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State officials in Washington and Oregon are worried about the possibility that the crippled tanker

The sugar market is on a knife-edge with the trade perplexed as to whether a large sugar swap deal i

Liquor was once as much a staple of a mariner's rations as bread, and sights of drunken sailors in p

The following is a transcript of radio communication between the crew of the Exxon Valdez and the Co

The Soviet Union and Switzerland were given approval by the International Natural Rubber Organizatio

THE ASIA SOCIETY (New York) - John C. Whitehead has been elected chairman of the board of the Asia S

Austria's ruling Socialist Party came out in favor of opening membership talks with the European Com

CHINESE CONGRESS CALLS FOR TIGHTER CONTROLSChina's legislature ended its annual session Tues

NORTH AMERICA Orlando Restaurant & Hotel Expo. April 8-9. Orlando Expo Centre, Orlando, Fla.

W. GERMANY REPORTS DROP IN TRADE SURPLUSFRANKFURT, West Germany - The West German trade surp

As Poland's government and opposition leaders strive to reach agreement this week on sweeping reform

The controversy over the new FSX fighter that Japan wants to build has technological, economic and p

A People item that appeared on Page 4A in The Journal of Commerce, April 3, should have stated that

A federal grand jury has returned an indictment that for the first time charges a company with viola

Sales of cars and trucks made by the Big Three in North America fell 21 percent during late March th

A Spanish bid for a 40 percent stake in Argentina's deteriorating telephone system has been blocked

NCR PLANS TO SELL S. AFRICAN SUBSIDIARYDAYTON, Ohio - NCR Corp. plans to sell its South Afri

An ambitious experiment to allow Chinese to own their homes has halted in this seaside city because

The cease-fire between Iran and Iraq has triggered hopes of renewed prosperity for the Persian Gulf

Top trade executives have warned U.S. shippers against delaying plans to cope in a 1990s' world mark

HOLT BEGINS OPERATIONS AT PHILA. TERMINALHolt Cargo Systems Inc. has officially begun its te

During an open meeting Wednesday, the Federal Maritime Commission will consider a proposal to amend

For John Devens, mayor of this oil and fishing community of 3,600, the fact that the one oil tanker

As port directors nationwide face increasing pressure to succumb to the dictates of City Hall, port

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

BEWARE VAPORWARE!! That's the warning Eugene A. Hemley, executive director of NCITD - The In

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE, before it was instituted, was harshly criticized by the bankers

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

From street vendors in Bangkok, you can buy: * For $6, an expertly stitched, long-sleeved co

A second summer of good rains after five years of drought has brought about a startling transformati

A bidding war for SmithKline Beckman Corp. may be brewing now that the pharmaceutical company has di

It angers Denys Henderson, chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, that some people see the st

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

Harry Corless, chairman and chief executive of ICI Americas Inc., may be more bullish on Mexico than

For U.S.-flag carriers on the Great Lakes, the 1989 shipping season began on an upbeat note, with th

THREE NEW SAFETY LAWS TAKE EFFECT IN MICH.DEARBORN, Mich. - A three-year campaign to reduce

Two years after the collapse of the Schoharie Creek bridge along the New York State Thruway, things

NYK Line (North America) Inc. says it has cut two to three days off its double-stack train service b

Riverbed soil erosion may have caused a 60-foot section of a bridge to collapse into Tennessee's Hat

Half of Trailer Train Co.'s latest order for new double-stack railcars is going to the company that