Latest news

A small steamship line, hoping to double its market share between the United States and Israel, last

U.S. high-tech industries are growing anxious over European Community policies affecting U.S. export

A new Bush administration position on tanker hull requirements recommends the phase-out of single-sk

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

The issue of rail access to the Port of Philadelphia will move to the front burner Thursday when Con

On an October day almost four years ago, the senator from Indiana rose in the middle of a torrid Cap

Barge traffic is still rolling on the Missouri River, at least until Wednesday, and the industry now

CP RAIL REPORTEDLY WINS BID TO BUY D&HThe CP Rail unit of Canadian Pacific Ltd. has been sel

AMTRAK LEGISLATION SENT TO WHITE HOUSECongress has cleared Amtrak authorization legislation

SOVIETS DELAY ACTION ON REFORM PACKAGEThe Soviet government delayed introduction in Parliame

In August, Harvard University sued a Swedish pharmaceutical company, charging infringement of the sc

''KEEP MAX IN JAX," the campaign to persuade Maxwell House to keep open its Jacksonville,Fla., coffe

Privately owned shipping line Flota Mercante Grancolombiana SA has begun building Colombia's first a

Product liability legislation, which stirred up a storm at a Senate subcommittee hearing last week,

Leaders of top U.S. businesses said Friday the economy will grow only moderately this year and next

Many parts of Texas' new workers compensation insurance law have been targeted for legal attack by o

PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS' freight ton-miles decreased in April to 64.6 million from 64.8 million i

May 11, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Swissair is considering taking a 7.5 percent equity stake in Scandinavian Airlines System, Otto Loep

A long-stalled petrochemical project in the Philippines, backed by an equally long-suffering Taiwane

A federal jury found the maker of Hot Shot insecticide guilty of unfair competition and ordered it t

AMSTAR SUGAR CORP. (New York) - Jack F. Lay was named president and chief executive officer of the n

Asarco Inc. acquired Oxy Metal SA de CV, a specialty chemicals producer based in Mexico City, from I

Australia's major players in international transport are looking toward their global operations to c

French aviation officials favor increased U.S.-French traffic, but "we do not want to be taken to th

PHILIPPINES INVESTIGATES BOEING 737 EXPLOSIONMANILA, Philippines - Officials were investigat

Tomio Yamamoto, Japan's minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, at the weekend accused U.S

One serious worry for owners of older auto carriers is forced retirement of their vessels. A

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago5/11 5/10 Change % Chang

A larger U.S. and world wheat crop is likely to require the United States to use its export bonus pr

A House transportation subcommittee will delay its hearings on overweight cargo containers for a mon

Strong textile and metal prices lifted The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index last week.

CZARNIKOW REVISES 1990 SUGAR ESTIMATESWorld raw sugar production should rise to 107.21 milli

Argentina's chief tax collector denied he has launched a "witch hunt" against five international tr

The strong performance of its lightering and offshore supply boat affiliate helped OMI Corp. record

The Port of New York and New Jersey saw a slight decline in its share of the number of ships handled

Varity Corp. of Toronto requested and received a US$11.5 million incentive package late last week fr

BALTIMORE AND GYDNIA SIGN SISTER-PORT PACTOfficials from the ports of Baltimore, Md., and Gd

The United States has threatened to maintain the option of unilateral retaliation against its tradin

Two shipping lines with a strong presence in Italy are engaged in talks that could lead to closer ti