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Feb. 14, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Norway said Tuesday that Anglo-Dutch Shell made the first find of produceable oil in the strategic B

U.S. energy demand is expected to rise 1.6 percent in 1989, less than half the 4.3 percent increase

The Port of Seattle's marine terminals chief will take over as the port's marine director. F

IN SEARCH OF EXPORTERS: I thought it was an easy assignment when I was asked to call a few companie

The laser had many inventors, but only one, Gordon Gould, is getting richfrom it. Mr

A request by domestic cargo ship operators for an exemption from manual Morse code radiotelegraph re

Activity is slowly picking up at Italy's ports, recently plagued by partial strikes, but disruptions

The newly appointed commander of the Military Sealift Command says the government needs to work to i

Evergreen Marine Corp (Taiwan) Ltd. has confirmed plans to order 22 new containerships for delivery

Rear Adm. Paul D. Butcher, who Tuesday delivered his first major public address since becoming comma

Witco Corp. announced an additional $2 million expansion at its Memphis, Tenn., plant operated by th

A coalition representing pesticide applicators filed suit Feb. 10 in New York State Supreme Court in

If some bioengineers have their way, cows, goats and sheep could become drug factories of the future

U.S. intelligence authorities have linked several companies in Japan's Mitsui Group to the building

Biocraft Laboratories Inc. said it has received Food & Drug Administration approval to manufacture c

SUMITOMO'S PROFIT ROSE 32.7 PERCENT FOR YEARJapan's Sumitomo Chemical Co. said its 1988 unco

A group of Japanese fish market officials munched on soft-shell crawfish, fried tempura style, as th

Members of the German chemical industry said they support an economics ministry initiative to tighte

HAS DREW LEWIS' PORTRAIT gone up on all the office walls? Some analysts on Wall Street are e

A maritime union and a shipping line want the Department of Transportation to review the Maritime Ad

United Arab Shipping Co. plans to expand its U.S.-based staff so it canremain among the leading ship

The first voyage is scheduled for March in a new shipping service connecting the U.S. East Coast wit

Just after 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, a blue-and-white helicopter clattered down through the seagulls wheel

JAPANESE TO STUDY ATLANTIC-PACIFIC CANALJapanese construction industry officials and academi

A Federal Maritime Commission law judge has dismissed a stevedoring services complaint between Guam

A story that appeared in The Journal of Commerce Feb. 14 on Page 10B under the headline, "April 22-2

LABOR GROUP PUSHES FOR EASTERN PROBEBAL HARBOUR, Fla. - The Railway Labor Executives Associa

Feb. 14, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Market*PrevClose High Lo

Shippers asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to block a "simply intolerable" rate increase sche

Book publishers are writing a new volume in the history of electronic confusion with their latest ba

The Federal Maritime Commission is seeking views on whether Pacific Coast ports should continue to i

Alex Mandl, chairman of Sea-Land Corp., spends most of his time on the road these days. "I f

New York City was the most expensive housing market in the nation last year with a median home price

Before the federal Water Resources Development Act of 1986 was passed, it took on average more than

The Florida Insurance Department issued its first case-specific ruling on rebating since the practic

ACCEPTANCE INSURANCE EYES MERGER PROPOSALOMAHA, Neb. - Acceptance Insurance Holdings Inc. an

Douglas W. Leatherdale, 52, was named president and chief operating officer at the St. Paul Cos., ef

Two insurers, one from the United States and the other from Japan, have announced a joint venture to

Lincoln National Corp. reported Tuesday that operating income for the fourth quarter ending Dec. 31,