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Even the tinseled world of Hollywood has to think about insurance coverage sometimes. The pr

Maersk Inc. signed an agreement to buy the parent company of Universal Maritime Service Corp., one o

Nedlloyd Lines plans to launch an independent monthly service between the United States and the west

Sea-Land Service Inc. will step up its containership service between the U.S. East and Gulf coasts a

China will set up seven foreign exchange brokerage centers this year to encourage firms with surplus

Nippon Yusen Kaisha Ltd., one of Japan's leading shipping lines, will realign its West Coast service

Ship lines are going to have to disappear to deal with the next stage of the transportation industry

Embarrassed managers at a company building a nuclear-powered hunter submarine for the British navy h

THE MYERS GROUPS INC. (Rouses Point, N.Y.) - William R. Casey, Ronald A. Neal and Kevin C. O'Shea ha

Maritime interests are hailing the House and Senate trade bill conferees' agreement that a maximum o

Representatives of shipping companies belonging to the Trans-Pacific Freight Conference of Japan and

A cooperative venture between Japanese and British shipbuilders could pave the way for a much closer

Ford Motor Co. officials say they are overjoyed with sales of the company's new AeroMax heavy truck,

April 8, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

1584.0 (April 8, 1988) Previous day - 1588.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

RYDER SYSTEM INC. (Miami) - Christopher A. Hagon has joined Ryder System as director, security. Sinc

Teamster Presidents Endorse Freight PactRepresentatives of local Teamster unions endorsed la

Officials in Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis' administration Friday backed off the governor's see

While Ford Motor Co. officials were talking up their new AeroMax model at the New England Truck Show

The Panama Canal made it through another week without disruption by the surrounding political turmoi

Provincially owned BC Rail is preparing to blast a 1,300-yard tunnel and sidestep a dangerous cliff

The cost of borrowing in Britain was cut Friday as banks lowered interest rates in response to sign

The dollar is approaching a level that will permit more than just U.S. commodities to compete in wor

In Hong Kong's cut-throat business world, the highest acknowledgment of success is to be recognized

The February trade deficit announcement on Thursday will determine the short- term direction of the

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials, increasingly concerned that foreign trade zones are being

The water rushes over the whirling blades of the turbines, spinning them faster and faster, their so

CHASE INVESTORS MANAGEMENT CORP. (New York) - J. Richard Zecher was named president of this subsidia

Dollar at 10-Year Low On Atlanta Fed IndexNEW YORK - The U.S. dollar fell 2.3 percent in Mar

U.S. consumers took on $5.304 billion more in installment credit than they paid off in February, aft

Businessmen in China are still heavily bound by tradition and regulation, and the time has come for

A major bankers' group deplored a lack of leadership, by both the industrial and developing nations,

Limits on foreign banks in China have piled up until they amount to the most punishing restriction o

Fri., April 8, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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

Tate & Lyle PLC, the London-based sugar refiner, believes its $1.33 billion bid for Staley Continent

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, 1.77

KN Energy Inc. stockholders have denied corporate raider T. Boone Pickens Jr. a seat on the company'

Nissan Motor Plans Tenn. Plant ExpansionSMYRNA, Tenn. - Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corp. U.S

Brazil's auto exports hit an all-time high in the first three months of this year, thanks to record