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Melbourne has been Australia's major containerport since the inception of the box two decades ago.

SENATE PANEL VOTES MINIMUM WAGE HIKEThe Senate Labor Committee voted 11-5 Wednesday to appro

Vessels entering the Port of Green Bay in the weeks ahead could have problems obtaining pilots, said

The U.S. dollar rose to a new 1988 high against the yen Wednesday and then fell back sharply on rumo

The Interstate Commerce Commission has failed to act on Amtrak's request to condemn a portion of Gui

* Buying in Norway 4A * Rain Dampens Grain Prices 6A* Keith Hartwell - Rails Climb Slippery

MORE CLOUT URGED FOR OPEC SECRETARIATJAKARTA, Indonesia - The Organization of Petroleum Expo

June 29, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

CARNIVAL CRUISE POSTS 23 PERCENT RISE IN PROFITCarnival Cruise Lines Inc. reported a 23 perc

It was a New Year's celebration that Gerry Rowe, chief executive officer of Toronto-based TNT Canada

1224.0 (June 29, 1988) Previous day - 1231.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

The 3,500 striking shop-craft workers of CP Rail could be back on their jobs this weekend as a resul

Understanding Telecommunications Technologies for Non-Engineers, two-day seminar, July 7-8. Madison

Two major players, Credit Lyonnais of Paris and GATX Corp. of Chicago have formed a joint venture co

The pilot of the Airbus Industrie A320 jetliner that crashed during an air show Sunday killing three

Electronic data interchange is helping drive profits up for the automobile manufacturing industry.

An improving U.S. trade balance could especially hurt the economies of Canada, Britain, Italy, and S

International airlines plan to increase freight rates for U.S. export shipments across both the Paci

Farmers in the drought-stricken Midwest are hoping an innovative rain insurance policy will pay off,

Australia will soon relax export controls on defense equipment. The government is expected t

The Supreme Court wound up its term Wednesday with two major labor law decisions. The justic

W.R. Grace & Co.'s French subsidiary, Grace SARL, is expanding its Cryovac shrinkable plastic packag

GM'S SATURN CAR TO HAVE PLASTIC BODYGeneral Motors Corp.'s Saturn car, due out in 1990, will

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a District Court judge's refusal to grant railr

The government reported Wednesday that its chief economic forecasting gauge edged down 0.1 percent i

The next apartment you rent might be owned by your insurance company. Representatives of maj

Anne Brunsdale was reappointed by President Reagan this week as vice chairman of the International T

South Korea's balance of payments surplus rose in May after an April fall despite continued apprecia

The Argentine-American Chamber of Commerce invited six analysts to speak on the business climate in

Legislative leaders and Gov. Mario Cuomo are working against a deadline at midnight tonight to reso

Import contracts concluded by 18 major Japanese trading companies rose 11.8 percent in May from a ye

Cargo volume through the Port of Boston is shifting toward greater reliance on exports, which are ri

On the Philadelphia side of the Delaware River, the Tioga Fruit Terminal keeps especially busy durin

The Maritime Administration has put together possible guidelines for determining fair and reasonable

METRO-MARK INTEGRATED SYSTEMS INC. (New York) - Eric Reidinger was named customer support coordinato

A compromise on a difficult constitutional question has cleared the way for agreement between the Re

TAIWAN ENTREPRENEURS BACK BEIJING PROJECTSEntrepreneurs from Taiwan are working with Beijing

The United Arab Emirates carried out a threat to ignore its quota assigned by the Organization of Pe

In Brazil, the latest equivalent of a Wanted Dead or Alive poster is a reward being blazoned across

The Federal Maritime Commission won't jump in and decide whether a carrier may deny extending terms