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

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

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

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

Promoting EDI and seeking its general acceptance is more important than implementing international s

Action by the Brazilian Senate has stopped the sale of state-owned Companhia de Navegacao Lloyd Bras

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

An agreement to set up the biggest U.S.-China joint venture in the chemical industry was signed in C

Three U.S. companies are seeking Maritime Administration permission to sell vessels to foreign firms

Albert J. Bossier Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Avondale Industries Inc., New Orleans

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

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

Federal investigators are checking reports that some dangerous cruise ship fires go unreported, ship

14 INJURED, NO DEATHS IN PERUVIAN JET CRASHLIMA, Peru - A domestic jetliner carrying 130 peo

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

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

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

History does repeat itself, Bob Menzies believes. "We're going full circle. This county was

Sun Microsystems Inc., the No. 1 maker of sophisticated computer workstations, will launch four new

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

This week: New England: Commonwealth Energy Systems, Cambridge, Mass.Mid-Atlantic: Philadelp

The year-old Fishport fish-processing and auction center in Brooklyn hasclosed down, and the

Two environmental groups will announce a plan today to retire $9 million worth of Ecuador's foreign

Venezuela should receive a loan package within the next six months, following Mexico and the Philipp

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

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

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

New Hampshire Insurance Group officials nixed an appeal last week by Massachusetts regulators that i

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

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

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

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

The former general manager of New Jersey's deficit-ridden car insurance pool was indicted late last

A mood of concern and frustration was apparent at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade headqua

Eyes, not instruments, are the best detectors of airplane structural problems, according to members

AT&T and unions representing 180,000 workers open the largest contract talks of 1989 this week at lo

INTERNATIONAL SHIPHOLDING CORP. (New Orleans) - Erik L. Johnsen, vice president of ISC and its princ