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The Panama Canal could suffer an exodus of skilled workers unless the Panamanian government reassure

Maersk Line Ltd., the winning bidder for a Military Sealift Command contract worth $61.4 million to

Higher freight rates increased second-quarter profits for the nation's largest trucking companies to

JAPAN SEEKS TO SETTLE US TRADE DISPUTEJapan will continue to seek a settlement of its trade

The Multi-Fibre Arrangement is an international agreement originally designed to expand trade in tex

JAPAN SOON TO RESUME ECONOMIC AID TO CHINAJapan will soon resume economic assistance to Chin

NICELY NAMED GEICO CHIEFOlza M. (Tony) Nicely was named president of Government Employees In

The Coast Guard is designing a new numbering system for pleasure boats that eventually could lead to

In an effort to overtake the United States in biotechnology research, 20 firms owned by Japan's Mits

P&I Seminar. Sept. 6-8. London. Sponsored by Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. Ramada Hotel, 10 Berners S

Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., will serve as honorary chairman of this year's Ad- miral of the Ocean

The U.S. dollar pushed broadly higher Thursday on bullish trade data but then faltered on fears of c

CANADIAN TRADE SURPLUS FELL DRASTICALLY IN JUNECanada's world merchandise trade surplus decl

After years of estrangement, the United States and Mexico are on a political honeymoon. Acco

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

Shipowners and ship management companies aren't the only ones who suffer from the steady depletion o

Neither side reported progress this week in the 18-month contract dispute between Pittston Coal Grou

United Parcel Service Inc. said a recommendation by an administrative law judge to award most U.S.-J

The Port of Oakland is phasing out a type of wharfage rate that helped West Coast ports compete with

Faced with fewer ship calls and decreases in its primary import cargoes at its three Connecticut ter

Don't bother asking how it plays in Peoria. Protest letters from that Illinois city and else

Malaysia's natural rubber production fell 11.5 percent to 675,943 metric tons in the first 6 months

CENTRAL OF GEORGIA ALLOWED TO CUT CREWSNORFOLK, Va. - The Central of Georgia Railroad Co. an

The government has more than 250 hours of secret tape recordings of one group of traders and brokers

Southern California ports and shipping lines are afraid they might lose business if one provision of

Check out any parking lot on a scorching summer day and you'll see it: an invention so simple, so ob

Taiwan is starting to use its vast foreign exchange reserves aggressively and hopes to overtake Hong

In his ceaseless quest to spur business, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has taken a step

SPANISH BANK BUYS STAKE IN KEMPER CORP.MADRID, Spain - Banco Santander, Spain's fourth-large

The Dominican Republic, whose major trading partner is the United States, is hoping to ease Caribbea

A new ship-chartering company formed this spring has gotten off to a fast start. MC Shipping

THREE COMPANIES BUY AMOCO NEB. PROPERTIESBeard Oil Co., Floyd Oil Co. and Triad Energy Corp.

IS THE UNITED STATES HEADED for a "canola explosion"? This was recently suggested by a California-ba

PORK HAMS AND SHOULDERS FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY. The U.S. Trade Representative has suspended the

A Caribbean resort operator is joining with a Persian Gulf holding company to develop a resort prope

Farmers and the grain trade are moving to stop the Senate from passing a bill with a provision requi

Maritime labor unions complain that Japan's shipowners have gone too far in substituting inexpensive

Exxon Corp. says it has scrapped an oil drilling project located amid Mayan ruins in a Guatemalan ra

Navistar International Corp. reported third quarter net income of $28 million, or 8 cents a share, o

Federal regulators and lawmakers said they were pleased - but expressed cautious optimism - with the