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A group of Vancouver investors bought Canada's largest towboating company, Seaspan International Ltd

Grain activity at Thunder Bay, Canada's biggest cereals export port, remains at a complete standstil

Round-the-world ocean carriers have a big impact on rates and competition in the Australia-New Zeala

Stocks declined for the third straight day Tuesday after a morning rally disinte grated. Tra

Dr. Armand Hammer, chairman and chief executive of Occidental Petroleum Corp., announced Occidental

Miles Laboratories Inc., a subsidiary of Bayer USA Inc., announced it has acquired the assets of th

The chairman of Consolidation Coal Co. said only the most efficient coal operators will survive the

Chevron Resources Co. celebrated the official opening of its recently expanded phosphate processing

The Japanese government approved budget requests from government agencies and ministries for 57 tril

MARITIME ASSOCIATED CONTAINER TRANSPORTATION/PACE LINE (San Francisco) - Richard E.H

The arrest of a ship by Chase Manhattan Bank could lead to a stampede by other creditors and sink Wa

General Motors Corp. is shutting down production of medium and heavy trucks at its Bedford Commercia

About 100 people were feared dead following a collision between two vessels off Port Harcourt in sou

Archie Bennett, chairman of the Houston Port Commission, directed a public tongue-lashing at the ano

The Insurance industry challenged a request by Kenneth D. Merin, state insurance commissioner, that

Foreign exchange analysts say this month's global minister's meetings are unlikely to solve the West

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry will revise the Commodity Exchange Law to introduce

Orion Gets DOT Nod On International ServiceThe Department of Transportation granted permissi

The Taiwan government has approved an application from Fuji Heavy Industries of Japan to invest T$42

President Suharto ordered his economic ministers Tuesday to speed up long delayed development projec

A senior Soviet official said a "considerable number" of members of the General Agreement on Tariff

Mexico wants its debt servicing costs to be cut nearly in half through interest payment deferrals, e

Japan won't be able to meet its official gross national product growth target of 4 percent this fisc

Thailand has urged the U.S. to review its policy of "dumping" government- owne d sugar on the world

The New York Insurance Department is investigating the insurer of approximately one-fourth of New Yo

Crowley Maritime Corp. will acquire from International Controls Corp. the assets of Coordinated Cari

When Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Daniel Amstutz announced he would sell 145,850 tons of

French Privatization PARIS - The French government has selected the Compagnie de Saint-Gobai

Red Lead Mar ket Stable The supply and demand for red lead has been fairly stable for the la

Prime Minister Jacques Chirac's government has appointed Rene Garrec, a technocrat close to the pres

Japanese high-technology corporations welcomed their government's decision toallow them to p

GE and Bertelsmann Announce AgreementFAIRFIELD, Conn. - General Electric Co. and Bertelsmann

The Japanese government approved budget requests from government agencies and ministries for 57 tril

GE and Bertelsmann Announce AgreementFAIRFIELD, Conn. - General Electric Co. and Bertelsmann

The Reagan administration is unlikely to retaliate against controversial Brazilian computer industry

The U.S. Congress will return this week after three weeks of facing the home crowds, and farm-state

Guilford Transportation Industries will accept an invitation to sit down with Brotherhood of Mainten

A maritime industry trade group warned that without enactment of pending reform legislation three-qu

Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. said it reached an agreement in principle with its secured bank creditors a

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