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In a swift reversal, Maersk Inc. scrapped its plans to enter the U.S.-East Coast of South America tr

AUSTRALIA PRESSES FOR CLOSER THAI TIESBANGKOK, Thailand - Australian Prime Minister Paul Kea

The U.S. International Trade Commission came to ground zero of a bitter trade dispute to hear Midwes

A labor dispute over mechanics is brewing at a new high-tech terminal in the Port of Oakland.

Federal officials Friday agreed to reconsider their order that applicants for dredging at Newark Bay

Currency fluctuations are having a dramatic impact on the huge trade in containerized waste paper, a

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

The federal government is continuing to pressure state-owned shipping companies to order new vessels

ICE FORCES SHUTDOWN OF STRAITS OF MACKINACCHICAGO - The Coast Guard on Friday said i

Deck officers working for Maritime Overseas Corp., a U.S.-flag tanker operator, have rejected Distri

P&O Containers Ltd. is now carrying so much cargo from the Far East to the United States via the Sue

One of the two container terminals at the Port of San Francisco is closing, prompting a stevedoring

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The European Commission confirmed it is establishing a study group to examine technical issues that

Local computer software companies are forming a coalition with their U.S. counterparts to maintain w

Indonesia, already worried by slower non-oil export growth in 1993, was urged to take urgent action

The United States will end its South Pacific aid program by September 1995because of budget

EMPLOYMENT GROWING IN RUSSIA PRIVATE SECTORMOSCOW - Two out of five Russian industri

The United States will risk a loss of influence in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Developm

The imminent resignation of Japan's prime minister has left Clinton administration officials trying

Powerful consumer groups from both industrialized and developing nations are urging trade ministers

Moody's Investors Service Friday lowered to "Ba2" the rating of Venezuela's long-term foreign curren

Dresdner Bank, Germany's second-largest private bank, announced Friday its 1993 group net income up

Germany's privatization agency Treuhand said it will sell its subsidiary Treuhand Osteuropa Beratung

REGIONAL BLOCS United States Trade and Investment in Africa Conference. April 12-13.

Cuba, excluded from joining the North American Free Trade Agreement as long as the U.S. trade embarg

A one-day strike by 1.5 million bank and insurance industry workers paralyzed India's financial sect

European Union officials said their trade and political relations with Paraguay are healthy and ripe

A relatively small Japanese steelmaker's decision to cut prices of a key construction component is l

Kazakhstan's Ministry of Telecommunication has announced it has awarded a contract to Motorola Inc.

The Inter-American Development Bank expects to both authorize and disburse a record level of financi

JAPANESE BOW TO US ON 3 PERCENT COPPER TARIFFJapan will replace its tariff on copper imports

Thursday Apr. 7, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Expecting to gain a stronger hold on the expanding forest-products market and improve its cargo mix,

Two of North America's most powerful icebreakers this week escorted a rare Lake Superior convoy of n

Unions representing British Columbia grain handlers and longshoremen are willing to work round-the-c

P&O PLANS TO BUILD 100,000-TON LINERLONDON - Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigatio

Waterfront unions and management representatives Thursday averted a strike planned for today when th

STEAMERS MARITIME HOLDINGS LTD. (New York) - Khor Teik Lin was named general manager of a new subsid

Germany plans to use its term in the European Union's presidency later this year to press for expand