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SODIUM THIOSULFATE General Chemical Corp., based in Parsippany, N.J., announced it will incr

W.VA. OFFICIALS SUED OVER COAL STRIKE ROLESTOLLINGS, W.Va. - Rum Creek Coal Sales Inc., a un

TOLL HIKE PROPOSED FOR NY-NJ CROSSINGSThe Port Authority of New York & New Jersey proposes r

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

World demand for agricultural goods is likely to grow more quickly in the 1990s than in the past dec

The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development praised Canada for entering in

Texaco Inc. is caught in a quiet standoff in Panama, one that sums up the U.S. dilemma there.

Three days of informal talks between coffee producers last week ended with no promise of new world c

The threat was in the wind for weeks. Shipowners even received a firm warning in late Novemb

International Longshoremen's Association workers at the Port of Hampton Roads, Va., have spurned the

The New Yorker magazine has shown that it's no paper tiger when it comes to the environmental concer

Banning Panamanian-flag vessels from U.S. ports will tighten the economic noose around Panama and wi

Less than two weeks after a Senate bill was introduced to ease the regulatory burdens on risk retent

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Philadelphia-based Cigna Corp. has been discussing the purchase of Equicor, a Nashville company that

CONSTRUCTION SPENDING ROSE BY 1 PERCENT IN OCTOBERU.S. construction spending rose 1 percent

Colombian coal producers are targeting rising exports for Europe in 1992, hoping that market proximi

GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP. (Parsippany, N.J.) - Ira H. Jolles was named senior vice president an

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. said it intends to invest in an industrial site in Asturias, Spain, wh

Prices of ocean freight futures contracts last week made a long-awaited break, which turned out to b

Atlantic Cargo Services, known as Atlanticargo, has replaced its two roll-on, roll-off ships in its

WITH HEATHER GRADISON'S TENURE as chairman of the Interstate CommerceCommission drawing to a

Dec. 1, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

A major Soviet hydroturbine company has asked two U.S. companies to help it negotiate a trade deal w

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

Tax-supported ports in Washington state should not be allowed to spend their taxes carving each othe

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

A New Orleans company is asking the Maritime Administration for permission to sell and transfer to L

European officials stopped just short of laughing outright at a call for a North American free trade

European Community transport ministers renew their efforts today to open up their national trucking

U.S. and Japanese negotiators failed to reach an agreement on Japan's restrictive supercomputer trad

The potential for trade with the Soviet Union may be great, but severe currency problems, shifting p

Several carriers have criticized a Maritime Administration order for subsidy- built vessels in the U

Shipping experts estimate that up to 1,000 ships now registered in Panama may have to transfer to an

1640 (Dec. 1, 1989) Previous day - 1653 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Shipowners in Japan, which operate more ships under Panama registry than their counterparts in any o

Insured property damage caused by wind, hail, tornados and flooding in 16 states in mid-November wil

U.S. agricultural exports to major trading partners in 1990 are expected to remain at present levels

REGIONAL BLOCS Central Africa Investment Forum. Dec. 5-8. Yaounde, Cameroon. Forum, sponsore

CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK LINES INC. (Lionville, Pa.) - John J. Kilcullen was appointed president and chi