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Lloyd's Register of Shipping announced figures Tuesday showing new orders for merchant ships outpace

The United Nations is drawing up a blacklist of hazardous chemicals to control their movement across

Dockworkers in three South American countries, openly encouraged by the Argentine government, have j

Like many of the 1,800 workers who have left the Electric Boat shipyard since last July, Kevin Beene

All but one of China's 19 main ports handling foreign trade performed better last year than in 1987,

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The U.S. dollar remained locked in a downward trend Tuesday on Group of 7pressure, but the U

The Federal Reserve will hold monetary policy relatively steady pending further signals on economic

Asia has been slow to push ahead with the efficient movement of cargo among sea, truck and rail mode

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Teamsters President William J. McCarthy called two former union chiefs ''schemers and liars" and den

The long struggle over the chairmanship of the Interstate Commerce Commission has reached the hostag

VARITY MAKES THIRD BID FOR FRUEHAUFVarity Corp., the international maker of diesel engines,

FIDELITY BANK (Philadelphia) - Stuart L. Anmuth, Daniel T. Dobies, Pi-Lan S. Hsu and Timothy L. Padg

CSX Corp., which traditionally reports its earnings on the first business day of each quarter, said

A House subcommittee Thursday will hear the first public testimony on the Exxon Valdez grounding and

Exxon salvage crews aboard the grounded tanker Exxon Valdez in Alaska were to begin pumping compress

MATSON NAVIGATION CO. (San Francisco) - Doris Smith was named sales representative for this shipping

H. Ross Perot, the feisty billionaire, says Americans have made a national philosophy out of not sol

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS FELL 7 PERCENT IN FEBRUARYContracting for new construction - an indic

A Coast Guard review of its communications with an Exxon tanker that ran aground near Valdez, Alaska

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The base prices for Chevrolet's new Lumina line will be $11,833 for the basic car and $13,776 for th

Insurers threw their support behind the decision of the Insurance Services Office Inc. to stop provi

'GAS' PRICE JUMP SPURS SUIT AGAINST EXXONSANTA ANA, Calif. - Eight Orange County residents a

With less than a week to go before Maryland's General Assembly adjourns for the year, Gov. William D

New York's highest court Tuesday unanimously upheld the legality of a landmark state law protecting

A Midwest farm organization Monday attacked Travelers Corp.'s new policy for issuing loans to farmer

The Kansas Supreme Court last Thursday upheld a controversial tort reform law enacted by the state L

MEAT IMPORT TRIGGER IS LOWERED BY USDAWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has re

The Chicago Board of Trade has suspended a United Kingdom-based member firm and narrowly avoided ord

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Transcisco Industries Inc., a San Francisco-based railroad equipment manufacturer, said it has enter

A few blocks from the Port of Hamburg, where merchants have traded sugar and spice for centuries, Be

Optimistic talk from U.S. and European Community officials Tuesday about the chances of success at t

Conrail's new chief executive, like his predecessor, comes from the top marketing job at rival CSX T

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter's recent statement that he would take a fresh look at the

A former second mate at Exxon Shipping Co. charged in a federal lawsuit filed two years ago that Cap