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Capt. Duffy St. Pierre, who last year towed a load of garbage 8,000 miles in search of a dump, was s

The latest acquisition to the Holland America Line cruise fleet will go into a West German shipyard

When detailed Greek-Turkish talks on shipping cooperation get under way in September, one problem fa

The Greek Chamber of Shipping has urged the European Community and European Parliament to keep their

FUNCTIONAL FLUIDS PRICES UP AT OLINSTAMFORD, Conn. - Olin Corp. is increasing prices of Poly

The Maritime Administration has approved tentatively part of Apex Resources Inc.'s complex plan to s

Coast Guard Vice Adm. D.C. Thompson is a witty man. The smile wrinkles come quickly to his eyes.

WITCO INCREASES PEROXIDE PRICESThe Argus division of Witco Corp. is increasing prices of met

Successful new products will help some major U.S. pharmaceutical companies report sharply higher sec

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. announced plans to triple manufacturing capacity for Kapton polyimide

Roger W. Hill was elected an executive vice president and director of Imperial Holly Corp., a sugar

The United States is exercising a degree of restraint in selling tin from the General Services Admin

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The farm economy will be severely set back as a result of the drought, according to Richard Peterson

CHILE'S MINE FINANCING IS AS GOOD AS GOLDSANTIAGO, Chile - Brazil's Compania Nacional de Min

China would import more wheat from the United States if the quality were higher, an official said Tu

If Marbella won't come to the Mountain then the Mountain will have to go to Marbella. So say

China Gold 88. Gold mining equipment and technology show. July 1-5. Beijing Technical Exchange Cente

GILLETTE CO. BANKER TESTIFIES AT TRIALBoth Colgate-Palmolive Co. and Ralston Purina Co. expr

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter named Washington state's governor to an advisory board on

Circle K Corp., the Phoenix-based convenience store operator, will shortly expand into Taiwan throug

The political leaders of the Caribbean Community next week will discuss the removal of all restricti

FAILURE TO RATIFY PACT COULD BE DISASTROUSThe United States and Canada could suffer more dam

Iowa Power & Light Co., Des Moines, has been selling record amounts of electricity during the drough

THE MOST DRAMATIC MOMENT at the 71st anniversary convention of the National Coal Association in Colo

A 3-megawatt hydroelectric plant rebuilt jointly by Synergics Inc., Annapolis, Md., an independent d

The Norwegian International Ship Register will mark its first birthday on Friday, but any celebratio

THAI DOCKERS PROTEST PRIVATIZATION PLANBANGKOK, Thailand - Several hundred Thai dockworkers

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Substandard port productivity in Australia has been blamed as part of the reason for steep freight r

The Mississippi River remained clogged by grounded tows and dredging operations at several points, C

The government sued to force free elections and other reforms in the International Brotherhood of Te

DEATH TOLL SOARS TO 59 IN PARIS TRAIN CRASHPARIS - The death toll in France's worst-ever sub

Teamsters' union officials announced a tentative nationwide labor agreement with trucking companies

The trucking industry faces a number of key challenges in the weeks and months ahead, including taxa

The conference covering imports from North Europe postponed action on freight rates for wine and spi

Something is happening on the trans-Pacific trade that the maritime industry thought it would never

Kvaerner Shipping reported a first quarter profit of $6.6 million, on earnings of $43 million, compa

The weeks and months ahead are likely to see more mergers, acquisitions andleveraged buy-out