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British Gas PLC's after-tax profit rose 32 percent to 916 million for the year to March 31, compare

Government-owned railways and a public sector marine terminal are already hurt by low volume coal sh

SECOND PORT IN BRAZIL HIT BY DOCKER STRIKESAO PAULO, Brazil - Workers at Brazil's second-lar

A newly implemented copyright law affords only limited safeguards for foreign works, a Chinese offic

United Arab Shipping Co. will establish its own U.S. agency, and might stop sending its ships from t

Texas Gov. Ann Richards signed her insurance reform bill into law late last week, saying it was the

It was the most exciting day in years for St. Helena residents - a strange ship on the horizon, and

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. started pumping oil from its Point Arguello rigs but a feud with California envi

Defense Secretary Richard Cheney said he was not totally happy with U.S. military sealift capability

June 7, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

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

Wilhelmsen Lines AS plans to begin carrying cargo from North Europe to the United States at the begi

It may seem an unlikely locale, but steamy Thailand is providing the backdrop for a clash of tempera

June 7, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.00

U.S. beef exports to Japan rose 13.7 percent during the first month in which the Japanese relaxed im

PFIZER IN JOINT VENTURE WITH HUNGARIAN FIRMNEW YORK - Pfizer International, a subsidiary of

Bankers for the French commodities trading house Sucres et Denrees have cautiously welcomed the comp

GENERAL STEAMSHIP CORP. (San Francisco) - Bethann Rooney was named administrative assistant to the s

The United States is a much smaller foreign debtor country than previous government reports have sug

More government investment is needed if China's shipbuilding is to grow in line with demand, a group

Wah Kwong, primarily a bulk carrier operator, says events in the Persian Gulf sapped its profit for

When the nation's third-largest coal-burning utility system talks about fundamentally shifting its f

As of June 7, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

June 7, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

June 7, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Canadian National Railways Friday launched Canada's first double-stack container service for domesti

The Military Traffic Management Command will convene a special board later this month to consider ev

CON-WAY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (Palo Alto, Calif.) - Edward P. Moritz was named director of market

For the week ended June 1, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Farmers have been unable to plant nearly 2.34 million acres of corn in Iowa this year because of the

California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi seized the property, records and accounts of Caribb

New and expanded mines along the western edge of Venezuela, in the Guasare Basin, are planned to boo

The U.S. dollar will continue to rise this week, despite the threat of central bank selling, currenc

The movement of air cargo into and out of Australia is down, and the slump is hurting the freight op

COUNTRY FUND PLANNED TO INVEST IN PAKISTANCiticorp International Ltd. on June 10 will launch

The proposed July truck rate hike appears to be dead. A move to hit shippers with a 3.5 perc

WHOLESALE INVENTORIES DECLINED 1.6 PERCENT IN APRILInventories of U.S. wholesale merchants f

General Motors Corp. will begin producing models in Taiwan under an accord with China Automobile Cor

Philippine President Corazon Aquino Friday vowed to veto a proposal in the newly approved 1991 budge