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Several high-level promotions at Sea-Land Corp. and Sea-Land Service Inc. have been announced, indic

Total foreign cargo volume handled by the Port of New York & New Jersey was up 6.3 percent in 1988 c

Santa Fe Offshore Construction Co. of Alhambra, Calif., is seeking Maritime Administration permissio

Gold Star Maritime Inc. of Texas may begin passenger and cargo ferry services between the Port of Ve

If catfish farming is a fast-growing business in some parts of the United States, can snail ranching

East is meeting West in the middle of Moscow's Levoberezhnaya Street. A business school that has jus

Shipboard workers, those who load and unload cargo, at Brazil's Port of Santos are set to strike for

The high-technology industry is eagerly awaiting the advent of Europe 1992, when the world's largest

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

CAMPBELL SOUP CO. (Camden, N.J.) - John T. Dorrance, a former chairman of this major food maker and

W. GERMAN FIRM FOCUS OF TECHNOLOGY PROBEHAMBURG, West Germany - Prosecutors searched the off

WEST GERMANY REPORTS CONSUMER PRICE RISEFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German consumer price

Silicon Systems Inc. has agreed to be bought by Japanese recording tape company TDK Corp. in a deal

The European Community is accusing Israel of violating its commitment to free trade. As part

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 4/7/89* Source: American Association of Exporters and Importer

Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, the largest members of the Caribbean Economic Community, reported w

KUBOTA COMPLETES PLANT IN GEORGIAGAINESVILLE, Ga. - Kubota Ltd., an Osaka, Japan-based farm

Companies ranging from fast-food giant McDonald's Corp. to aircraft maker Grumman Corp. agree they n

Massachusetts shippers are siding with truckers in their campaign to overturn a series of steep fee

Ocean shipping lines and shippers remain split over how service contracts and independent rate actio

North Korea said it is building a 250-mile canal by diverting the flow of the Taedong River to the n

The National Council on Compensation Insurance is working with a wide range of insurance industry ob

One-fourth of the school buildings in 28 states are in inadequate condition, according to figures pr

The phone lines have been busy at the Merchant Officers Protective Syndicate since the Exxon Valdez

A Florida House committee last week responded to calls that someone should speak solely for consumer

LOUISIANA IS 20TH STATE TO JOIN ANTITRUST SUITLouisiana has become the twentieth state to fi

An Indiana insurer, claiming its policyholders in North Carolina have been leaving the company in dr

Market forces should determine how insurance is sold, said a Canadian bank executive. Consum

Just how free is Israel's trade with the United States under their free trade agreement? That's what

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

The Pennsylvania Senate approved a replacement CAT Fund measure Monday that differs sharply from a H

Last week's negotiations at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in Geneva focused on four are

Dutch beer baron Alfred Heineken, who steps down later this month as chairman of the international b

Western economies will probably slow down in 1989 after rebounding surprisingly well from the 1987 s

China is facing an unprecedented energy crisis, with power cuts hitting factories, hospitals and hou

Engineering and construction giant Bechtel Group Inc. said it continues to see a steady decline in t

Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter said Monday the negotiating agreements reached on agriculture

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau 6A* Albert L. Kraus - Markets and Money

BUDGET NEGOTIATORS OPTIMISTIC ON TALKSWhite House and congressional budget negotiators Monda

A dock strike is all but certain in Britain, a leading dockworkers union spokesman said Monday, even