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What's described as the heaviest cargo ever lifted at a Great Lakes port is being moved through the

HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING: The entry of Van Ommeren USA as an equal partner with Fernandina Marine

Steamship Operators Intermodal Committee. Workshop on domestic containerization and chassis fleet ma

Lawmakers have introduced another proposal for how New Jersey should spend approximately $105 millio

Before boarding a helicopter to fly to a North Sea oil platform you put on a life jacket and a clums

The United States will step up purchases of Mexican crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in

In a repeat performance from last month, shippers are planning to divert cargo through a Puget Sound

British Petroleum plans to invest $348 million in Brazilian petroleum research and mining during the

The U.S. counselor in Kuala Lumpur said Malaysian wheat imports, which were low last year because Ma

C-E's Lummus Crest To Close NJ OperationBLOOMFIELD, N.J. - The Lummus Crest subsidiary of Co

Dutch and Argentine officials are scheduled to meet in New York next week in an effort to resolve th

A few years ago, keeping up with the offshore oil industry's demand for catering, laundry and housek

Canadian net farm income will total C$1.67 billion this year, marginally higher than 1985, while 198

Brokerage services for Canadian farmers who want to hedge their grain on the futures market was one

General support has emerged for the Federal Maritime Commission's proposal to end requirements for s

For the first time in 30 years, defined pension benefit plans are paying out more than they are rece

Supervisory personnel handled cargo as the port's International Longshoremen's Association members c

Perpetual Savings Bank said a subsidiary was named money manager for a $15 million mutual fund of Ge

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. hopes to put two laid-up roll-on roll-off ships into a subsidized Mediterr

THE VIEW FROM WASHINGTON. I've finally found someone who isn't mad at his insurer for refusing to re

The port of San Francisco hopes it's found the answer to a problem facing the shipping industry in n

Ten Electric Boat shipyard employees have filed suit against four machine- tool manufacturers, conte

Lufthansa German Airlines has run into a cargo capacity problem since reducing frequency on its Vanc

Transshipments of goods through the port of Amsterdam showed a 13.8 percent increase in the first n

Olympia to Ship Glass to IndonesiaOLYMPIA, Wash. - Six-thousand tons of cullet - broken glas

The Port of Portland Commission flatly turned down a former commissioner's plea to stop construction

Japan and other Asian countries with large trade surpluses with the United States must visibly open

A huge barge load of lumber was due to leave late this week from the Columbia River port of Kalama,

Zim Israel Navigation Co. is making money for the second straight year and will be profitable again

S. Korea to Counter Protectionism on AutosSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea plans to control

Carolina Steam and Stoker, Lake Wylie, S.C., garnered two spot steam coal awards covering deliveries

Wilshire Oil Co. of Texas said it acquired more than 10 percent of the Jacobs Engineering Group's o

Engineers at General Motors Corp.'s Pontiac, Mich., manufacturing complexare starting up a new circu

PSC Won't Rehear Nine Mile 2 CaseALBANY, N.Y. - The New York State Public Service Commission

Carbogel, a leading entry in the coal-water fuel product line, was put on the sales block by its Swe

A group of New England business, labor, academic and medical profession leaders formed an organizati

The Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association reported retail sales of 10,963 heavy-duty Class 8 truck

It's hardly necessary to tell a frequent flying executive that business travel can cause stress. It

US Court Orders ICC To Reconsider ActionThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columb

A State Department official said the United States is considering a proposal that would allow Europe