation S. Africa Trip WASHINGTON - Under Secretary of State Michael Armacost will meet wit

The Irish government has given Hughes Aircraft Co. approval to build and operate that country's firs

Despite persistent requests from U.S. and Canadian companies operating on the island, the Jamaican

Led by Japan and the United States, direct foreign investment in South Korea in the first 11 months

Ecuador is set to begin its debt-to-equity conversion program that some traders in the secondary mar

A general strike protesting economic austerity measures and the foreign debt shut down some factorie