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About 500 students from State University of New York Maritime College will begin an eight-week train

The Commerce Department, buoyed by record high U.S. exports in March, appears increasingly confident

U.S. and Soviet maritime negotiators meeting here this week are on the verge of concluding a new bil

SEVENTH ANNUAL HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION FESTIVAL. May 18-20. Port of Houston's Turning B

The sand comes from Brooklyn, the special effects are from Hollywood and the culture is from Saudi A

Coffee prices moved mostly lower Thursday on New York and London futures exchanges in response to a

Royal Insurance Holdings PLC, one of Britain's largest insurance companies, reported an after-tax lo

Texas insurance regulators are scheduled to meet today to determine how to help the state's eroding

The Chicago Board of Trade's plan to develop two insurance futures contracts is likely to face a num

Some sellers of health insurance have been taking small business to the cleaners, federal officials

May 17, 1990 Copper Total, 6,939. Gold Total, .1,945,287.Silver Total, .255,31

May 17, 1990 JAPAN*Financial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Connell Rice & Sugar Co. purposely sabotaged a Food for Peace deal so that it could avoid taking a b

The long-running fight between maritime and agricultural interests over cargo preference has entered

United Arab Shipping Co. is contemplating starting a new liner service that could give the company a

May 17, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Atlantic Container Line should be trading profitably next year, Martin Lundberg, group managing dire

A high-ranking Finnish official expressed anxiety over the Soviet Union's ability to fulfill its obl

A Japanese energy company that wants to start production in November 1991 at what wouldbe Alaska's s

BREAKDOWNS SPARK POWER CUTS IN HAVANABreakdowns in several electric generating stations touc

Clean Air legislation containing a reformulated gasoline amendment could reach the House of Represen

Soviet and Eastern European exports of coal, oil, gas and electricity to Western Europe and North Am

The Japanese trading house C. Itoh & Co. is offering a new hedging instrument for Dubai crude oil th

Jack Marlow said Thursday he feels he's allayed concerns that some members of the American Cotton Sh

NY ASSEMBLY PASSES PETROLEUM TAX BILLALBANY, N.Y. - Higher petroleum taxes passed the New Yo

Aluminum ingots- $1,900-$1,990 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.7%

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

'GODDESS' RADIO SHIP HELD UP BY CUSTOMSTAIPEI, Taiwan - The radio ship Goddess of Democracy

Optimism is growing that China will retain its position as a most-favored trading nation even as Bei

U.S. apparel companies are beginning to ship more U.S.-made fabric to Asia to manufacture goods for

May 17, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

1309 (May 17, 1990) Previous day - 1305 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

A sharp increase in exports of industrial goods should reduce France's foreign trade deficit this ye

The Tampa Port Authority cleared the last remaining hurdle in its transitionfrom a landlord

THERE'S SOME CONSTERNATION in forwarding circles over the latest deal shaking air cargodom.

A dispute is expected to develop over trade at the ministerial meeting of the Organization for Econo

A federal appeals court handed Missouri River barge traffic a clear victory Thursday, overturning a

JAPAN'S TRADE SURPLUS DROPPED 51 PERCENT IN APRILJapan's April unadjusted trade surplus fell

JAPAN WON'T SET DATE FOR DECONTROL OF RATESA senior Finance Ministry official said Thursday

INSPECTION FINDS DEFECTS IN 30 PERCENT OF TRUCKSAbout 30 percent of the trucks and buses exa