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European box shipments by rail climbed 4 percent to the equivalent of 479,793 20-foot containers dur

More than 2,000 Hollywood drivers went on strike Monday after a weekend of negotiations with produce

Congress continues to flip-flop in the tortuous efforts to pass a bill to require drug testing for e

Barge traffic on the Mississippi River is likely to be sharply curtailed during the last half of Nov

The mood of the maritime industry was uniquely upbeat and optimistic at the SMM '88, the Internation

The new president of the Containerization & Intermodal Institute for 1988-89 is Richard A. Simpson,

The U.S. dollar drifted lower Monday, largely on softening oil prices. Trading was quiet. De

The Finance Ministry caved in under intense pressure Monday, agreeing to modify a controversial capi

A year after the stock market crash, investors worldwide, particularly the Japanese and West Germans

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

IN ITS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis a week ago tallied up recent economi

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

Mon., Oct. 4, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

NICARAGUA DEVALUES, DOUBLES GASOLINE PRICEMANAGUA, Nicaragua - The value of Nicaragua's curr

Inflation is officially public enemy No. 1 in China, and moves to stamp it out appear to mean a slac

Jamaica's hopes of breaking into a new market for its bauxite ore and alumina (refined ore) have bee

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year10/3 9/30 Chan

The CRB Futures Index lost ground in September and fell back to its early-May levels. The precious m

The International Coffee Organization's new global export quota agreed on Sunday between ICO produce

US TRADE COURT ISSUES SUGAR RESTRAINT ORDERThe U.S. Court of International Trade granted a t

Call it the wash-and-wear wristwatch. It's a battery-operated, digital watch that won't work

Neither Adam Smith nor Thomas Paine could have been more eloquent. But Mikhail Volodarsky was plenty

A senior Taiwanese economic official Monday called for a U.S.-Taiwan free trade agreement as the bes

The Soviet Union is actively trying to build up its bilateral trade with the United Kingdom, accordi

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 10/1/88** PercentageCountry Category Description Filled

JAPANESE TO FORM US AUTO PIPE FIRMNippon Pipe Mfg. Co., Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. and M

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

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

China is becoming more vocal about its intention to accelerate exports of military equipment, after

The generators hum in Cahora Bassa's underground powerhouse, but Africa's biggest hydroelectric proj

KAISER COAL CORP. (Raton, N.M.) - Stonie Barker was named chairman. He is a coal industry co

The Port Authority of Thailand went ahead with its priority-berthing program last weekend, and immed

Norfolk Southern Corp. handled 3.2 million tons of coal in September at its Lamberts Point docks, th

ATLANTIC CONTAINER LINE (South Plainfield, N.J.) - Susan T. Esposito was appointed office services m

Traffic handled by the Port of Dunkirk is expected to total 35 million tons this year, up from 32 mi

China's efforts to become a major coal exporter are creating logistical headaches for shipowners and

THE GOLDEN RULE has entered into negotiations on a new International Longshoremen's Association mast

Sean G. Burke was named president of the Atlantic Division of Crowley Maritime Corp. Monday, replaci

For Virginia, the trade strategy is summarized in two syllables: exports. For the state's ol

Franz Josef Strauss, premier of the West German state of Bavaria and an ally of German business, die