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Over 30 developing nations are participating in a United Nations project aimed at giving them basic

WHEN JIM HARTUNG, director of the Burns International Harbor in Portage, Ind., near Gary, talks abou

The Exxon Valdez tanker accident is likely to result in public policy changes that will affect a bro

An Alaskan company will bid in May for $55 million from the national Clean Coal Technology program f

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The hybrid trailer with rail and highway wheels is moving beyond the experimental phase and its deve

Norfolk Southern Corp. will run 68 steam excursion trips in 15 states from April to November. In 198

US RAIL PLACES ORDER FOR 500 HOPPER CARSSAN FRANCISCO - United States Rail Services Inc. has

The owner of Pilot Freight Carriers Inc. is being investigated by an Oklahoma grand jury in connecti

MOBIL AG TO HIKE HIGH-OCTANE OUTPUTMobil Oil Corp.'s West German unit will increase its high

The explosive growth in the railroad industry's intermodal business is expected to moderate in comin

ROADWAY SERVICES REPORTS EARNINGS UPRoadway Services Inc.'s first quarter earnings rose to $

Norwegian shipbrokers have cooked up a deal in which Soviet shipyards may build up to 85 new vessels

A new Ohio law that limits how high a vehicle can be "jacked up" is rankling some truck owners and t

CMB TRANSPORT PLANS INDIAN OCEAN SERVICECMB Transport, the Belgian transportation company, p

Wall Street analysts said they expected a public stock offering planned by MC Shipping Inc. to meet

A protest rally is planned today in the North Carolina port of Wilmington by some 750 unionized dock

The Environmental Protection Agency expressed surprise at the volumes of total hazardous waste emiss

The National Commission on Orphan Diseases Wednesday asked Congress to give greater incentives to dr

Repligen Corp. and Sandoz Ltd. of Basel, Switzerland, announced that they have signed an agreement

Striking Japanese dockworkers will hold talks with their employers Saturday for the first time since

U.S. chlorine gas and liquid production dipped in January 1988 compared with the year-earlier month,

IMC FERTILIZER GROUP POSTS RISE IN NETNORTHBROOK, Ill. - IMC Fertilizer Group Inc. reported

In an effort to quell what it says are potentially damaging rumors, one of Asia's largest shipping c

Union Carbide Corp. announced that its Union Carbide do Brasil SA affiliate will more than double it

Some foreign buyers are reporting trouble lining up U.S. steel purchases as domestic steel users bui

Maritime officials voiced surprise Thursday at the emergence of an aerospace engineer from Californi

A major initiative designed to help small businesses on both sides of the Atlantic break into overse

The Asia-Pacific region, which already takes nearly a quarter of the world's synthetic rubber, will

It's been quite a year for the aerospace industry, as orders keep on coming, prompted by safety conc

Neptune Orient Lines, the Singapore flag-carrier, is the first line to be awarded its own private co

A serious railcar shortage could threaten grain exports this year, experts warn. Such shorta

JAPAN'S TRADE SURPLUS SHRANK IN MARCHJapan recorded a trade surplus of $6.739 billion in Mar

The proposed acquisition of Farrell Lines Inc. and its parent, Argonaut Line Inc., by Lykes Bros. St

The San Francisco Port Commission approved a $15,000 a year pay raise for recently named port direc

As summer approaches, business travelers begin to notice that they are no longer the only ones trave

The new deal between the White House and Congress to slash next year's budget deficit leaves enough

A wide-ranging economic cooperation agreement between the United States and six Southeast Asian nati

Since the Tung Group debt restructuring was completed in January 1987, Orient Overseas Container Lin