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Labor and management from the world's shipping community are meeting here this week to review and up

A 3 percent increase in U.S. imports of containerized cargo in August has port executives and econom

A German aluminum producer, Vereinigte Aluminium-Werke, will cut aluminum output by 33,000 metric to

Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes. It's also the land of approximately seven million acr

Edward Howard was talking on the phone, carefully taking notes. "The longer we stay in Spain

The stream of strong earnings reports by major railroads continued unabated Friday as Burlington Nor

SANTA FE RAILWAY BEGINS NEW SERVICESCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

The Systematics Telecommunications Inc. subsidiary of Alltel Corp. Friday signed a three-year, $6.7

Caribbean and Central American garment producers say their industry will be wiped out under the prop

Boeing Co. signed a $500 million agreement Friday for the sale of 13 of its 737 airplanes to the Civ

CRUISE SHIP GAMBLING INCLUDED IN CRIME BILLDuring consideration of crime control legislation

Oct. 18, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB REPORTS RECORD SALESBristol-Myers Squibb Co. reported record sales and

SOUTH KOREA GETS USDA EXPORT CREDITSThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has allocated $500 mi

In the long-running battle over high auto insurance rates, insurers and regulators tend to agree on

For many ports, a close relationship with terminal operators is key to their success in attracting b

The global credit crunch, worsening shortages of hard currency and the need of developing countries

STALLED URUGUAY ROUND DELAYS STEEL TRADE TALKSThe impasse in the Uruguay Round of trade talk

A House-Senate conference committee told the Federal Aviation Administration to give priority to the

A senior executive of Tokyo-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. was named to head a group of steamship li

SHELL REPORTEDLY AGREES TO THAI REFINERY TERMSBANGKOK, Thailand - London-based Royal Dutch/S

Ukrainian enterprises are finding export opportunities and hard currency much easier to come by as t

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Vietnam Airlines plans to open routes to Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, South Korea, France and Indone

Managing a nation's monetary and exchange rate policies can be hazardous work, but most central bank

The Steamship Association of Southern California has raised new and even more serious concerns about

A group representing 60 percent of the world's tanker capacity condemned the U.S. Coast Guard's prop

TRADING IN THE OCEAN FREIGHT futures market was sluggish last week, reflecting the U.S. holiday at t

As of Oct. 18, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

The federal government may add some 220 chemicals to its master list of toxic substances, expanding

In the past 32 years, the Port of Boston has never made a dime. So says the Massachusetts Po

Representatives of about 1,500 trucking companies gather here today for the American Trucking Associ

OPENING TRADE ACTIVE IN FERTILIZER FUTURESDiammonium phosphate futures opened in fairly acti

Oct. 18, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

A 40-foot ocean container packed with firefighting gear and equipment capable of reaching into oil-w

Dick Marquardt, Washington state insurance commissioner, on Friday asked a Los Angeles Superior Cour

Asbestos-related claims continue to plague a shaky Lloyd's of London. Despite a recent under

Average home heating oil prices rose over the last two weeks to their highest level in five months,

Leaders of the U.S. and Canadian forest products industries are meeting in Ottawa through Thursday a