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Wilhelmsen Offshore Services has sold eight supply vessels to Sverre Farstad of Aalesund, Norway. Th

Hong Kong shippers reacted angrily to news of more rate hikes by the Asia North America Eastbound Ra

A total of 35 vessels were stranded Thursday while a stubborn barge fire limited access to the Houst

The Brazilian government is considering closing soymeal and soypellet export registrations because i

With the help of an industry-funded early retirement plan, the French port of Le Havre is going to r

END OF THE LINE: This is the last Inside Talk column that yours truly will be writing for the shippi

If this is October, then the Georgia Ports Authority and the state's legislative delegation must be

The following table lists the spot coal contracts signed between the Tennessee Valley Authority and

Australia exported a record 16.0 million metric tons (1 metric ton equals2,200 pounds) of wh

USDA Helping Fight Fatal Livestock DiseaseThe Department of Agriculture is participating in

House-Senate conferees approved a three-year reauthorization bill for the Commodity Futures Trading

Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone directed his cabinet minister on agriculture Thursday to ask the U.

Farm trade deficits that produced shock waves this summer and worsened the U.S. balance in world mar

GENERAL NEWSSuperfund will likely determine if Congress will adjourn for the year next week

A new $1.4 million study, the largest of its kind ever conducted in the United States, will attempt

Acid rain pollution not only poisons fish and destroys forests but could also be harming people's h

A citizens group demanded that Governor Mario Cuomo help shut down the Indian Point nuclear power pl

Pa. Advocate Seeks Lower Utility RatesHARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania's state consumer advoca

The repair of faulty safety valves at the over-budget Nine Mile Point Two nuclear plant has fallen b

Free trade zones are by no means a recent phenomenon in the United States. Free trade zones

FCCI Coal loaded just over 106,800 metric tons of coking coal for Japanese steel mills at Newport Ne

The worldwide proliferation of industrial development zones, free trade zones and export processing

When is a resort hotel not a resort hotel? When it is a conference center. From all outward

Pilots can be taught to recognize, avoid and possibly even escape from the deadly downdrafts that pr

Transamerica Airlines, which grounded its planes last month, has sold two 747s to International Leas

An airline that started out transporting meat and now operates charter flights to Disneyworld hopes

Machinists nationwide approved by an 86 percent margin a new three-year contract with Boeing Co., ev

Flexilink, the consortium of companies opposed to the construction of a cross-Chan nel tunnel betwee

Texas Air Corp. told the Department of Transportation it will be apprehensive about investing more m

Continental Names 2 Vice PresidentsContinental Airlines named Richard H. Shuyler vice presid

Some of the worst accidents in the trucking industry take place when the driver tries to get out of

ICC Disappoints Soo With Trackage RulingThe Interstate Commerce Commission turned down a com

The tractor is known as Big Red. Unlike many Soviet manufactured products, the tractor is co

Burlington Northern Inc. reported third quarter earnings decreased to $100.3 million, or $1.25 a sha

Minister Survives Vote BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's commerce minister survived a no-confid

For the week ended Sept. 27, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads eq

Canadian truckers will face no serious threat from giant U.S. carriers if the cross-border trucking

The following are the results of Thursday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge frei

The Greeks have received a formal government warning that they face at least another year of harsh

Stanford Divests Stock In Diamond ShamrockSTANFORD, Calif. - Stanford University said it has