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The White House is expected to name a new U.S. Customs Commissioner this week, perhaps as early as t

CHINA TO TIGHTEN CONTROLS ON LENDINGChina will tighten control over foreign exchange lending

The Institute of International Container Lessors has scheduled its next certification exam for conta

BACKGROUND: Since the 1917 Russian Revolution, the U.S.-Soviet relationship has evolved through seve

Technological changes and economic necessity will significantly alter the design of ocean terminals,

Negotiations in the case of the World Prodigy stalled Thursday, raising the prospect that federal pr

Malcom McLean, the containership pioneer whose shipping line went bankrupt, is among those intereste

1388 (July 27, 1989) Previous day - 1388 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

U.K. dockers' leaders are expected to come under intense pressure today to call off their 17-day-old

Ports, anxious to see their import traffic levels rise, are hailing the Bush administration's decisi

The American Association of Port Authorities will hold its annual convention Oct. 15-19 in Tampa.

A civil suit made public Wednesday against seven trustees of longshore union bank accounts is just t

Hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalty payments can be at stake in cases revolving around relat

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA (Tokyo) - Jiro Nemoto took over early this month as president of the steamship c

The International Longshoremen's Association added its voice to other labor groups denouncing the re

The Maritime Administration has awarded Todd Shipyard Corp. three contracts totaling $1.5 million fo

A new bonded warehouse was officially opened in China's northeastern Port of Dalian, the country's f

A new Senate bill attempts to wrap up several Great Lakes maritime trade issues, including cargo pre

Pacific Coast Association of Port Authorities Convention. Aug. 6-10. Redwood City, Calif. Theme: "Th

July 27, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

July 27, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

William W. Edwards was selected as the new executive director of the Mississippi State Port Authorit

The Turkish steelmaker TDCI got a shock when it went shopping in the spot market for Australian coal

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

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries supplied more crude oil to the world market in Jun

OPERATING PROFIT JUMPS AT BRITISH COALBritish Coal PLC this week announced its best results

MALAYSIA EXPECTS RISE IN PRICE OF RUBBERKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Natural rubber prices may r

SuperAmerica, Ashland Oil Inc.'s retail gasoline marketing division, said it completed the acquisiti

Robert W. Blanchette has joined the transportation law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson

Pulp mill activity may knock chlorine and caustic soda markets out of whack. North American

A federal appeals court has overturned two rulings by the Interstate CommerceCommission, dec

For the week ended July 22, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Top U.S. and Soviet grain officials will begin talks in early December on a possible new long-term g

Rain is needed soon in northern areas of North Dakota to prevent durum and spring wheat yield deteri

Box cargo passing through Singapore in the first six months was the equivalent of 2 million 20-foot

Aluminum Sulfate General Chemical Corp. of Parsippany, N.J., will increase "sub-schedule" pr

An Agriculture Department economist says U.S. farmers can suffer when overseas competitors run into

COURT REFUSES TO BLOCK BID FOR SEA CONTAINERSA U.S. district court in Washington refused to

American Pacific Corp. said a subsidiary, Western Electrochemical Co., started production at a new a

U.S. Customs Service has released a D.B. Turkish Cargo Lines ship that was detained last week in Cha