Latest news

THURSDAY PROGRAM SET ON ELLIS ISLAND PROJECTA program and slide presentation on the restorat

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau: Gold 7A* Janet Porter - Europe View 8A<

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. will lay off about 850 people by May 15. The l

Development of new measures to simplify and speed the clearance of international express traffic wit

Economic, maritime and environmental issues on the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence system will be discussed

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Monday said many people will starve to death in northern

SHELL SHUTS DOWN UNIT AT ROTTERDAM REFINERYA catalytic cracking unit at the Royal Dutch/Shel

New York was the nation's most expensive city for business travelers in 1989, with an average daily

The West German government Monday rejected the Bundesbank's plan to exchange East German marks for d

FREIGHT RATE ISSUES don't appear to stimulate the nine justices of the Supreme Court. Observ

CONSOLIDATION CHAIRMAN TO JOIN ENERGY PANELBobby R. Brown, chairman of Consolidation Coal Co

The Bush administration will soon propose regulations that for the first time would allow criminal p

Amerada Hess Shipping Corp., New York, is requesting permission from the Maritime Administration to

An attorney representing state Insurance Commissioner Roxani Gillespie said last week he sees no rea

California Insurance Commissioner Roxani Gillespie has filed charges of illegal conduct against FGS

Apr. 20, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

1418 (Apr. 20, 1990) Previous day - 1436 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

WASHINGTON - For the week ended April 14, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's majorrailro

NAVY CHRISTENS OILER AT AVONDALE INDUSTRIESThe Navy's newest Kaiser-class oiler, the John Er

"I waited in line for three hours for gas today," complained one taxi driver, making his way through

AsiaSat I, Asia's first commercial telecommunications satellite, has begun tests and is expected to

PRICES OF OCEAN freight futures contracts reached lifetime lows last week, as a new wave of pessimis

The recent appreciation of the U.S. dollar against the Japanese yen is providing unexpected profits

Evergreen Marine Corp. accused other ocean carriers Friday of leaking to the press information about

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

A homeowners earthquake insurance deductible "gap filler" has been proposed by California Gov. Georg

Minneapolis financier Irwin Jacobs said he sold some of the wheat receipts he held in deliverable po

Dexter Corp. of Windsor Locks, Conn., and Solvay & Cie SA of Brussels, Belgium, said they formed a j

A Coast Guard report says the system used to regulate oil tankers in U.S. ports is stretched to the

DHL International and Aeromexico are negotiating a joint venture that would provide commercial cargo

2 BIG FOOD COMPANIES TO MERGE IN CANADATwo major Canadian food companies, Maple Leaf Mills a

Gathering information about the true supply and demand position of the maritime labor market is prov

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Keppel Philippines Shipyard Inc. posted a 77 percent jump in profit for the year through last Dec. 3

Crum and Forster Inc. is withdrawing from the standard personal lines market to concentrate on its "

John Cronin uses the same tools against polluters that his medieval forebears used against poachers

Two key Democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have asked the Bush administr

Leaders of developing countries will use the U.N. General Assembly this week to debate how the world

The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the merger of two major trucking companies, P-I-E Nation

The Military Sealift Command, already under intense criticism for its recent rejections of industry