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Two Norwegian shipowners are threatening to ask an English court to liquidate the U.K. subsidiary of

CORPS TO MAKE STUDY OF BREWERTON CHANNELA House committee approved a survey resolution direc

After a hiatus of more than 20 years, cocoa imports will likely be handled again by mid-October in t

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OXYCHEM HIKES PHOSPHORIC ACIDOccidental Chemical Corp. increased its schedule and off-schedu

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Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. is expanding its vanadium operations in Soda Springs, Idaho, by 30 percent

CDF-Chimie SA, the French nationalized chemicals group, has changed its name to Orkem and should dou

Third World nations could turn to chemical weapons as the poor man's deterrent, following the lead o

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should change its approach and concentrate on early detecti

Cyprus Minerals Co. said that it agreed to acquire Windsor Minerals Inc. and has completed the previ

China's supply of chemical products under the state mandatory plan will fall short in the latter par

SCOTT PAPER TO BUY TEXSTYRENE DIVISIONSScott Paper Co. announced it signed a definitive agre

The Russians are coming for almonds - 15 million pounds of them. A Soviet ship is scheduled

LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO. (New Orleans, La.) - Geoffrey Dawson, who joined Lykes in 1987 as a senior

Cargo worth 250 million rupees (US$18 million) has piled up at Bombay in the wake of industrial acti

The president of the powerful International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union said shippers and

Maritime officials assessing damage from Hurricane Florence had little to report Monday. Tha

Canadian shipyards this year expect a modest recovery from the slump of the past few years, the Cana

TWO NJ FIRMS WIN PATH LINE CONTRACTThe Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has awarded

Construction of Southern California's first major on-dock railyard will be delayed at least until No

AMERICAN PRESIDENT INTERMODAL CO. (Oakland, Calif.) - Michael J. Goggins was named to the new positi

The Interstate Commerce Commission said enhanced rail competition in the Western states' central cor

Heavy truck sales dropped sharply in August following one of the largest recalls in recent industry

A thin asphalt ribbon cuts through dense jungle and swamp linking three thriving towns on Congo's Ub

As Taiwan's Evergreen Group seeks to diversify away from total reliance on shipping, it is casting a

The Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense will meet in closed sessions Sept. 19-20 on the fact-f

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Elaine L. Chao said she expects the agency's final review of th

Argentina's biggest labor grouping on Monday called its four million supporters out on strike for th

The mating ritual had begun. The creamy white 1973 Jaguar XKE Roadster turned on the revolvi

That medical insurance claim for your bad back may travel 6,000 miles before you get your check, now

More than 9,000 people killed at work since 1981 might still be alive if the U.S. Occupational Safet

A large coalition of insurance agents will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court decis

FOREIGN INSURER APPLIES FOR US HULL MARKETThe first foreign insurer to seek to qualify under

U.S. Commerce Secretary William Verity said on Monday a U.S.-Japan free trade agreement is not the b

A British life insurance company, Sun Life Assurance PLC, is linking up with the French composite in

Japan's trade surplus fell 3.9 percent in August from a year earlier and 31 percent from the previou

The European Community Monday urged President Reagan to veto the proposed U.S. Textile Bill that pas

U.S. manufacturers' after-tax profits fell to a seasonally adjusted average of 5.8 percent of sales

A key West German minister said Monday that harmonization of the European Community's value-added an